Blg 14: Third Interview Preparation

How can a psychologist ensure an adolescent gets the best possible treatment?

 

 

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

 

I plan on interviewing my mentor, since she is the one I've been working with and I want to see what she thinks about my EQ. She is in her own practice, and has been working in this field for several years.

 2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

 

January 21 at 3:00 pm

 3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

 

Besides mentorship, what additional things do you think I should look up or do to better answer my question?

 4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What other things do you recommend I do, to get a better understanding of the field and of finding more answers for my EQ?

 5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

-Throughout the time that you've been working in this field, what are some things you've found worked best for adolescents?
-What are some things you've found that aren't as affective?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

 1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

Crossroads Family Therapy

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

Jasmine DeGuzman. She is in her own practice, and she has been in the therapeutic field for many years, working with a variety of clients.

 3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

11 Hours during the summer, and 25 during the school year

 4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

My mentor has shown me how to conduct a session with a client, and she has also taught me about several disorders. We always have discussions and she helps me understand whatever doesn't make sense to me, as well as ask me questions so that she knows where I am. We plan on having more discussions.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?
My mentor had me do some research over break on different topics. I also caught up on my notebook and taking notes.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
The most important thing I learned had more to do with time management and how to research. I noticed that I learn more when I dedicate my time into doing something, and I am able to find articles to back up other articles.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

My mentor, so that she is able to get an idea of my EQ as well as contribute to it as well, so she can see where she can help me with it.

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
I am proud of the information I was able to give and talk about throughout my presentation. I feel like I covered important facts of the brain and how it affects teens in the sense of behavior and development.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

I would give myself an AP, because even though I did cover the information and requirements of what had to be talked about for the lesson, I did not make time by 6 seconds, which was one of the requirements for P consideration.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

I think I would try not to be as nervous and speak as fast, because even though I did practice multiple times the day before and timed myself, it didn't go as according to plan. I would probably have more examples and extra information as well, so if I do happen to finish before the time I had practiced, I would have extra information to help me out.

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)
My mentorship takes place at a workplace. I go to my mentor's office whenever we meet. She has given me a book with a ton of disorders, and lately I've been taking notes on everything I find and I discuss it with her next time I see her. It's just her and me, but I think I am gaining knowledge of these different disorders.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

I found my mentor on goodtherapy.org. I got her information off the website and sent her an email and left her a voicemail. She returned my call, and I told her what I was doing for senior project and how I needed a mentor, she then agreed she'd be able to help me.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

My comfort level is pretty good with my mentor. She helps me understand things I don't quite understand and helps by figuring out things we can do in terms of assignments since it is a confidential field.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

I believe I was able to understand my mentor's background a bit more. She did a very good job at answering my questions, and it gave me an idea of what I can do in this field since I do want to go in this same path. There isn't really much improvement we need yet. So far things are going good.

 

https://soundcloud.com/ariadne97/interview-2

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

I currently have a mentor, and we've already completed the interview.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.

My overall view within the psychology topic is adolescence. I have been focusing more towards the developmental, anxiety, and depression aspect of it.
  
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

I think books will be good sources for me to look into. I would ask my mentor for these, or I'll look into the library.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

What is the best possible way you can try and understand your patient, so that you can better help them?

Blog 8 - Independent Component 1 Proposal

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

For my independent component I plan on mentoring at a Big Brother Big Sister organization. Within those 30 hours I plan on acting as a big sister to an assigned child and help her with any little thing she may need help with. I plan to devote my time to her and make her feel happy and better about herself in any way possible.

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

 

I will have the organization sign off hours I will be getting done as well as take pictures while I am with my "little sister".

 

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

 

This will help me explore my topic in more depth because since I am working on adolescent psychology, I feel like acting as a mentor/big sister for another person my age who might be struggling a bit themselves might help me see what it's really like. This is a good way in my opinion to get hands on experience.

 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.