The Home Visitor Arrived On Time For The Visit

Context: I was observing one child playing on the playground at the Brookville Center for Children’s Services. The child was female, and her name was Vanessa. She is three years old and is very energetic. During my observation, I noticed her interacting with another child at the daycare. The other child was male and one year older. Both students were taking turns climbing up the ladder to slide down the playground slide.

As demonstrated the children were extending their learning and development throughout the activity in all seven developmental areas. They also all demonstrated their enjoyment during the activity by smiling, laughing, talking and happily asking questions.

Communicating With Children, Adolescents and More Than One Patient at A Time. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.skillscascade.com

Anne’s First Street Preschool is in Beaufort, North Carolina. Anne Street has a Mother’s Morning Out Program. The MMO is everyday 8 to 12, so the mothers and fathers can do what they need for that brief period of time without having to watch over their child. The MMO has two teachers, A and G. They supervise 7 children, 4 girls and 3 boys. The child used for this project is named C and he is almost 2 years old. The other girls named L, B, K, and T. L and B were twins who were 2 years old. K was almost 2. T was almost 3 years old. The boys, not including C, were D and M. D and M were both around the same age, almost 2 years old. The observation took place from 8 to 9:30, when the children went outside to play.

In the pediatrician’s office that I work, there is a playroom for the children of parents that came to bring a sibling to the office. I work there at this playroom taking care of the children in this playroom. I often observe how the parents, usually the mother, interact with their children, and also how the children act when the mother needs to leave the room and when they come back. It was not until this week that I was able to name the interactions and to understand what is behind the children reactions. This week, in my developmental psychology class I learned about an experiment developed by Mary Ainsworth called ‘Strange Situation’ (Belsky, 2013, p. 115). In this experiment, a mother and a child enters a play room like the one that I work, and after the child is playing with the toys, a stranger comes in and interact with the child; after a while the mother leaves the room, the same way the mothers at the pediatrician’s office leave the playroom; after some minutes the mother returns and the stranger leaves the room; a couple of minutes after the child is situated again and playing, the mother leaves again leaving the child alone, and returns after another couple of minutes (Belsky, 2013, p. 115). While the researchers observed the children, their interaction with their mothers, and their reactions to the situations through a one-way mirror (Belsky, 2013, p. 115), I observed as the stranger that is in the room interacting with the child.

For this research paper my client will be known as H.C. This particular client has suffered from multiple diagnoses during his time at Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). My client has lived at SDC since 1947, at the age of 13 years old. H.C. willingly came to SDC when his family could no longer cope with his behaviors. He liked to be independent and was an active worker when he worked at his job sites. H.C. had a bundle of past achievements that he enjoyed mentioning to his aides by pointing at pictures. At a frail age H.C. could do his activities of daily living, but needs assistance from time to time. Physically H.C. was a short man with balding white hair and had poor eyesight so he wore glasses. His walking gait was failing and his feet would shift against the floor, so he had a walker that he could use. He was socially withdrawn and would only communicate when he felt that his needs were pressed. He had trouble finding words to communicate what he wanted to say and would like to do things on his own rather than relying on staff. He also lived by his set schedule, so anytime there was an appointment set for him he needed to be reminded before his day began.

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

When I arrived at the parents’ house, the children were not present. The mother, father and parental grandmother were the only three in the home at the time. The house appeared to be clean. When I entered the home, the mother stated that the children were about to pull up with the aunt. I waited in the living room for the children to arrive. The mother went into the kitchen to cook some breakfast. A couple minutes later, the aunt arrived with the children. The mother had answered the door, and helped the aunt with the youngest baby. The children were happy to see the mother answer the door. The mother gave hugs to the two youngest daughters. The mother took the baby out the car seat and held him as she sat on the couch. The two daughters were

Session held at the SVABA center. Activities: puzzles, tracing numbers, coloring flowers, outdoor activity, walk to Kaiser, snack, reading and blocks. DI and Wyatt work on tracing number, DI assist Wyatt by giving him a full physical prompt. Wyatt can count 1-10 independently. Wyatt can identify his colors independently. During coloring DI assist Wyatt hand-over-hand to color each flower. Wyatt independently engaged on the reading. DI read two books to Wyatt, Wyatt was able to point to picture on the book "Elmo, bird & duck". Wyatt present aggressive behavior toward DI and peer, DI re-direct Wyatt by telling him "safe hands and put his hand together. DI will work on helping Wyatt to keep hands to himself and give space to

QP engaged Shonquasia in participating in a CBT activity geared towards improving family relationship. QP EXPALINED TO Shonquasia that the activity will help learn how to resolve conflict with her family, promote discussion and awareness of issues that are causing conflict. QP encouraged mom to participate in the session. QP asked both mom and Shonquasia to list some issues that are causing conflict or arguments between them. QP discussed with Shonquasia and mom the conflict issues listed. QP asked Shonquasia, if she has moved back into the house. QP asked Shonquasia to list some issues that is causing conflict in the home. QP asked Shonquasia to explain how she response to conflict situation. QP asked Shonquasia if she feel stuck in the middle

Today we meet with the caregiver in the client's home, according to the previously agreed upon. The client is observed to get angry easily does not pay much attention to the details. He does not seem to listen when he is spoken to and avoids talking. We begin the session by observing Odalys' behaviors when he frequently gets up from the seat during work time at the table. You are instructed to request a break through verbal communication, avoiding the escape to the demand of ordering the letters of the alphabet on a magnetic board. In doing so it is reinforced with verbal praises of "high five" to reinforce the adaptive behaviors, after finishing their

Pat Armstrong and Sasha Compton were very suprising when they got home from work on Friday. The first thing they were noticed was that all the dishes had been washed and the floors had swept. They then saw that dinner had been cooked and was ready for them on the table. There were even candles and wine. They were heard music on the stereo, but they didn't see anyone in the house. All of a sudden, their two children jumped out of the hall closet and yelled, "Surprise!" They immediately knew that their kids were remembered their wedding anniversary.

Session held at client's home. DI worked on establishing report. DI and Sofia worked executive function, social and language. During session Sofia need it 7 directive prompt and 1 partial physical prompt. DI and Sofia look at video for potty training. Sofia did a great job following instructions given by DI. Sofia was able to keep small conversations with DI and client's mom. Sofia's mom assisted, participated and facilitated during session.

Kathy and Raymond have visits one day per week for two hours per day. Worker supervises these visits once per month. The first visit this worker will be supervising is on November 23, 2016. These visits occur at the Godfrey, Illinois McDonalds play place, but were taking place outside in the community prior to this when the weather is nicer. During the last supervised visit the case assistant observed Raymond reading the newspaper. The tried children interact with the case assistant; the case assistant redirects the children to interact with Kathy and Raymond. Johnathan spent most of the visit in the play place and Zoey spent most of the visit on the tablet. Raymond left the visit and returned 20 minutes later telling Kathy “they (the children)

The couple just found out they were expecting their first child. The highs and lows overwhelmed them from the beginning. Doubts crossed through their minds if they would make great parents. The happy event occurred and the day came when the tiny baby was brought home, reality set in they were parents.