Senior Project Reflection

1. During my two-hour presentation I was most proud of being able to teach people about chid abuse treatment in a way that it seemed that they enjoyed. I was also proud that  of the research that I was able to get a hold of.

2. (P) because I feel as though I did everything that was asked of me.
Overall, i feel like I did a (P) job because I was consistent the whole year, doing what was asked.

3. I think learning how to find really good research really worked for me. It is something that I will use for the rest of my life. Another thing that worked was research for something that might be a future career for me.

4. I think that everything was meaningful in some way. OH! But I think that people who present second are at a disadvantage because they have less time to set up.

5. I plan on being a child psychologist and child abuse is something that psychologists need to deal with. I learned a lot about different types of therapies. Some that I will. hopefully, some day use.

2-Hour Presentation

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JKKe5xsy4eVT4-4GMdOZPW7wI9256Vtcxb4lrAEamQ8/edit

Service Learning

Literal:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmdF2TyFCZ9LdDBXcWZBcVVfbmNvZ1ZYTDVERWFOaFE

Ruth Finnigan: (909)985-1305

Interpretive: While doing volnteer work at Samaritan Counseling Center, I learned many things. I learned two different "most important" things. The first one being that I learned about how it feels to work in real life. I learned that you aren't always going to do things that you want to do. You're going to do things that you do not really feel like doing or you don't want to do. You are also going to work with people you wouldn't normally want to work with but you still have to do it. I also learned that my best answer for my EQ makes sense. 

Applied: While I was going to service learning, I noticed that they only used one type of therapy with children. They used play therapy, I wondered about this for a very long time. When I finally asked them, they told me that it was one of the most effective forms of treatment. It worked very well, because it is one of the ways in which children feel the most comfortable and that is one huge factor in if the therapy is successful or not. I think that being around play therapy so much made me biased for it, but it worked. Not only did personal experience with it show me that it was the most effective form to treat an abused child but so did a lot of my research. So, all in all, service learning helped me find my best answer.

Independent Component 2

I, Anahi Gamboa, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.  For thirty hours, I did research on child abuse treatments. I read personal stories about it, I had a conversation with someone that was abused when they were young and I read different books.

My independent component helped me have a better understanding for what child abuse treatments really entail. This independent component helped me understand that treatment is very important for children to recover, but other things are important too. Things such as the child's comfort, the child's interest, and their feelings at the moment.

The 'product' of this independent component was some of what I said earlier, I got a more detailed understanding of what things should be involved in the therapy for the child to have a good end result. I also learned that the type of therapy that the child goes through has a lot to do with the end result.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmdF2TyFCZ9LdDQtX2NBaVB3ZThjRHhaSGVYZ0FaLWc

Helping 2013

I had two interviews, the first is Jesse Murillo. I interviewed him tuesday 2/24 in Melogno's room at lunch.

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

Jesse: For my senior poject I plan on doing the Solar Cup because I feel like it is a good way to get noticed by colleges. 

Me: Solar Cup would be interesting for him to do but he needs to have everything set like service learning and start thinking about what things he could do for independent components.

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning which is due prior to senior year starting? 

Jesse: I am actually not sure what to do for service learning. 

Me: that he can probably find a solar panel professional and work with them for service learning since the Solar Cup is about solar panels and stuff. 

3. What do you expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Jesse: I would like to see interesting things and learn about new things that I don't know about. I also want to see some culinary art ones, I like cooking and I was thinking about doing that as my senior project.

Me: You should keep an open mind when walking in to them and notice everything. Start getting an idea of what your two hour can look like. 

4. What questions do you have about the senior prjoect?

Jesse: I don't have too many questions, Melogno has filled me in on most things. The only thing that I really have a question about the different components.

Me: The major components are basically the interviews, your service learning, your two independent components, science fair (you can probably do something with solar panels) and your research.

My second interview was with Roxana Castaneda, I also interviewed her in Melogno's during lunch on Tuesday 4/24. 

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

Roxana: I don't really know what I want to do for my senior project.

Me: You should think about things you like, or things that interest you. Things that you would like to learn more about or things that you know you can do.

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning which is due prior to senior year starting? 

Roxana: My mom works at a nursing home and my sister works at a hospital so I might be able to do some work there. Maybe I should do my senior project on something medical like that.

Me: Make sure you do something that you can do, but do something that you actually want to do.

3. What do you expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Roxana: I haven't really heard about any of the projects that the seniors are doing, I just hope that they aren't boring.

Me: You should keep an open mind when walking in to them and notice everything. Start getting an idea of what your two hour can look like. 

4. What questions do you have about the senior prjoect?

Roxana: The only question that I have is about the essential question. Like, do you make it up?

Me: You make up your own essential question, and you go where you want with it. Like my senior project is child abuse. I could have gone with the prevention of it, but I went with the treatment of it. And your whole senior project is basically based around your essential question.

Answer 3

EQ: What is the best way to psychologically treat an abused child?

Answer 3: The best way to treat a psychologically abused child is by using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Evidence: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a type of therapy where children are given different situations and they have to solve the problems on their own. If children are exposed to more problems and have them solve the problems on their own, they are more likely to not be found in problems. They can also take themselves out of certain problems, especially dangerous ones.

Sources: childlaw.sc.edu

3 Column Chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmdF2TyFCZ9LdHFNUWhCRzhINklNWmRrazdYdFlIOWc#gid=0

Room Creativity

1) I plan on either making different stations in the room for each of my answers. Or creating the room as a play room, for play therapy, since I think that might be my best answer. Another way that I can decorate the room is dark and gloomy representing the grief that an abused child feels.

2) For my first answer, I plan on having the other students play out different scenarios for their feelings at the moment. For my second answer, I plan on grouping the other students into little groups and having them talk about something that they all have in common. Basically, give them an example of what the type of treatment feels like or is.

Answer 2

EQ: What is the best way to psychologically treat an abused child?

In order to treat an abused child in the best way possible, you must use Group Therapy.

Evidence:
Sources 25 and 29 both talk about how effective group therapy is with children. Sources 31 and 34 talk about what makes Group Therapy different than anything else.

Sources:
Types of Therapy - http://www.cwti.org/Publications/PAR%20guide/therapy.htm
Group Psychotherapy - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1029470/?page=1
Treatment of Child Victims - http://childlaw.sc.edu/frmPublications/treatment_114200441012.pdf
Child Study - http://www.aboutourkids.org/files/articles/mar_apr_1.pdf

The Product

So far, I feel as though my senior project has given me insight of other people's lives. It has opened up my eyes to the fact that life isn't all good things, but bad things as well. I am now more sympathetic to other people, especially towards children because in my research I have learned one of the symptoms that are seen in abused children is that they tend to have trouble creating relationships with other people. In my service learning and in different volunteering that I have done, I have interacted with many kids. These kids are all different, some were sweet, others were smart, some were funny, and others were just too quiet to know anything about them. When it came down to those kids I felt the need to give a little more attention to them because I felt as though they needed it. People never know what is going on in another person's life, they usually judge or do things to make their life impossible. I have learned to not be so much like this and be more understanding of other people's lives and experiences.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. In your opinion, what is the best way to treat an abused child?
2. What types of treatments do you know about?
3. How many of the types of abuse have you used?
4. How do you know if a form of treatment is effective or not?
5. Is the treatment the same for a child who has been abused for years the same as someone who was only abused once?
6. What are some elements of effective treatments?
7. Do you think a practitioner has anything to do with how effective the treatment is? Why or why not?
8. How many children have you helped?
9. What kind of abuse is more common with your clients?
10. Do you think that there should be more than one way to treat one child?
11. Do you believe that the child's family should be part of the therapy session as well?
12. How do you feel about group therapy within children?
13. What do you think about cognitive therapy?
14. In your opinion, what kind of therapy is most effective?
15. What makes that therapy so effective?
16. How can you tell if and when some type of therapy is effective or not?
17. Have you been treated before?
18. What kind of therapy did you use?
19. In your opinion, was it effective?
20. On average, how many child abuse victims do you see per week?

Independent Component 2 Approval

1. This independent component I plan on doing something that helps me work hands on with the types of therapy. I am still not sure exactly what to do, but I would like to work with some kids, or have therapy myself and go to my own therapy sessions and have the therapist use the different types of treatments on me.

2. I would go several times to treatments and count the time that I was in a therapy session. I would make sure that they add up to 30 hours.

3. In my EQ, I have to answer with different types of treatment. "What is the best way to treat an abused child?" Even though I haven't been abused, I think that I have been through other things and going to therapy and experiencing treatments first hand would give me a better understanding of the different types of treatment.

Independent Component 1

Literal: 
a) I, Anahi Gamboa, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b) I worked in the same place that I am doing my service learning, doing the same things that I do for service learning.

Interpretive: 
I would do paperwork, filing client paperwork, inputing things on the computer, fixing the Play Therapy room (everything has a specific place), and once in a while i would help them clean the office.

Applied: 
I worked at a counseling center, there they have different types of therapies that they do and, some of the counselors would talk to me about the types of therapy that they use and the ones that they think are best for them.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmdF2TyFCZ9LdFk1WU8wUWlIRnlOdlE1S0dUOGhvYlE#gid=0

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_S1M4Za3-UBtHFZph17aGL8rVwz8iT0RPwNInhVrKfg/edit

Answer 1

(1) What is answer 1 to your EQ? Be specific in your answer and write it like a thesis statement.
Play therapy is one of the ways to psychologically treat abused children. It allows them to express their feeling while doing something they know how to do very well, play. 


(2) What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?
Since children are playing, they are in their comfort zone. Therefore, they express themselves easier, and they don't feel uncomfortable. According to the Play Therapy Association of the United States, Aristotle and Plato once reflected on the importance of play in our lives. When children feel like they are doing something that they know how to do, without thinking that it's therapy they use the toys as words to express what they are feeling which is easier, not only for the child but also for the therapists. It is easier to understand what the child is feeling.


(3) What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?
http://www.a4pt.org/ps.index.cfm?ID=1653 and that is main type of therapy that my service learning place uses, so I have learned several things about play therapy. 

Service Learning

1. For my service learning, I am working at Samartian Counseling Center in Upland.

2. Ruth Finnigan, is my contact.

3. Over winter break, I went in. I worked in the main office area, I inputed surveys into the computer so I saw what the clients have to say about the counseling center. I also, did things that needed to be done around the office like file things.

4. As of right now, I have a total of 33 hours.

Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to psychologically treat an abused child?

2. What are different methods of actually treating a child?

3. What are some problems that you have encountered  while working with abused children?

4. Has there ever been an instance in which a child did not want to open up to you, and actually want to
talk to you? If so, how did you encounter that problem?

5. In your opinion, what is the toughest thing that you face when dealing with child abuse?

6. How do you know when a child has healed? Do they ever heal completely?

7. Do you think that the victim's family needs to undergo the same treatment as the victim?

8. In your case, has there ever been an instance in which the victim did not finish the treatment?

9. Do you ever get a feeling as if you need to help these children out of the therapy room? If so, how do you control it?

10. What is the most important thing that you believe all therapists dealing with child abuse should know? Why?