Community Reflection

I was able to learn about many issues which our city is faced with, issues of which they and the city must solve. There were more issues than I would have ever imagined. I believe this meeting covered almost ten issues, even though not all issues were resolved this meeting; a lot of thinking goes into the solution of each issue. Also, prior to this, I had no clue how our local police departments paid for replacement equipment. I mean, I figured the taxpayers provided the funding, but I had no clue it went through the council. This also applies to many things. I had no clue our local government had such a large impact on the community. I always thought it was the federal government that had the largest impact and influence on the community. It was definitely a unique experience, which was as interesting as any teenager would imagine it to

I am one that likes to have my space and I cannot focus if I can hear the people around me breathing. The meeting was effective on terms of covering what the school board needed to cover. The meeting benefitted those recognized, the Belles, and the HISD Education Foundation. The HISD Education Foundation benefitted from receiving a donation at the meeting. Having these meetings includes the public on what is happening in the district, which ultimately benefits the schools. The public brings more ideas, resources, and money to the schools.

On November 9th 2015, a town hall meeting took place in my political science class. This meeting was a chance for students of the school to bring up concerns, or issues regarding there education. For their voice to be heard directly to the faculty that runs the school, the students could finally have a chance to get a valid answer. There was questions about safety, mathematics, community college education, and typical student issues.

It is often said that you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. As true as that is you can still try to make the water look as delicious and rewarding to drink form as possible so the horse will actually want to drink it. Same thing with students, as principle I would make working hard, getting good grades, maintaining good behavior and staying on task look as rewarding as possible. This motivates the students to be and do better, ultimately leading to self-motivation which is what every person should have within themselves to be successful and determined. As principle I would come up with more original fun things like trips, activities and rewards to motivate the students to want to do more. Simple things like that mean a lot to students and make going to school more fun and rewarding. I would make ways to recognize the achievements of student who are doing well so as they feel recognized they want to keep up their good works. Things like PBIS bucks were a great idea but were never enforced and was simply empty motivation that we couldn’t do anything with, I would change that

Over all I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a Monday night. I felt it was very informative and I found everything said to be interesting. It was very much a group discussion with members asking questions and introducing new ideas. Towards the end of the meeting, public comments were allowed giving members more of a voice. A time and talents form was given to me asking for volunteer work. Most members stayed after the meeting for additional conversations and socializing. Brandon Sinclair, a student orientation intern at GRCC, asked me about my experience afterwards and invited me back for the next

Reflect critically and individually on the experience of producing your presentation as a shared piece of work, and discuss the implications for collaborative working as an underpinning principle of health and social care policy. At its simplest concept, collaboration infers that people from different professional and academic backgrounds form a working relationship for the purpose of enhanced service provision. (Audrey, L. 2003). The SCIE (2013) suggest that because issues within health and social care can often be complicated and service users may have a multitude of needs, collaboration is extremely important in health and social care as it allows practitioners to share ideas and develop their knowledge.

The two units that I felt I could connect the most to were the mental health and the factors affecting wellbeing unit. I think I was able to connect the most to these units because some of the things that are talked about in the units applied to my life. In mental health and factors affecting wellbeing, we discussed the different factors that can affect our mental health. One example that we talked about was stress, and this is one reason why I was able to relate to the unit. I often have felt stressed therefore, I know the effects it has on our mental health. Another thing that we talked about was how our mental health is affected every day by little things, and, I agree with this statement because I too have experienced

The meeting resolved the issue of theRuby’s proposal to build townhouses, but the status of the OSA’s expansion is still uncertain. They cleared the first hurdle by having the PC conditionally approve it, but they still need to appeal to the city council to change zoning laws. I learned how zoning laws impact every aspect of use of private property. This includes the proposed usage of each building and the impact all structures have on the flow of foot and car traffic. I also learned all about the good OSA are doing in trying to solve the problems of re-incarceration, homelessness, and drug addiction. I do not feel the meeting should be conducted in a significantly different way. Having STAFF present the proposal from a neutral perspective sets the facts down, so that the representatives of the program can address the concerns of STAFF while also telling the PC their vision and positive impacts of their program is a good order of

Things went by quickly and when they had discussions they were in depth and efficient. It seems like a good way to make decisions. All of the council members had an opinion and they were all well informed. The members made points that were valid and could be back up by facts. They all introduced a new perspective to the topic they were discussing.

After discharging from the Navy I have worked in various areas but mostly in Community Work supporting those with youth and young adults who have mental health issues directly and various administration duties . I would like to proof read articles connected to The Young Diggers In the past I have performed similar role when I assisted in proof reading and copy editing while working in community organisations . The areas I focused on were ensuring that there was no punctuation or grammatical errors i.e. typos , the correct use of terminology or if there was missing phrases. I also assisted in checking the writing style and most importantly the overall readability of the articles . Interested in assisting in other areas if there is any need

I contacted the Pension Board, I was told that they needed a notification from HR before they could give me information about my annuity options. Therefore,

I’m in AVID council. AVID council is about making the AVID program better, and planning fun things for the students. It’s like the behind the scenes type of thing. I feel like my biggest contribution to the club was the idea to do a generations past AVID t-shirt fashion show for a video that will be presented at the Clark stadium. I was looking at our ideas so far and we had fashion show on there, and I was also thinking about what we would possibly wear. Then I had an idea that we could do different generations of AVID t-shirts, kind of like how Pitch Perfect 2 did it in their final performance.

I was visiting the local church for a community event when I met potential participant I wanted to include in a focus group. The Del City Church of Christ host a weekly initiative called the Community Cup, which takes place every Tuesday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The church provides free donuts, coffee, juice, and milk for the community as we harvest free fresh fruits and vegetable. I arrived at 7:30 a.m. on June 13th to have donuts with my grandchildren, after sitting for a while and observing the different individuals and families that came in and out I started walking around and greeting everyone. I introduced myself as a student at UCO, enrolled in a summer class called Linking Families and the Community. Of course, they commended me for sticking with it and I explained my assignment to them and asked if anyone would be interested in being a part of a focus group. Six of the guest agreed to meet with me the following week at 8:00 a.m. at Del City Church of Christ in a designated area; 2 of the 6 canceled when I called to confirm our appointment. On June 20th, I met Mandy White; age 18, Maribeth Snap; age 63, Mike Brown; age 43, and Juanita (no last name) approximately age 56.

Over the course of the 5 weeks of experience that I have had, I have been able to see many of these terms come to life in the relationships that I am building with my individual resident, and with the large group of 20+ residents. I have seen many different interpersonal events and the value of and the skill that is takes to intentionally and skillfully use my personality and traits and modes with Residents in difficult situations. One thing I have found true for myself is that it is more difficult than it sounds to execute pure mode use. All my life I have encountered conflicts and been trained in how to deal with them, using many of the techniques encompassed in the modes, so it has become second nature to respond to conflicts the ways in which I have been trained. However, Taylor (2008) points out the importance of intentionally and skillfully choosing the modes that will best meet the client where they are and help them to be able to engage in their occupations, instead of responding using several approaches at once. However, I have found that as I have been met with interpersonal events, I respond naturally with aspects of both encouragement and instructing, as opposed to utilizing mode shift to intentionally shift modes when I sense that one is needed to best meet my client. While I feel that I have been able to accomplish a positive outcome in most of the interpersonal events that I faced, I was not practicing how to be an intentional and effective clinician by doing this. One such time, a Resident was feeling very discouraged about a new activity and reacted with agitation and anger (emotionally charged therapy session event), and I responded by giving encouragement, reassuring them, and telling them the things I have seen them do correctly, but at the same time also reminding them that the only way to get better at something is to keep trying, explaining the benefits of doing it, and demonstrating how to do it again in a different way. I used both encouraging responses and instructing responses, instead of simply choosing to use encouraging mode or instructing mode purely. Another time, a power dilemma occurred when my Resident and I were playing a simplified game of Go Fish and she began to

From this class, I have learned how South Asian Americans have been racialized and how they have been treated differently compared to other marginalized people in the U.S. By studying the narratives of South Asians and other minority groups, I gained the knowledge about racism, colonialism, capitalism and imperialism and the government’s politics strategies. Through the learning histories, I developed my empathy with the struggles of immigrant, racial and minority community and understood how to build solidarity with each other. I think the studying about the history of different ethnic group, nation, and gender is important because it helps us to see violent activities that we caused to another and it also reminds us to not do the same mistakes.