Session Plan 3
During the session last week, Marie stated she wanted RJ to spend the weekend with her mother, and Richard was agreeable that RJ should spend time with his grandmother. I would start out the next week’s session by inquiring how the past weekend went. I would say, “So, the plan at the end of the end of our session last week was for RJ to spend the weekend with his grandmother. Did that happen and, if so, how was it not to have to care for any children over the weekend?”
Then I would start to build on that with some scaffolding questions, such as: “How did you use the time you had over the weekend?”, “Were you able to talk about the issues you were expressing last week? How did you communicate your concerns with each other?”, “How did you discuss the parenting styles you want to use in regard to RJ?”, and “How did having a weekend alone allow you both to reconnect as a couple and remember the times you had together prior to the current stressors you have in your life?” …show more content…
Then I would encourage them to continue to discuss their differences on the way RJ is being raised by saying something like, “Since you both want the very best for RJ, I would encourage you to continue discussing and working towards an agreement on how you both want to raise RJ.” From there, I would give them a task to continue for the next session, by saying, “For the next session, please continue to listen and hear each other out in regard to parenting RJ. Use the strengths you both have to continue voicing, discussing your feeling regarding parenting styles and to negotiate with each
During the session last week, Marie stated she wanted RJ to spend the weekend with her mother, and Richard was agreeable that RJ should spend time with his grandmother. I would start out the next week’s session by inquiring how the past weekend went. I would say, “So, the plan at the end of the end of our session last week was for RJ to spend the weekend with his grandmother. Did that happen and, if so, how was it not to have to care for any children over the weekend?”
Then I would start to build on that with some scaffolding questions, such as: “How did you use the time you had over the weekend?”, “Were you able to talk about the issues you were expressing last week? How did you communicate your concerns with each other?”, “How did you discuss the parenting styles you want to use in regard to RJ?”, and “How did having a weekend alone allow you both to reconnect as a couple and remember the times you had together prior to the current stressors you have in your life?” …show more content…
Then I would encourage them to continue to discuss their differences on the way RJ is being raised by saying something like, “Since you both want the very best for RJ, I would encourage you to continue discussing and working towards an agreement on how you both want to raise RJ.” From there, I would give them a task to continue for the next session, by saying, “For the next session, please continue to listen and hear each other out in regard to parenting RJ. Use the strengths you both have to continue voicing, discussing your feeling regarding parenting styles and to negotiate with each