Being raised with certain values and beliefs allows everyone to have different strengths and weaknesses. Based on comfort levels of individual counselors, certain skills to come easier to some as opposed to others. Reflection of content and reflection of feelings are two skills that come easiest to me. When practicing these skills, and learning about them during the semester, I came to realize that I use them to some extent daily. Being a kindergarten teacher I found these to be two skills that go hand in hand with my current career. Every day I use these skills like a counselor would to better understand my students and their thoughts and feelings. Understanding my students correctly, allows us to build a stronger relationship throughout the school year.
Reflection of content allows me to restate what I previously heard. It allows me to make sure that I have the correct understanding and often get more clarity into the story. “Clients experience being listened to, and may clarify their thinking as they explain their situations to their practitioners.” (Chang, Scott, & Decker, 2013, p. 140). As a teacher, my students are like my clients. I often must interpret what my students are saying whether it be a story or a current situation. Just like a
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Identifying a client 's feelings is important while restating a previous statement or phrase. Feelings can be stated while the client is telling you a story. Feelings can also be assumed by a person 's body language or tone of voice. Reflection of feeling is important for identifying the feelings that the client has and making sure they are labeling their feelings correctly. As a teacher, it is important for me to use reflection of feeling because at this age my students are just learning about feelings and how to correctly express them. I often find them confusing feelings and therefore using reflection helps me understand them
I have seen that The Masters of School Counseling degree provides students with a chance to learn more about their inner selves and abilities. Not only will this program prepare me for life beyond the classroom, but it will also provide me with the opportunity to offer the needed support to the students with whom I will be working. When students develop a positive and trustworthy relationship with a School Counselor, there is no limit to the things that they can accomplish. School systems shouldn’t just teach content knowledge, they should also offer real world experience. Sharing simple things about our lives can be used as a tool when teaching. I feel that students can overcome obstacles they have experienced in their lives and begin to find many successes that encourage them to be the best that they can be. One of the biggest ways I think children find success is when their curiosity creates creativity “getting the wheels turning”. During my undergraduate program at Piedmont College, I observed in many classes in which it was clear the students had a variety of abilities and skills. While observing techniques that the teachers utilized I learned that there is a great deal of strategy involved in teaching, mentoring and guiding
The intention of this written essay is to demonstrate an understanding of my views on reflection and the issues surrounding reflective practice. It is based on nursing skills that I used during my practice placement, most importantly reflecting on the professional value of privacy and dignity.
My portfolio will demonstrate the skills and writing techniques I have developed and honed while taking the course English 1010 at the University of Memphis. Some of the techniques and skills I have learned include how to write with different persuasive strategies on the audience and how to incorporate critical thinking into my work. As well as these skills I have learned how to apply an effective composing process to my writing and have fine tuned my writing abilities. Writing with different styles on different topics has improved the way I approach writing papers. These styles helped me learn quickly, therefore making me a better writer and student at the same time.
During my initial self-evaluation and assessment of me as a perspective counselor, self- awareness was an essential aspect of becoming an effective counselor. I am aware of certain things that can prevent me from becoming a competent counselor such as being unaware of my strengths and weaknesses. As a current community support worker, I have already had the opportunity to work with individuals who require different levels of support. Providing assistance to the specific population has given me the chance to utilize my communication skills. My work experience has also allowed me to be more self-aware, and open minded. After taking the techniques of counseling class I am more than confident that I have grown professionally since the beginning
In the counselling setting, it’s to be noted that the VAK model maintains that every client has a distinct style of absorbing information. They will normally demonstrate one or a blend of the styles, the three styles being visual, auditory and kinesthetic. A dominantly visual learner will absorb and retain information successfully when it is presented in films, pictures, displays, diagrams, lists and charts. Auditory learners process and absorb information by talking to themselves mentally, listening to spoken word, songs, radio, podcasts, verbal instructions, lectures or group discussions. While kinesthetic learners process and absorb information through bodily sensations such as touching, feeling, practical experiences and role playing. Counsellors will find it beneficial to identify what kind of learner the client is and adapt their counselling approach to their client’s respective learning style. This will not only make the client feel supported and empowered but will potentially help increase the rate of the change process within the client. Identifying the client’s style of absorbing information can also be useful when harnessed as a therapeutic approach. When the client is experiencing an overload of a particular sensation or emotion triggered by the discussion or experience of an issue, helping the client to focus on another
For my practicum I was in the Glyndon Felton Elementary school working with Mrs. Lauer in her 5th grade classroom. She teaches the subjects of Math and Science. Mrs. Lauer has a homeroom group of students as well as a second group of students that comes into her room for a few hours each afternoon for their Math and Science lessons. Her homeroom students are across the hall learning English and Social Studies with a second 5th grade teacher during this time.
It is good to be reminded that God created the human beings and creatures after creating the world. Though it could not have been vice versa, it is/was not impossible for God to have created two different places as the abode for humans or creatures and living beings. God could have created humankind first, but the Book of Genesis records and reminds us that Adam was formed out of the dust, the first place for him to begin his life with and from and, the final resting place for him and the other humans until today. It is also possible that God could have formed human like statues out of dust and, not breathed life into them, but God chose not to. I am curious to know what life would have looked in that fashion and since God breathed life into the man made out of dust, what was the purpose of
For my assignment I have decided to choose a group which I have just finished taking for level 1 Hairdressing and they have progressed on to level 2 Hairdressing. This is within my current role as a hairdressing lecturer at Hugh Baird College which I have done since October. Within this group there are a couple of people who have support workers. There is one student within the group who has severe learning difficulties and is a more mature student. She also has many health problems which results in her having to carry an oxygen tank around for when she has any problems with her breathing due to her having problems with her heart. There is also another student in the class who has learning difficulties, she is very clever but just needs someone there for when she needs something explaining. She also has a support worker that comes in to give her support. This student has also been going through personal problems at home and has attendance issues. There is another student within this group who has severe dyslexia. She doesn’t have a support worker but the support people who are in there do give her help as she can have a tendency to give up, not to listen and just needs to be kept on track so by sitting next to a person that does have a support worker she gets the help from them. These three students have all had their level 1 qualification extended for a year were the rest of the group have progressed on to level 2 Hairdressing. Two of these students may progress on to level 2 but one doesn’t have the ability to be able to do this as the requirements are too high for her. The reason the course was extended for them was because they were struggling with the work that was required for this qualification, but as the col...
The task assigned to the three-member group of which I was a part of was to analyse the underlying issues of the given case study and to present our findings through a brief presentation. The group members were allocated randomly from the students following the MSc Business Psychology programme. (49)
As I sit here and reflect on how my education and work life experiences have prepared me for my future in the workplace; I truly become overwhelmed by the amount of things that I have learned and experienced. Like many others these experiences has influenced, motivated, and driven me to make the choices I have made. The good, the bad and the ugliest of them all have helped me to become the person that I am today.
Have you ever wanted to read someone else’s story? My personal story is a long journey and I am going to take you through it. It has been a wild ride at times but I have learned a lot from all of my experiences and I plan to share it with you! It all started on February 26 1999, in Woodstock Illinois.
Everyone has a different view on how they learn and learning itself. First starting in EXP 105, my understanding of learning was new knowledge and becoming wiser. Taking EXP 105 has truly increased my knowledge of what learning is and the process of it. The most important thing I have learned about learning is that you observe the world around you, make sure it is understandable, and figure out the right way to respond. Learning also provides critical thinking skills. Everyone have different ways of learning and those ways are based on four different learning patterns. The four different types of learning patterns are Sequence, Precision, Technical Reasoning, and Confluence. Learning patterns are very helpful when it comes to everyday life, school work, and your job. Knowing your learning patterns and which ones you should use make
Experience is all what you need in the real life or real world where you do things, this experience can only be attained by doing some thing. I learnt something new and I got some experience in my field of work through this co-op.
Reading several articles and looking at some YouTube videos related to reflective thinking, makes me think back when I first started teaching. Let me explain why:
I really enjoyed this class and how it was set up. One thing that I would do differently was make sure and work more with my book group and also when we did the movie jigsaw to ask others that were watching the movie to watch it with me to get their incident as well. I wished that I also had gotten to know more of the people in the class earlier on to form relationships with people that have similar interests as me.