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Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

Content:

1.  What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project? 

• Awareness

2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.

• I have completed al my mentorship hours, I have been to class on time with an exception of 3 tardies in the morning, and I am not a distraction in class 

  3. Provide evidence from your senior project to support your claim (evidence is a photo of something you are doing, photo of something you made, etc).

• My mentor ship log...

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

Due Date:  Thursday 2/28/2013 at 8AM

Content:

1.  What is your essential question?

      - What is the most effective way to treat a troubled child using child play therapy?

2.  What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)?

        - My third answer to my essential question is a combination of art and release therapy followed along with other techniques that fit the child's needs. 

3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?

        - my first detail is my mentor who in my third interview told me that not every child can receive the same exact therapy treatments because they have different needs, one example of this is that as a therapist I would not have a child who has been sexually abused by the parent to engage in filial play which is the parent taking the role of the therapist while the therapist is supervising and observing them, instead I would start off the child with a few art and release play therapies to get a more personnel feeling of what happened and what the child is feeling followed with something like imaginative play therapy which is a child using his/her imagination to make his/her troubles seem like they are smaller for example if a child and a mother are being domestically abused the child can imagine he is a super hero and he is going to protect his mother from his father.

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

      - My mentor helped me justify this answer for my essential question. 

5.  What do you plan to study next and why? 

        - Next I plan to study more play therapy techniques so that I know what other techniques are used in this field also to know how they are being used and for what cases they are being used

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

Content:

1.  What is your essential question?
- What is the most effective technique to use when treating a troubled child using child play therapy?

2.  What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)?
- My second answer to my EQ is Release Therapy

3.  What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?
- Allows therapist to really know exactly what the child went through, child is relieved a bit from holding onto the pain/ memories by sharing what happened to him/her by reenacting it, in the end the therapist can make a choice to either continue release therapy, add on techniques or completely change the technique they are using

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
- Jones, Leslie."The Efficacy of Play Therapy With Children: A Meta-Analytic Review of Treatment Outcomes." American Psychological Association, 2005. Web. 24 Oct. 2012.

5.  What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?  
- I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing more research on the technique and coming up with examples to make sure it is clear to the people I present to what the technique is and what it does to help the child.

Blog 10

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

• For my independent component I am currently volunteering at the YMCA daycare in Pomona. 

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

• I have been researching tests used to diagnose children and individuals that not only help me answer my EQ for my senior project but also helps me better my science fair component by being able to use the best diagnostic test I can making my science fair component more accurate.

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

• I just did an update on my independent component which is a quick log of what Brittany and I did at the YMCA on our first day there. You can view this if you click here.

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

Content: You just completed the presentation on the foundation. Please review your working EQ and respond to the following:

(1) What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

• What is the best method to use during a child's first Play therapy session?

(2) Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here.  If not simple write "I am not going to revise my EQ at this time".

• How to give a good Play Therapy session?

(3) What are possible answers to your current working EQ? 

• As of now my answer to my new EQ is to really observe the patient and understand the patient and the way he/she feels at the moment.

Topic Choice

A. What is your topic and why?

Child play therapy is the topic I have chosen for my senior project. Child play therapy is something that I am interested in because it is a different way of being able to see what is going on through a child’s head without bombarding them with questions or emotionally and mentally damaging them even more than they may already be. Although it may not always work for every child it is still something that helps children relax and clear their minds while they are doing something every child loves to do, play.

 

B. What do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic?

This year I hope to learn more about child play therapy and to be able to help children with this form of therapy. I wish to learn how child therapy works, how it benefits a child, who else can or may benefit from it, and why people should turn to this therapy.

• As an iPoly citizen, I plan to be more patient with people and sit down and actually listen to what the person speaking to me has to say. By doing so I would show improvement by helping people with their problems and making sure they know that they have someone to talk to helping them feel more at peace with themselves and less stressed.
• As an effective communicator, I plan to be more involved. By doing this I can be able to see things differently and take things slower and actually know what exactly what is going on rather than just assuming and making blind statements or blind actions as well.
• As an effective learner, I plan to get as involved with my topic as much as I possibly can. This will help me not only learn more about my topic but also end up having personal stories about my topic. By doing this I will learn more and enjoy my topic even more.
• As an effective user of technology, I plan to use the internet as much as I need. I will use the internet to find new places where I can go to visit to learn more about my topic and meet new people who may have some stories to share with me.