Maunica The Ideal Decision-Making Model

Most of us have to make decisions from the time we wake up until the time we go to bed at night. Answering questions like what should I eat for breakfast, can I make that yellow light and should I go to the gym or go out for pizza all require us to make a choice or a decision (Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A., 2009). At work I am challenged with collaborating with managers and other leaders to make decisions based on scenarios and events that occur in the hospital.

What is D.A.R.E. class? DARE is a class we have been in for the last couple weeks. It is taught by Deputy Morris. DARE stands for drug abuse resistance education. A DDMM is a DARE decision making model. The DDMM says to define, assess, respond, evaluate. Those are the main parts of DARE.

QP provided Maunica with a skill building activity geared towards medication management. QP explained to Maunica that the activity will provide her with information to take control of her medications and educate her on the side effect and important of take her medications as prescribed. QP asked Maunica, when was the last time she has seen her doctor. QP asked Maunica if she is taking any new medications. QP asked Maunica if she is taking her medications as prescribed. QP asked Maunica to list some of the side effect of her medications. QP discussed with Maunica the health goals of her medications. QP asked Maunica, what her personal health goals is. QP educated Maunica on medication management. QP explained to Maunica that she can talk to

1. The four-step model for decision-making; See, Judge, Act, and Evaluate, applies onto the storyline by providing more insightfulness and reflection onto the decisions each character performs. In such cases, Sam uses this method by somewhat agreeing to let his daughter, Lucy, go into the foster care system. This was shown when he later confides and agrees to see Lucy on a limited amount of times each month. Even though at first, he was upset and furious having his only daughter taken away from him, he slowly managed to admit to this term when he recognized Lucy's happiness and safety.

Over 443,000 people die from smoking each year! Smoking, alcohol, drugs, and much more, are all preventable yet they all kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. With, D.A.R.E. there are fewer and fewer people who do these things and overall fewer deaths due to them. Now I will tell you about the D.A.R.E. program.

Yuma did not respond well to the intervention. Yuma could not or did not want to explain what he has learned from the intervention. Yuma continues to have difficulty responding in sessions. Yuma is making minimal progress towards his goals. Yuma was provided verbal assistance during the session. Yuma was given chooses on how he can respond to the intervention. Yuma body language and his demean indicated that he did not want to participate in the session. Yuma responded by shaking his head, to indicate a yes to the question asked. Yuma was given examples of situation to choose from on how he may have used time-out during a conflict situation. Yuma was able to choose walking away and listening to music. Yuma was given choices of the answer to

FOCUS OF PRESENT SESSION: The family checked-in as being “okay” and their week was “good.” The family presented in a euthymic mood and it was congruent with affect. During this session, the client and her mother was asked to express to each other, their feeling and emotions of issues within the home as well as Denae’s behavior. The mother and youth decided on an issue, such as Denae being suspended from school. Each participant switched roles to obtain the other person perspective and feelings they were experiencing. Denae, whom role play her mother brought up issues regarding the child’s behavior. She reported that she understood why her parents punished her, which makes her more aware of what is expected of her. The youth’s mother, whom

QP provided Robert with a CBT activity geared towards feelings. QP explained to Robert that the activity will teach him how to identify feelings, be aware of different feelings, share and discuss his feelings. QP asked Robert to list some feelings he has. QP provided Robert with feeling words in which he had to provide an example of the last time he had that feeling. QP provided Robert with sentences with feeling words in which he had to complete. QP provided Robert with a magazine in which he had to cut out pictures of facial expression of the different feeling words provided to him. QP assisted Robert in making a collage of the pictures he cut form the magazine of different feelings. QP provided Robert with five different feeling words in

QP provided William with a CBT activity geared towards dealing with conflict. QP explained to William that the activity will teach him how to deal with conflict by speaking up and decreasing tattling and need for adult intervention. QP examined with William, how he respond to anger situations. QP encouraged William in discussing how he workout different anger situations. QP asked William, if he has tried negotiating with his parents over a situation instead or respond to it by being angry and aggressive. QP asked William to list some situations and events that cause him to get angry. QP discussed with William cues to make good choices when in conflict situation. QP discussed with William alternatives to getting into fights and conflict situations.

QP engaged Maunica in a CBT activity geared towards communication skills. QP explained to Maunica that the activity will help her to improve and knowledge the awareness regarding family communication challenges. QP explained to Maunica what interpersonal communication is and provided an example. QP brainstormed with Maunica the different forms of communication. QP asked Maunica to list some healthy and unhealthy ways of communication. QP asked Maunica to explain the challenges of communication she have with her parents. QP asked Maunica to list some characteristic of good communication. QP discussed with Maunica the communication that works well with her family. QP encouraged Maunica in discussing some of the positive communication she has

QP engaged Maunica in participating in a CBT act geared towards responsible decision making. QP explained to Maunica that the activity will enhance her awareness on good making good decisions. QP asked Maunica to explain what responsible decision mean to her. QP asked Maunica to list some responsible decision she had mad recently. QP asked Maunica to last some consequences for making poor decision. QP asked Maunica to list some poor decisions teens make. QP explained to Maunica the five steps process of decision making. QP provided Maunica with scenarios in which she had to decide on what decision she would do in the situation. QP discussed with Maunica, decision making and making responsible chooses. QP explored with Maunica the pros and

QP engaged Quadir in participating in a CBT activity geared towards making choices. QP explained to Quadir that the activity will help him understand choices and how to make good choices. QP explained to Quadir what choice is and provided an example. QP discussed with Quadir, how people make choices. QP asked Quadir to list some bad choices he has made recently. QP brainstormed with Quadir positive choices. QP assisted Quadir in listing ways to make positive choices. QP discussed with Quadir how choices can affect others. QP discussed with Quadir how to select the best choice for dealing with problems he may face. QP explained to Quadir the acronym ICED, which is identifying the problem, creating an alternative, evaluating alternative, and

I will concentrate on teaching clients to make effective choices, that assist clients in prioritizing their wants and deciding what is most important to them. I will address the client’s inappropriate behavior. I will ask challenge questions that would help the clients to examine or recognize their behavior, and how they wish to make better choices. I will provide clients with a set of goals and objectives which will help clients to accomplish better choices and behavior.

Decision making can be described as a process of making a decision or decisions, based on choices made amongst two or more competing course of actions. The ‘Decision making’ also requires making a define choice between two or more alternatives course of actions that are available.

I choice to use the Seven Step Model of a Decision-Making Model for Resolving Ethical Issues in order to define what is ethical in this case study.