Blog 18: Third Answer

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:

•  How can a social worker best help a child recover from an abusive situation?
• Can enforce that families shall go to counseling and have surprise visits from social services.
• Social services want to keep the families together and have them continue being a family after an investigation of child abuse is done while keeping the child safe.  
• DIETER BRADBURY, Staff W. "DHS' ZEAL IN TAKING CHILDREN CRITICIZED A New Study Finds Maine is Sixth in the Nation in Removing Kids from Troubled Homes, Overloading its Foster-Care System." Portland Press Herald: 0. Apr 08 2001. ProQuest. Web. 
• This will help the child overcome an abusive situation with their family and start the healing  process together.  

Senior Project, The Holiday

Content:

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
         I did more reading on the subject and talked to some kids who were abused and went through the system. It was really interesting but bleak. 
2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
         I learned that social workers are spread thin and that kids fall through the gap in the system. Most genuinely want to help but the kids didn't like being just another name for them. This was just some of my chats with them.
3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
          I would really want to talk to Yvonne Gratianne because she has had over 20 years in Social Workers system and she wont expect me to be well versed about this subject and surprising my superior would be fun. 

EQ

Content

1.  I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2. 

      a.  What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
              It doesn't meet the criteria because it could be a recitation of facts or a list. 
      b.  What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
              This meets the rule of 3 criteria because it calls for breadth and depth of research, you can argue some              points and it's specific. 
      c.  What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
              This meets the rule of 3 criteria because it calls for breadth and depth of research, you can argue some              points and it's specific.
 d.  How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
               This doesn't meet the criteria because it would be a recitation of facts.
3.  Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.     
  
How does a social worker provide the necessary  mean for an abused child continue life as normally as they can?

Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

 My working EQ is How does a social worker provide the necessary  mean for an abused child continue life as normally as they can?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.  Examples:

• Help them go to therapy sessions, this will hopefully help them come to terms to what happened them and teach to them to move on.

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
    
The most important source for me has been the case of David. It goes more into detail about the rehabilitation of a sexually abused child.

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

I'm volunteering at the House of Ruth. They are a women's shelter but many bring their kids with them. It helping me see the progress they are making to have a normal life after what they have gone through.

Blog 5: Project Reflections and Working EQ

Content:   

So far, you have: completed your summer mentorship, started doing some research, maybe completed the interview and hopefully found a mentor.

Using what you have done so far, answer the following 5 questions (be specific and use examples).

The Pentagon: 
(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far? 

My eyes have been open to some signs and laws against child abuse that I have never have thought would have mattered. For example, it's harder to punish someone for child abuse if they aren't the parent or caretaker.              

(2) EQ Content:  Pick a piece of research or your interview.  How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?

There was a list of signs and symptoms of both parent and child when child abuse is involved. There was also various federal laws to protect children and some states have some of those laws reinforced. Well, it has helped me know some of the things a social worker has to be in the lookout for.

(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?
The research has been helping me a lot. I'm getting to understand what social workers have to do

(4) What hasn't worked so far?  
Something that hasn't worked is procrastination. Also, some of the mentorship hasn't worked out yet.

(5) Finding Value:  

•  What is a potential question you would like to study this year?  (working EQ)

How does a social worker provide the necessary  mean for an at-risk family to be safe?

•  What do you plan to do for mentorship?  If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it.  

I plan to volunteer at the House of Ruth center in Pomona. I would get to follow people on their jobs and do office work. 

2013 2-Hour Presentation Reflections

Literal:  

1.  (Know) What presentations did you see?  Name the topic and the person's first name.
       The presentations I saw were Hairdressing by Ana B., Karate by Rene L., Personal Trainer by Andrew D., Marine Biology by Elijah A., Stage Managing by Gabriel B., Early Childhood Education by Perla V., Foster Care by Victoria Y., Physical Therapy by Elizabeth R., Computer Analysis by Brent K., Photography by Austin B., Special Olympics by Logan R., Theoretical Physics by Hannah S., Homeless Youth by Angel C., and Graphic Design by Stephany H.

2.  (Need to know) What questions do you have that haven't been answered about the senior project? This can be about the senior project in general, any components or about a presentation topic you saw or what they said.  
       Most of them were pretty in depth. I guess is to know were to draw the line between too much and too little.

Interpretive:

3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?
     The information and how the activities flow with it. You have to simplify and still teach a class for 30 minutes. You have to make sure that the activities are interesting and and have a base in the essential question. You also have to know were you got your answers from. You also can't be nervous.

Applied:

4. What topic are you considering doing and why?
    The topic I'm doing is Criminology because it's something that interest me and people have misconceptions about.