Juliana is a normal 15-year-old girl in high school. Her primary occupations at her age are daughter, sister, and student. She lives in a household of 4 with 1 younger sister, both of her parents, and a cat. Juliana has a close relationship with her younger sister and she told me that “I’m her role model” when her parents are away. Some of her strengths are, she is an honor student who is currently enrolled in a special program in her high school called the International Bachelorette Program (IB). It is two-year program that challenges high school students and gives them an idea of what college is like after they graduate. She is an intelligent student to be at her level. She is always prepared and ready to start her day in school by being …show more content…
At first I didn’t feel comfortable because I feared what other members in her family might think as I bombard Juliana with questions. Juliana was comfortable because she was in an environment where she feels safe and happy. I prepared myself the day before and watched some videos on how to interview an adolescent. Things to taken into consideration including body language, style (dress code), gestures, language, etc.…Yes, I had enough preparation but the next time I would conduct the interview on a 1-1. During the interview, Julian’s parents were walking across the room and the cat would sit next to me. It was hard for me to ask certain questions especially personal queries to her in front of her parents. Throughout the interview, Juliana had minimal eye-contact but when asked questions about her academic career, her face was glowing and filled with interest. Her facial expressions were emotionally present when I asked about bullying and her tone of voice strained. She would put her head down and talk while talking about her self-image. It seems that in her peer group, other girls have started dating and she feels left out. Her body was relaxed and shoulders raised (posture) when she was asked questions about when and where she is comfortable. Juliana would hold the cat and pet him when she was asked questions that were depressing/sad. One of the areas that I had difficulty or say pondered was her relationship with her family. Puberty brings an increase in parent-child conflict- psychological distancing that may, in part be a modern substitute for physical departure from the family. However, Juliana’s relation with her family is very close and her family plays a major role in how hard she works on her education. One of the things that I enjoyed the most was her concerns towards getting higher grades. The reason being that she has formed an identity of who she is and where she belongs. Constructing this identity involves who
Sofia is a very talented girl who is struggling to make a tough decision, whether to go to the elite boarding school that’s 350 miles away from home or follow the path every young woman in her culture is expected to take to become a good comadre.It all began when sofia was trick-OR-treating she was unsatisfied with what she was getting in her pueblo,so she asked her dad to go to the other side of town where the rich people lived and was happy about what she gotten from the rich side of town. After that sofia wanted to
Role Diffusion, social support is key in reminding teens that they are not alone when dealing with stressful situations and have someone who can offer sage advice and lend a helping hand. When Hazel is stressed or simply feeling down my partner and I encourage her to open up, try to both emphasize and sympathize with what she’s feeling, offer advice to the best of our abilities, but also give her space to form her own decisions. During adolescence, teenagers like to test boundaries. As such, Hazel decided to come home after curfew and lied about the dent in the family car. Sometimes she doesn’t call my partner and I on the designated times we’ve set for her to call, or refuses to go to bed during bedtime, cooperate with chores, appropriate clothing selection, and music choices. During late adolescence, teenagers commence employment. Hazel got a part-time job at a local grocery store to save up for college. Finally, during late adolescence teenagers develop a smaller group of closed-knit friends and are able to find an equilibrium between family, romantic relationships, school, and friends. Regarding Hazel, she organizes her schedule so that she knows when family time is and her set study time, on the weekends she spends one day with her boyfriend, and the next day she spends half of it with her friends and the other half doing her
Interviews are very popular among most individuals especially researchers and scholars as they attempt to obtain information and data from an interviewee. However, there are many factors that influence the interview and which determines its success or failure. Often, the interviewer takes charge of the situation, and they have the sole responsibility of asking the questions while the interviewee provides an explanation or an answer to the question asked. As a result, an interview can be defined as a consultation or a discussion in person through which information and data are exchanged regarding a particular phenomenon event with the intention of establishing the interviewee’s position. It is easy to tell the mood and success of the interview
Atkinson (2000) among many others conceive of residential segregation as a multidimensional phenomenon that can be solved using empirical analysis. Likewise Atkinson wrote that segregation varies along five distinct axes of measurement: “evenness, exposure, concentration, centralization, and clustering.”– I am suggesting an alternative to researching segregation, focusing upon gaining an insight into peoples “on the ground” perceptions of segregation and if they feel if it is a relevant phenomenon in the area by using qualitative methods of interview. Allen (2008) argues that there is “an absence of reflexivity” concerning gentrification in social science research. It is important to understand my positionality as the researcher as an actor
As I sat down with Jordan Fisher, on April 30th, we looked out the window to a gloomy, rainy day. It was wet and nasty day, but Jordan agreed to sit down with me to discuss his position as an HR officer. Jordan started with the Federal Government, 30 years ago at the age of 20. Now 50 Jordan is looking forward to retiring with his wife, stating “I enjoy it here, I really do—but I can’t wait to retire.” While Jordan plans to work for one more year before retiring, the knowledge and experience that he has gained from the position will never leave him. Jordan has been a very successful H.R. official because he has integrity, used effective communication and proper documentation.
Motivational interviewing is a guiding system that aide’s individuals to resolve conflicted affections and insecurities with finding interior inspiration to change their conduct. It is empathetic, practical, furthermore short-term procedure that takes under thought how troublesome it is to make lifestyle changes. Motivational interviewing was invented by clinical psychologist William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. This method was created to help people escape addiction (Miller and Rollnick, 1991).
Teen years are the most complicated and overwhelming years of a child's life. Every teen goes through different stages while they are in the transition in becoming into an adolescent. For the Virtual Teen program I had a teen daughter, she was very outgoing and social. She enjoyed trying new things and was very involved in school. She also did well academically, and was part of the gifted program at her school. She lives with both her biological parents and a younger sister. Her relationship with her sister was like any sister relationship, they had little arguments once in a while but where are able to easily resolve on their own. As she transitioned to her teen years, she went through many stages like puberty, school transition and experimentation on new things like alcohol. As she went through those stages, there was a lot of changes in her life like adjusting to her body as it changed though puberty and adjusting to a new enviroment while she transitioned to high school. Those changes became very familiar for me because as an adolescent I also went through those stages which made it easier for me to the choises that would help her to get through these difficult years.
I chose to interview Regina Geis, who holds the administrative role as acting supervisor for the County Mental Health adult day program, which provides services for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Ms. Geis has held this position for 15 months. This is her first managerial position within a human service agency. Her style of management has changed over this short period of time. She feels that she is now more direct with her direction with staff. She stated, “Maybe now I come across as a little bit cold. But I have learned that I now have to use the least amount of words to get my point across.”
As we begin Mary seems to be a tad nervous but her perky personality soon takes over as interview starts. Understanding that Mrs.Kandahari has been in and out of the nursing field throughout her life, she has gone through much nervousness and worries from working in a hospital, but seemingly it's all worth it. As we go on chatting, her face lights up every time she mentions her times studying and being in intern at Fremont's local hospital. " I love nursing, it's my biggest passion. I care about people's well being”, she explains with a big smile. We can tell right from the start that this brilliant brunette has nursing in her, it runs through her veins. However, chasing her dreams wasn't easy for Ms.Kandahari, she has come a long way to get where she is today.
Mary is very active in school activities such as clubs and softball and tennis. She is very coordinated in her sports and also very fast. Mary was just offered a full scholarship to play tennis at State University.
To inspire and influence others, a leader must possess many skills and abilities. As motivational speaker Peter Northouse, states, “a leader should be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant” (Northouse, 2013) Moving an entire group of individuals toward a singular goal is a considerable undertaking. Without effective communication skills and a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished, one will feel like they are trying to herd cats rather than leading.
I interviewed my mom who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a seizure disorder, and fibromyalgia; therefore, she struggled to be fully physically, mentally, and emotionally present while my sister Hannah and I were growing up. That definitely influenced how she parented us: she did the best she could, but her parenting style has fluctuated a lot over the years. To keep this from being too lengthy I will focus on her parenting style with my sister now, which is mainly permissive. For example, on several occasions Mom has decided to homeschool Hannah because she was doing poorly in school. Each time she attempts to do this, she buys all the books, works with Hannah for a couple days, Hannah decides she doesn’t want to do her work that
One of the biggest challenges is that she was resisting any of their suggestions and was hardly meeting their expectations. She had decided to be her boss by trying new and different aspects of life. I realized that my cousin was displaying Erik Erikson’s fifth stage and was going through an identity crisis that may lead to her identity (Marcia, Waterman, Matteson, Archer, & Orlofsky, 2012). Angie was dressing differently, which was inappropriate and was also dying her hair with bright colors. More so, she is making up her mind on the issue regarding college and career without consulting her parents. As for the parents, they have certain expectations for Angie. In fact, they expect her to dress like a noble girl as they are Catholics. They also expect her to be polite and behave in a certain manner. I observed that there is a conflict between Angie and her parents. Angie is undoing role confusion and her parents are part of the outside
susan decided to attend H B High School in brooklyn and is currently enjoying her third year there. She is known as a conscientious student who loves to have a great time. There she likes being in the same class as rachelle, for the first time since kindergarten. One may think that these circumstances would provoke competition between them, but susan is not affected by competition at all. On her days off she likes sleeping late, shopping, and spending time with friends. She also takes great pleasure in curling up in bed with a good book. susan is involved in various projects throughout the community and loves helping her family and friends in their times of need. She sleeps at her grandmother’s house during the week so as not to leave her grandmother alone.
Beverly Smith is currently 70 years old. She was raised in Fullerton and was part of a family of five children. Her mother influenced her life greatly. Beverly grew up quickly as a result of her mother's death when she was only 11 years old. Her mother was well honored by many. Beverly is actively involved in her religion, and enjoys exercising, and listening to music.