My local military community was the focus of my photovoice project. As I evaluated the issues of my community, I realized that the vast majority of service members and their spouses were within the young adult period of development. Many of these young adults have young children. These young adults and children often struggle with issues and difficulties resulting from military deployments. Deployment causes disruption within the family system. These transitional shifts within the family dynamic…
The experience of the planned change process was minimally different from the expectations that I had previously established regarding the planned change process. First, I expected and prepared to encounter some level of resistance during the engagement process. The client was willing to participate in services and wanted to be heard by someone that would really listen to what she had to say. I was able to practice active listening which allowed the client to see that I was listening to each…
There are many reasons the young emerging adults show “failure to launch” some of the reasons can include adult children with disabilities either mentally or physically that leave them enable to care for themselves. There are those children that leave home for a brief time only to return because of financial hardship, lost job, or divorce, or poor job markets, (Nikolaev, 2015). Additionally, emerging adults that have not left home yet because they like the financial security that comes with…
studied. Person Centered Therapy was developed by Carl Rogers and indeed is something not only I find interesting but holds a bit of truth. Rogers believed that humans are good and have an innate drive to reach an optimal sense of ourselves and satisfaction with our lives. Ultimately I interpreted that as humans excessive search for happiness. Rogers argues that a people who grow up in environment in which they are given love and support as long as their behavior is ideal for that said…
Diversity is the state of being composed of different things, or including different types of people from varied backgrounds (socioeconomic, ethnic, cultural, racial ,etc) Often when used in reference to families, this may mean discussion of families that includes familial structure that is different from that typical of the dominant culture here in the U.S.; in other words, families that differ from traditional heteronormative, American families. In this way certain "diverse families" may be…
I chose the role of the parent being an Uninvolved/Authoritative parent because not only is it a complex role but a lot of children that’s in neglectful/ abusive homes possess this type of parent. The mom in this scenario was involved & really didn’t care about the child’s well-being, however she wanted the daughter to do as she say’s & not a she does. Although the scenario focuses more on helping the child I wanted to display that even if the parents have too many issues to deal with the…
A person could have thousands of relationships in their lifetime but only a few that will stay with them till the end. So, what is the key to forming and maintaining long, healthy, and strong relationships? The answer could be many different factors and traits, however, only three are essential: communication, honesty, and acceptance. In the very early years of a life, communication means using expressions and different behaviors to convey feeling and needs. A baby will cry to signal the mother…
blessing and end up being very happy. But some children obtain the opposite feelings. These children may end up having anger or even obtain attachment issues with there new family. There are many signs and factors that could be the reason this is happening in family’s that have adopted children. Most times when the child starts out having signs of attachment issues is when the parents think it is something to do with a behavioral problem. This is because most times when the child is adopted…
Many people get confused as to why making time for their spouse matters, it’s this thought embedded within us that our children must forever be first priority. The truth is that your spouse needs to come first, yes even before your children. This doesn’t mean you love your spouse more than your children or love your children any less. The simple matter of fact reason why making your spouse a priority matter is because this is the person who will still be by your side once those children are…
Religion: Mr. and Mrs. Beavers shared they do not currently attend church but will support the religion of any child placed in their home. Impressions/Recommendations: Mr. and Mrs. Beavers have applied to become resource parents because they wish to help children and families in the community. They are supportive of reunification but will adopt if the opportunity should arise. Mr. and Mrs. Beavers present as a likeable, outgoing, down to earth, and friendly couple. While they Beavers do not…