Kyle Ingraham Soc-120-02 April 13‚ 2012 Project 2: Cultural Observation Culture is the sum total of learned beliefs‚ values‚ and customs in which a people of a particular society live. Culture is dynamic and always changing but retains patterns that form its basic infrastructure. Many aspects of a people’s society make up one’s culture including religion‚ economy‚ language‚ politics‚ etc. Cultures are not finite and in many instances have there own number of sub cultures within them. This
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Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Therapy I. Summary and Integration of Major Concepts Founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940 ’s‚ Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological - existential methodology which emphasizes experience and experimentation. Gestalt is a German term that means a "complete pattern or configuration" (p. 112). Though there are many modalities and styles in Gestalt therapy‚ it is holistic in its approach uniting mind‚ body‚ and feeling (p. 112). Some concepts at the core
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Holding Therapy What is Holding Therapy? Holding therapy was developed by Dr. Martha Welch in the late 1970s. Dr. Welch was a psychiatrist in New York who began using it with children with autism. Later‚ she outlined her form of therapy in a book titled‚ Holding Time (Welch‚ 1988). Originally‚ Dr. Welch discovered holding therapy with autistic children. Later‚ however‚ she began using this therapy with typical children as well and‚ in her opinion‚ discovered equally satisfying results
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From my two observations‚ I found Mike to behave comfortable among his peers. During a writing assignment that asked students to write about their weekend‚ several students depending on their IEP‚ were allowed to complete it in different formats. For example‚ some students were able to draw and colored‚ write one sentence or a paragraph‚ and cut and paste sentence strips. For this assignment‚ I observed Mike write more then one sentence and draw a picture. I also observed that Mike was frustrated
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Play therapy is what it sounds like‚ a tool that provides therapy through play. What counseling and psychotherapy aim to do for adults‚ play therapy aims to do for children. Play therapy encourages the expression of a child’s feelings‚ experiences‚ and cognitive functioning. It is seen as being able to be easier for young children ages 2-11 to unleash their feelings. In adults it is harder to use this therapy though. Play therapy is often used as a tool of diagnosis. Children will engage in "play
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Our nation is stuck in its tradition; conversion therapy should be illegal in all states. Conversion therapy is legal in 45 states in the U.S. In the past treatments used were similar to torture techniques used on prisoners‚ but even in modern times conversion therapy still has a detrimental impact on the patient. ”According to a 2009 report of the American Psychological Association‚ the techniques therapists have used to try to change sexual orientation and gender identity include inducing nausea
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this morning for Syncope. She was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. Her alcohol level was O. She already had two negative troponin and was going to be discharged the next day. Basically‚ she was at our CDU floor for observation and third troponin. After getting a report from the nurse‚ I went to see the patient to do my assessment. As I introduced myself‚ I could tell that she was not happy being bothered and staying at the hospital. I completed vitals and assessment‚ and administered her
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Critically Evaluating Adlerian therapy Student No. 12019445 Module: Play therapy skills Word Count: 1648 Introduction “ Birds fly‚ fish swim‚ and children play” Garry Landreth Play has an important role in children’s lives they develop emotionally‚ cognitively‚ physically through play. Play therapy is an intervention for children with behavioral and emotional problems. It is not a cure for children but it is an emotional and behavioral development in which
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Tommy Griffiths PSY-3320 Robin Muse October 8‚ 2012 Child Observation For this project I chose to visit and observe a preschool program oriented towards the mentally-impaired child. This small school is near my military installation‚ although it is not directly associated with it. Most of the families who enroll their children in the school are military personnel‚ and the director is a military veteran. There are eight 4-and 5-year old children in the group‚ and each of them has some special
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2015 Therapy can be excellent for those who are trying to gain control and stability in their life. Our world is used to seeing counseling sessions taking place in an office setting one on one‚ face to face with a professional person. But within recent years technology has changed all that up. Online therapy has been created for convenience‚ time management‚ and also low cost. One can find so many different online therapy organizations in the privacy of their
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