Ap Psychology Case Study In High School

In this essay, the author

• Narrates how the student moved to wetumpka from ohio and now lives with her aunt and uncle.
• Explains that m. has seen a counselor in the past and was even on medication for depression at one point. the medication was making her feel worse so her mother took her off it.
• Explains that m. ended up coming to counseling with them because she attended her iep meeting and her aunt mentioned the problems she was having. we gave her a parental consent form so that i could start working with her.
• Explains that the aunt explained that m. is very jumpy and gets scared/startled at loud noises, which has caused her to feel anxious at times.
• Explains that m. is afraid of loud noises because she witnessed a man get shot and killed inside. she also wanted to work on being nicer and making friends since she is having problems with other students.
• Explains that they planned to have m. draw a picture that represents the way she feels when she gets scared and practice breathing.
• Asks robyn, "how are you doing? i haven't seen you in a while. i'm good. no, nothing new."
• Narrates how they sat on the couch, jumped, and started shaking and then stopped. how did they get themselves to calm down?
• Asks whether doing the breathing would help them calm down when something like that happens. they understand why they weren't thinking about it at that time.
• Narrates how they asked the student to draw a picture that represents the way she feels when she hears loud noises. they also discussed her home life and boyfriend.
• Recommends practicing breathing when not scared. breathe in deeply then breathe out slowly until you get all the air out and continue to do that.
• Narrates how the student drew a person laying in the aisle with blood around them, and she stood there watching. she asked how she felt while looking at the drawing.
• Narrates how the student stares at the drawing and nods her head. on a scale of 1-10 how scared do they feel looking at it?
• Explains that the session ended abruptly because they had lost track of time. they asked m. to draw a picture of how she feels when she is happy.
• Narrates how they reviewed the session with their site supervisor, who knew the content of previous sessions and was present for this session. they did not refer the student to another counselor, but informed her that a place accepted those without insurance if she was interested.
• Analyzes how they built a positive rapport with the student by continuing the lesson from the previous lesson and using active listening, paraphrasing and mirroring.
• Explains that they would have reworded the breathing session and used process words instead of breathing in and breathing out. they would also have asked to sit in a different room or found somewhere quieter.