Nathaniel Bowditch is a school in the Salem Public school district. This school currently educates children from kindergarten through the eighth grade. Within the school, I volunteer my time with the adjustment counselor for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing the counseling services at Nathaniel Bowditch through a client’s perspective. I will be discussing this client under the pseudonym of J, to ensure the privacy of the client. All of the information I will be using throughout this essay is from the client herself or her counselor. The goal of this paper is to discuss a background of the client, why and how long the client has been using this agency, the significance of the services …show more content…
Despite being extremely sick, J’s mother is active in her life and beyond supportive in everything she does. Because J’s mother is not able to keep a constant flow of income into the house because of her sickness, they currently live in subsidized housing and receives assistants from the government in the form of food stamps and cash assistance. J’s brother who is currently enrolled in the Salem High School is also extremely supportive of her. He is helpful in all the ways he can be. Her brother is definitely someone she can look up to. J does not have much communication with her father who lives in New York but is very close with a sister who is married. Her sister and brother in law come over a lot of take care of J. The rest of J’s extended family still lives in Puerto Rico, which causes the family to be very isolated. They very much so rely on each other for everything. Despite J’s broken family and sick mother, she has a very strong support system backing up her. Like I previously mentioned, J’s mother and brother are extremely supportive. They are more than involved with J’s school life. Even though J is an independent girl her family is always there to back her up with anything. J’s sister and brother and law are also a huge support to not only J but also the family. J’s sister and her sisters husband are established and living on their
Following the interview conducted with a school psychologist, I was able to obtain a sense of Mrs. Montgomery’s basis for her practice, including her target clients, assumptions and values, goals and various roles of consultation, counseling, intervention and program evaluation (Sandoval, 1986). Mrs. Montgomery may be characterized as a school psychologist who places particular emphasis on the need to improve the student and systems’ capability.
Jayla reported that she feels safe in the home with Bmo. VC also reported that nothing makes her sad in the home.
Sharing a one bedroom apartment with eight other people is not a placid experience according to Jairo Gomez. Jairo and his family have spent their whole life growing up in poverty in the midst of New York City. According to the government the Family is fifteen thousand dollars under the poverty line. The Gomez’s mother is a cleaning lady who works all day followed by coming home and cleaning her own house and taking care of her children. Jairo’s mother asks Jairo to constantly stay home from school and watch his younger siblings or to babysit after school. This limits Jairo’s time hanging out with friends, work, and completing school work. Since Jairo has never had freedom he often cut class to hang out with friends. Soon enough Jairo realizes that him playing hooky on school and staying home to babysit is damaging his chance to graduate from school and become successful later in life after he enrolled in the tenth grade for the second time. Jairo finally realized he needed to take initiative and change his ways. He did not want to
It is my goal to become a school counselor in a local high school. As a school counselor, it is also important to try and understand the different experiences that children go through in order to get through to them. After studying the different counseling theories, I have discovered that each theory is valid and there are ideas and techniques that I would use out of each of them. However, there are some theories more than others that I would use to guide me daily as a school counselor. Modern day counseling is equipped with a wide variety of therapies, techniques and approaches. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast three approaches of therapy. Also in this essay the views of the person and the Therapeutic process will be
In order to provide a comprehensive school counseling program (CSCP) that meets the unique needs of Ocean Elementary School, the school counselor must understand the needs of the school. Therefore, conducting a needs assessment can help a new school counselor to evaluate the CSCP in order to plan, implement, and improve the effectiveness of the program (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Additionally, utilizing the accountability bridge counseling program evaluation model, a continuous evaluation cycle helps to improve services based on stakeholder feedback, the needs of those served, and outcomes (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Within this model, a needs assessment must be conducted in order to plan and develop services that address the needs of the students (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Thus, by utilizing assessment questionnaires, the school counselor can gather information from the diverse population of students, parents, teachers, and administrator to determine how the CSCP can best support all students’ needs (American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2012). Additionally, the use of other data, such as observations, standardized test scores, absentee rates, and student referrals can support the feedback received on the questionnaires. Based on the data, the school counselor can evaluate the school counseling program in order to improve the program in the domain areas of academic, social/emotional, and career development. Thus, within the accountability bridge counseling
He actually worsen the strain on his mother, and she regretfully has to push him away. Joe’s mother says to Joe, “Now you listen to me, Joe. You will not badger me or harass me. You will leave me to think the way I want to think, here” (89). These mutual hardships creates a stronger bond between Joe and his family and allows the family members to support each other in this hard time. Through this experience, Joe learns how to deal with people in need and have empathy for those around him. Living with a family develops the social skills to exist in the outside world. Joe’s parents provide the familial love and support that is necessary for Joe to mature into a responsible adult.
Support is something that every person needs in order to stay sane. It could be an activity, person, or object, but everyone needs some sort of support system. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior is a boy who lives on a reservation. He has many people who support him, including Rowdy, Penelope, Coach, and his Oscar. However as old relationships crumble and new relationships begin when Junior decides to transfer schools to go to Reardan, his parents are there for him every step of the way.
For my informational interview I interviewed Hasty Elementary School Counselor Candace Thurman. Mrs. Thurman earned her B.A. in Psychology from Salem College and a MA Ed.S in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner Webb University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor. Her maternal grandfather suffered from mental illness and was homeless. Seeing the impact his condition had on him as well as her family compelled her to choose a career in mental health. Mrs. Thurman worked in the middle school setting for 11 years. This year is her first year in an elementary school.
My pursuit of becoming a School Counselor led me to apply to the School Counseling Master’s Program at University of Maryland, College Park. I am a former student at University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. After graduating and teaching for two years in Prince George’s County Public Schools, I discovered my true passion lies not only in the classroom and students’ academics, but playing a pivotal role in the growth of their career, social, and personal development. Although I am no longer teaching full-time at the moment, my interaction with students from diverse backgrounds left an indelible responsibility to continue making a difference in our students. The objectives and mission of the School Counseling Master’s Program at University of Maryland can best help my goal of becoming an effective counselor and leader who is an agent of change to students and service the mental and emotional well-being of the younger generation.
Initially, the Joad's focus is on their own immediate family and their struggle to stay together. The
There are many factors affect our health such as income, living condition, environment, education, genetic, relationships with family and friends and supporting a child (World Health Organization, 2013). In them, many factors affect our health that which is call determination of health. In this essay, I am going to discuss Riley, J. 's family determination of health which negatively affects the family and need to be solved. Jessica Riley is a seventeen years old single mother who is living with her infant Ryan, and boyfriend Casey. Casey is not the biological father of Ryan. Jessica is working as a waitress and studying Cosmology. She has to leave her study due to her pregnancy. Casey doesn’t have a constant job as well as he is alcoholic and does drugs on a regular basis. Ryan is an infant who born as a healthy child. Jessica doesn’t have time to take care of Ryan. Jessica’s mother Evelyn and other people take care of Ryan when Jessica is at work (Canadian neighborhood, 2013). As I navigate there are many factors affect Jessica’s family, but I am going to discuss three most important determination of health which are income, substance abuse and child development how they affect negatively Jessica’s family.
This quarter’s course of “theories of counseling” felt like a whirlwind of theories, theorist, therapeutic techniques, and proper application of theoretical framework to help counsel students. As the course continued each new theory and therapy style I learned about seemed more appealing and useful than the last. In deciding which therapy styles I would favor using I have to take into account the general demographic of the students and communities I wish to work in. I plan to work with middle school to high school students that are from urban low social economic status and are recent arrivals to the country. Some of the characteristics of obstacles these students and families face daily are, single parent home/income, past/recent trauma, history of low family education level and legal trouble. I am fortunate to live in the community and society I want to help and that I have grown up in. I am equally blessed to be raised and have the opportunity to give back to my community and society the best way I know how by giving back in a positive manner.
Firstly, Jess has no friends and she believes that everyone leaves her because she “pisses” them off. Explaining to readers the reason for her loneliness, Jess states that maybe “she pissed Jen off” and “she disappeared, like everyone else” (8). This clearly shows that Jess is lonely and has no one in her life. She feels guilty and thinks that she is responsible for the disappearance of everyone from her life. After her sister Jen left, Jess was greatly affected and became very lonely. Also, Jess has no support from her parents. She shares a bad relation with her parents and believes that they do not love her. While telling readers about her relationship with her parents, Jess reveals that after Jen left, her mom gave up on her (185). From this, it can be seen that Jess did not get the support she should have got from her parents after the tragedy of losing her sister. Jess’s family does not spend time together and they hate each other. To add to that, Jess seems to be suffering from what is known as “sibling rivalry”. A proof of this is when Jess poses readers the question, “But parents must have favorite kids, right?”, and explains how Jen was the perfect child who did everything her parents liked whereas she is the complete opposite. Given this point, it can be said that Jess feels her sister
Bentley’s mother, Melika Vasquez is a 35-year-old fiancée, sister, aunt, head of household, friend, and student. She is a full time NYC employee working for the NYC Department of Education as a community advisor. Her role as a CA enables her to work with high school students, various staff members, and the community. Melika is also pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in sociology; she plans to obtain a Master’s Degree in Psychology so she can eventually become a school counselor. Melika exhibits a tremendous amount of resilience as she is still mourning the death of her mother
Being raised by a single mother, Taya was exposed to the reality of financial and emotional hardships at a young age. Although paternal abandonment might have shaken most, Taya's mom never let neither her nor her sister be self-pitying. Rather, they were always taught to embrace what they did have: a selfless mother, devoted grandparents, and a generous