For each of the following scenarios, decide which of the play therapy skills described in the Vernon text (tracking, restating content, reflecting feelings, returning responsibility to the child, using the child’s metaphor, and limit setting) you would use to respond to the child. Generate several different responses to each one, remembering that you can combine several kinds of skills in a single response.

Glenda, a 6-year-old, was referred because she seems to be extremely distressed about her parents’ recent divorce. She comes into her third play therapy session frowning and crying, sits down, and says, “I hate my mom. I wanted to play, and she made me come here.”

Oscar and Olivia are, for the most part, a very happily married couple. They live in Missoula, Montana. Both Oscar and Olivia are outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy skiing, hiking, and fishing in the beautiful country surrounding their town. Oscar has a fairly high-paying job at a computer company, and seems to be “moving up fast.” Olivia has a fairly low-paying job with the county as a social worker. Both have graduate degrees, and were lucky enough to find jobs in the same town. They both like their jobs very much.

One day Oscar arrives home and is very excited. He has just been offered a very prestigious promotion, accompanied by a substantial raise. If he takes it, he will eventually be a vice president of the company. The job does entail, however, a move to Chicago. He thinks Olivia will be excited about the promotion too. He tells her with great enthusiasm.

The following conversation ensues:

Oscar: Olivia, I know this means moving, and that you like your job, but I am sure you can find something in Chicago.

Olivia: But Oscar, I hate Chicago, and I am just now feeling “settled” in my job, and I love it. I don’t want to move.

Oscar: But Olivia, don’t be ridiculous. Chicago is a wonderful place, and I am sure there’s a lot more social work to be done there than in this small-time town.

Olivia: I just don’t want to move and that’s that.

Oscar: You’re making $30,000, and I am making $48,000. If I take the promotion, I’ll be making $58,000 with no end in sight. Don’t you think you’re being selfish?

Olivia: Don’t you think you’re being selfish?
Oscar: I don’t believe this! I thought you’d be happy for me! See you later, I’m going drinking

with the guys.

Considering the information above, please answer the following questions.

1. Identify Olivia’s topic, relationship, identity and process goals in this conflict.

2. Identify Oscar’s topic, relationship, identity and process goals in this conflict.

3. Choose to be either Oscar or Olivia in this scenario. Then discuss how your (i.e., Oscar’s or

Olivia’s) goals changed. (Hint: think of prospective, transactive and retrospective goals.)

4. While still identifying as Oscar or Olivia, suggest possible solutions to this conflict and state why

you believe these possible solutions may result in the best outcome given the situation.

5. What suggestions do you, as yourself, have for the parties in this conflict?

According to Michael Anton, what are San Francisco Values? What value does he claim is missing from David Talbot’s list? If Anton is correct, what does that omission suggest about the city’s understanding of itself and its history?

What is environmental sustainability and why is this important to social work? Be sure to discuss the practice and policy implications.

what are some links that Proper nutrition during childhood can positively affect a child's social behaviors and development?

1. what are the more “dangerous forms” of crime?

2. Are the crimes committed by strangers? Or are they crimes committed by acquaintances/groups of people that know (or may intimately know) their victims? Explain your reasoning.”

In 3 paragraphs please define the three basic ways computer crime can be categorized. List the steps taken in following a common protocol for processing a crime scene involving electronic evidence.

Discuss the construct “resistance” in terms of: How can it be conceptualized? What might contribute to it? How might it be reframed as something positive? What are some appropriate counseling responses to it, including strategies for working with it?

Discuss the stages of the counseling process when working with hypothetical client Nancy, a 12-year-old adolescent who was recently adopted from the foster care system and is having difficulties with her new younger siblings.

why the preliminary investigation is an important step in the investigation process

write about a book, movie, poem, play or other type of story that has allegorical meaning. Briefly explain the story and what about it is universal. Explain what modern or historical issues/events/circumstances it can be analogized (i.e.,compared) to.

Hypothesis: If people are frequently interrupted by messages on their cell phones while working on an assignment, then it will take them much longer to complete the assignment beyond the time it took to read and reply to the messages. Design an experiment that would test this hypothesis. In your description, identify the independent variable (including the experimental and control conditions) and the dependent variable. 

Sex Education and Teenage Pregnancy

Santrock (2016) mentions in his text that the United States has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates of industrialized nations, despite the fact that adolescent sexual activity is no higher in the United States. Why is that? For starters, sex during adolescence is considered a "taboo" subject in our culture. Abstinence is also promoted and touted as the most safest, surefire way to avoid the consequences of early sexual activity. Additionally, we teach teens that sexual activity is an "adult activity" and do not acknowledge that during the adolescent period, when there is an upsurge of hormones and changes in the physiological landscape, teens grow curious about their bodies and that of the opposite sex. Teens are also at a stage in their life where experimentation and identify formation are at its "peak", and questioning, expressing, and exploring their sexual identity is part of that process.

How many people did you know in high school knew what sex was and even had sex? Probably the majority. That is because sexual curiosity during adolescence is part of healthy, typical human development.

What is sex education?

Briefly, sex education is about instilling accurate, scientific-based information and spreading awareness about the following:

1. The physiological changes that occur in the body due to pubertal/hormonal changes.

2. The risks and consequences involved in sexual activity such as contracting sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy.

3. It involves teaching youngsters how to set boundaries with others when it comes to their own body and other people's bodies (i.e."No means NO!").

4. Contraception options-how to be "sex smart" such as the benefits of using protection.

5. A discussion about knowing when they are "ready" to have sex.

6. Define rape and sexual assault and how to know if you are about to be a victim.

Put it in Perspective...

Answer the Following Discussion Questions:

1. What was your experience with 'sex education'? Did you take a class in school? Did you learn from your caregivers? Include points that you remember learning. And how has that served you as a teenager?

2. According to the film "Inside the Teenage Brain" and your textbook readings, what are some effective ways to approach a conversation with teenagers about 'safe sex'?

Discussion: Realistic versus Unrealistic Optimism

Purpose: To think about the limits of optimism and the need for an optimistic attitude to be grounded in reality.

*MINIMUM 250 WORDS*

Research shows that an optimistic attitude toward life, whether defined as a disposition or explanatory style, has a variety of benefits compared to pessimism. Optimists enjoy higher overall well-being and use more effective coping skills in dealing with life’s many challenges. Whether recovering from bypass heart surgery, coping with breast cancer, or adjusting to college, optimists generally do better than pessimists. However, many researchers have suggested that optimism needs to be realistic to be effective. John Henryism, compulsive gamblers, and smokers are a few examples of people who may suffer the ill-effects of unrealistic optimism.  

- What are examples of unrealistic optimism that you have seen in other people or yourself? What makes them unrealistic? What were the effects? What needs or motivations seemed to lie behind wishful/unrealistic thinking? What things need to be considered in judging whether optimism is realistic or unrealistic?