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30 Cards in this Set
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Why do kids not respond to talk therapy?
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children may not have been encouraged or allowed to express their feelings and define their behavior.
children may not have the cognitive development to be able to express their concerns. |
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Why is it important to teach kids how to understand feelings?
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they are able to better cope with or adjust to problems.
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Why do we use play media?
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the use of toys enables children to transfer anxieties, fears, fantasies, and guilt to objects rather than people.
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How is divorce comparable to death?
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in terms of stress:
Breakup of the home psychological demands of having 2 homes lowered standard of living loss of noncustodial parent(dad) parental stress custodial vistitation battles pressure to take sides chronic after-shock |
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What is a common concern for kids about divorce?"
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1. Fear: what will happen to me and who will care for me?
2. Sadness or loss: tearful, show signs of depression, sleeping, and eating disturbances, hope for reconciliation 3. Feelings of responsibility: as parents rely on their children for support, sharing inner most thoughts, feeling and fears, adolescents takes on an adult role 4. loneliness: adults preoccupied with their own needs distance themselves psychologically and physically from their kids 5. rejection: children blame themselves for the divorice, question their own self worth 6. conflicting loyalties: wish to maintain relationship with both parents; parents may compete for their child's attention and love 7. anger: expressed through temper tantrums or verbal attacks. |
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What are the skills kids need to learn in step families?
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security, belonging, self esteem
expression of feelings self-care asertiveness training problem solving acceptance |
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How is the best way kids cope with future losses?
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embody hope?
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What are children ages 6-8 perception of loss?
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understand that death is concerte and irreversible
may fear darkness or being alone believe spirit still lives views death in a violent sense may feel it is contagious looks for natural explanations concerns for peers denies that death happened fears that other loved ones with die |
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the grieving process: predictable or short lived?
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predictable
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How do kids react in the disorganized or panic stage?
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withdraw? etc...
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How many stages are in the psychoeducational model?
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6
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What is primary prevention?
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prevention of a certain behavior and reduction of it afterwards
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what is the strongest developmental predictor of a child's involvement in violence?
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growing up in a violent home
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Grizzly animals with teeth
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perpetrators to children
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domestic animals
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protection, family relationships
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dinosaurs
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represent the past, past history of the child's life
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baby bottle
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themes of regression to an earlier stage of development, a desire for nuturing
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blanket
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a desire for comfort or security
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box
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useful for a child to hide a secret; provide a place to contain emotions or symbolize struggles
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dollhouse
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re-create the family environment
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shark
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an aggressive individual
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What do you do with role play?
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when the kid acts out an event, they can move toward an inner resolution, and then are able to better cope with or adjust to problems
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Whats important about selecting play media?
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should faciliate the relationship b/w the counselor and child
encourage expression of feelings and thoughts aid the counselor in gaining insight into the child's world |
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Fantasies kids have during divorce
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Difference b/w healthy and unhealthy families
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Healthy family:
~ open to others outside the family system ~allowed to go outside system for help when needed ~parents set clear generational boundaries ~recognize stressful situations and handle them appropriately unhealthy families: ~people compulsively protect feelings ~only certain feelings are ok ~performance is more important that person ~everyone must conform to the strongest person's ideas, values, priroities |
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Why use toys?
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enables children to transfer anxieites, fears, fantasies, and guilt to objects rather than people/
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Step Families go through stages?
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Five stages:
1. fantasy stage 2. confusion stage 3. coming-together stage 4. conflict stage 5. resolution stage |
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Emotional skills are Inter or Intra personal?
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What is the relationship b/w mind and body in a child that is having difficultiesw mentally?
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when do kids regress?
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age 15-18 dealing with death
divorce |
