Garrett Penney was born with Duane Retraction Syndrome, which caused his left eye to retract inward when looking left. This made him self-conscious and uncomfortable around others from a young age. While he had surgery at age 17 to correct the physical effects, it took longer to overcome the emotional effects. He learned to have more confidence over time, though still prefers email over in-person interactions. Helping distribute prescription glasses in Peru to those in need, including a woman negatively impacted by eye surgery, was rewarding and helped him feel better able to help others. Law school will provide opportunities for him to further strengthen his weaknesses as he enters the legal profession determined to adapt and overcome any insecurities.
MY JOURNEY WITH DRUGS - MR.AJITAM PANDEY PRASIDTHAPA
This is a short article about Mr.Ajitam Pandey who was drug addict in his previous life and how he overcome his addiction. Now he is working in a rehabilitation center and helps the society and the young generation with awareness campaigns.
MY JOURNEY WITH DRUGS - MR.AJITAM PANDEY PRASIDTHAPA
This is a short article about Mr.Ajitam Pandey who was drug addict in his previous life and how he overcome his addiction. Now he is working in a rehabilitation center and helps the society and the young generation with awareness campaigns.
People need to be mindful of their words, whether you believe it or not what you say is what you are and will become. Especially words we say to our kids.
Re-imagining 2 & 3 - Early Help and Family Focus.CANorfolk
Early Help and Family Focus presentation from re-imagining years 2 & 3 VCSE engagement event. The focus of this session is on re-imagining Norfolk years two and three. Re-imagining Norfolk is Norfolk County Council’s medium strategy to radically change the way it runs services for Norfolk people.
The best advice I have received was the advice from my mom who said “Everything Happens For A Good”. My mother’s advice was so true and applicable. It gave me hope that when bad things happened to me or things don’t turn out the way I want them because of my mom’s advice I understood it was is for a reason. I followed it also because throughout my life it was easy to find situations where I could get upset.
our loll are a buy-in try and work go please tell my met have to be rude or not mention think re your questions before you post them a Lee he is Aaron here man I need advice on how the hell loll painted
People need to be mindful of their words, whether you believe it or not what you say is what you are and will become. Especially words we say to our kids.
Re-imagining 2 & 3 - Early Help and Family Focus.CANorfolk
Early Help and Family Focus presentation from re-imagining years 2 & 3 VCSE engagement event. The focus of this session is on re-imagining Norfolk years two and three. Re-imagining Norfolk is Norfolk County Council’s medium strategy to radically change the way it runs services for Norfolk people.
The best advice I have received was the advice from my mom who said “Everything Happens For A Good”. My mother’s advice was so true and applicable. It gave me hope that when bad things happened to me or things don’t turn out the way I want them because of my mom’s advice I understood it was is for a reason. I followed it also because throughout my life it was easy to find situations where I could get upset.
our loll are a buy-in try and work go please tell my met have to be rude or not mention think re your questions before you post them a Lee he is Aaron here man I need advice on how the hell loll painted
Turning points in modern south african historyMaretha Spies
This is a lesson for South African classrooms: it allows learners to engage actively in classroom discussions, since it poses a lot of questions relating to the topic of apartheid. it deals with segregation laws prior to apartheid, and legislation past under the National Party in 1948.
Date 62915SWI met with resident for individual session tod.docxsimonithomas47935
Date: 6/29/15
SWI met with resident for individual session today. SWI met with client last week and was introduced as an intern at the program. Client is a 36-year-old, AA female living in the community. Client has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Resident’s mood was neutral and affect was congruent with mood. Resident’s ADL’s were fair; presented well with clean clothes. SWI and resident explored past to current situations involving IR’s family along with describing her mental illness and how treatment stabilizes her. IR stated that before being treated for her mental illness she was having auditory hallucinations telling her to harm herself and her two younger children. At the current time, one of her sisters is granted custody of her two children. IR is permitted supervised visitation rights and saw her children last on January 01, 2015. IR loves her children and wishes she were able to be the mother they need. IR has goals of finding employment to help support them in any way that she can. Due to being undocumented, finding employment is not possible at this time. Insight is limited; speech is soft; concentration was poor; IR was restless and constantly was moving her hands or body during the session; thought processes are fair; judgment and impulse control appear fair. Worker gave IR an assignment to write down 10 goals to work towards in regards to learning something new. IR enjoys being educated but has difficulty concentrating. Next individual session is scheduled for 07/07/2015.
The next steps are to continue to work weekly with IR and speak about her future and her children. I will also give her mini homework assignments to complete.
Dialogue
Identify skills or techniques
Analysis or observation of client behavior
Personal reactions and self-reflection to the interaction
Good Morning IR, how are you doing today?
Sustaining
Resident’s mood was neutral and affect was congruent with mood.
Ct: I am doing fine
SWI: Do you remember me from last week?
SWI was happy that client agreed to talk with her
Ct: Yes, Ms. John right
Client spoke softly, not looking directly at intern
SWI: Yes, Mrs. St. John, but you can call me Ms. John
Ct: ok
SWI: Ms. IR can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Comment by Angela Gaddis: Great non threatening question
Open-ended question to probe
SWI was nervous but did not want client to know how much so I took a deep breath and looked at client, she wasn’t looking at SWI
Ct: What do you want to know, I am here, I am taking my medication and doing fine, I would like to see my kids. Comment by Angela Gaddis: Did she seem defensive here? Sounds like she might have been. Just curious
Client seems anxious, bit tense
SWI: How many children do you have?
Closed-ended Question
IR was restless and constantly was moving her hands or body during the session
Ct: I have 2 kids
Client seems happy, she smiled
SWI did not want to push but I needed to find out ho.
Chapter 7 Utilize What The Client Gives You Short, Erickson and Kl.docxchristinemaritza
Chapter 7 Utilize What The Client Gives You Short, Erickson and Klein explain, “Utilization comes from a willingness to recognize and use the patient’s behavioral, emotional, and intellectual predispositions as a fundamental treatment component” (2005, p. 187). Rather than focusing on the deficiencies of the client, focus on the strengths. Rather than focusing on the negatives of how the client is functioning, focus on the positives or on how the negatives can be used as positives. Cooperating with clients is far more productive than trying to change them. The following story shows how I used what one client already believed to be true rather than trying to change his belief. Undeserving of Good Things During his senior year of high school, Don began suffering from what was diagnosed as depression. After being hospitalized and treated with medication, he improved and eventually
stopped taking the medication. He had been fine for several years and then, about a year and half before seeing me, he began suffering from depression again. He had recently graduated from college and was about to begin a very good job. His fear of ruining a good thing motivated him to see me. He reported that he felt undeserving of good things; when good things happened, he found a way to sabotage them. I saw Don four times over a two-month period. As we talked, I realized that there was no way I could convince Don that he deserved good things, so I accepted his idea that he did not deserve good things. Utilizing Don’s belief that he did not deserve good things, how would you have helped Don resolve his depression? Write your thoughts before reading further. I began to talk with him about the possibility of being grateful for good things, even though he did not deserve them, and to accept them and make the best of them. We created a mantra that he would repeat throughout the day: “I am grateful for what I have and will make the best of it, even though I don’t deserve it.” Over the course of these two months, I saw a difference in Don. He also noticed positive changes, and his wife told him that he seemed happier and more optimistic. In our last session, Don commented at how easy this problem had been to resolve. He was amazed at how two months ago he had been depressed, yet now he was happy and energetic, all without medication. Don’s experience demonstrates that you need to utilize what the client gives. Rather than try to change Don’s mind about deserving good things, I found a way to agree with him but to use it to help him resolve his issue. We could have spent many sessions trying to find the source of his feelings, probably to no avail. Even if we had been able to figure this out, I’m uncertain it would have been of any help. He still would have felt undeserving and still would have sabotaged the good things in his life. (To learn about utilization, refer to Short, Erickson and Klein, 2005, and/or Geary and Zeig, 2001.) Don also shows that the resolution may be ...
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I was born with a condition called Duane Retraction Syndrome. It is a disorder of the
muscles of the eye that inhibits the movement of the eye to move outwards toward the ear. When
I looked to the left, this condition causes the eyeball to slightly retract back into the eye socket and
I appeared cross-eyed. The odd movement of my eye drew many uncomfortable questions from
adults and peers. This caused me to be self-conscious about my appearance and hurt my
confidence. I had trouble looking people in the eye for fear they could see what was wrong with
me.
This affected me in high school basketball, especially during my freshman year. I did not
speak often to the other players on my team. I worried that talking to them would bring more
attention to my eye and they would begin to ask me uncomfortable questions. Due to being self-
conscious when talking to them it took me all year to become good friends. My senior year of
basketball, despite the discomfort, I made friends with the new kids on the team within the first
few weeks.
I was uncomfortable around family members too. My father often took videos of my
siblings and me growing up. In almost every single video, I can be seen running away from the
camera or putting my hand up to cover the lens. When I was 17, I was fortunate enough to have
surgery that corrected some of the physical effects and made my eye appear more normal.
However, it has taken much longer to overcome the emotional effects. Over time, I have learned
that most people will not think of me differently because my eye appears to be lazy but my
confidence is still a work in progress. Even recently, when I asked a professor to write a letter of
recommendation, I emailed him because email was more comfortable than asking him in person.
When I thought about the true reason I asked over email instead of talking to him, I headed right
over to his office to ask him in person. I still do not enjoy looking people in the eye and having
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my video taken, but I do not fight it now. It is something which I know I will continue to improve
on.
A few years after my surgery, while I was on a proselyting mission in Peru, I met a woman
who had just had eye surgery. Unlike my experience, her operation caused her eye to become
worse. I felt terrible for her because there was nothing I could do other than sympathize. I knew
she was going to live the rest of her life knowing that she had eye problems and that she would not
see as well. Later, upon hearing about an opportunity to translate for some doctors who came from
the United States to distribute prescription glasses, I thought about this kind lady and decided I
wanted to help translate and do anything I could for people who were in this circumstance. It was
one of the most rewarding experiences I have had. I loved being able to see the joy on people’s
faces as we gave them a pair of donated prescription glasses, especially knowing that they have
never owned a pair. It made me so happy to see someone who, like me, was able to find a solution
to their problem. I knew the feeling of being able to have a renewed sense of confidence and
determination to improve one’s life. Being able to help hundreds of people helped me to feel better
about not being able to help the woman who was negatively impacted by her eye surgery.
When I succeed at looking someone in the eye during a conversation, I get that same
excitement as when I saw people try on new glasses for the first time and be able to see again. I
know that law school will provide some of the best opportunities to strengthen my weaknesses and
do what I could not do before. As I complete law school and enter the profession I am determined
to keep adapting to any situation in which I find myself. Just like how I overcame my fear of
looking people in the eye, I plan on overcoming any insecurities I might have about talking to
clients, other attorneys, or going to court.