Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

Content:

1.  What is your working EQ?

What problems are most at risk youth facing today and how can counseling psychologists help them?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.  Examples:

• A major problem most at risk youth are facing today is the influence of drugs and counseling psychologists can help them by providing family counseling/group counseling or sending them a rehabilitation center.

EQ: What is the best way to support an undocumented student in graduating from college?

•  Incite them to fill out their California Dream Act 2 application; this application finally allows undocumented students to apply for financial aid.
• Further train staff to accommodate to the needs of undocumented students by requiring them to take courses in relevant areas such as remedial reading, ESL, Spanish language, and cultural differences.
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3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
My most important source is definitely my mentor.


4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
My mentor is Isabel Godoy and she works at SEA, a company that provides home/family counseling to teens on probation, on drugs, etc.

Independent Component 1 Approval

Content:

Please review the component contract at page 12 of the senior project packet.  Click here!  The independent component 1 is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research.  The goal of the component is for you to explore your topic in more depth with this component. On February 7, 2014, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

·       Log of hours on an digital spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)

·       Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs) as digital artifacts

·       LIA

 The senior team expects that your log will be on the right hand side of your blog with your WB and mentorship log.   In addition to this,  we expect that you will be able to prove the total 30 hours of work by submitting evidence to the blog by the due date.  Forthis blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

What I plan to do is maybe consult a client of my own. If not, I plan to come up with new strategies that might help the teens get back on their feet. Psychologists usually submit their own journal articles so I think that would be my best bet. I'm not really sure what else I can do besides that so I have a material object. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I plan to do all my work, research, etc. with my mentor because I definitely need my guidance. Whenever I'm sitting in on sessions or researching with my mentor, ill be sure that my mentor is with me to be a witness to me completing the 30 hours. iPhones also come in handy. I will take dozens of pictures during these few months as proof.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Doing one of the above would give me much much more insight on the topic rather than just reading some articles off google. This way ill be able to know how it feels when you're actually in a counselors position and how they tackle problems.
4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your mentorship log and call it the independent component 1 log.

Your answers to the questions should be supported with details and examples for the senior team to understand what you plan to do.   Once we review your Blog Post 7, your house teacher will discuss with you the approval of your plan.  If it is approved, please start working on it.  If it is not approved, your house teacher will explain why.  It is your job to address the concerns so you can get your component approved.