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PSY 550 Additional ResourcesInternship Task 6/11/14

Cindy Hanks

Tasks:

1. Tips & Tricks for Online Learning (Success Strategies for Online Learning) -additional resources (on another doc)

2. Take to Work - focus on ways students can apply what they are learning to theirwork life

Take to Work (Applying what they learn to their work life):

Week 0 through Week 2: Orientation, Human Person, and Flourishing

My thought here is to have the learner (helping professional) think about the first timethat they are placed in a "helping" setting where they meet their "helpee" for the firsttime. The purpose of an orientation is to welcome, to get to know, to make the otherfeel comfortable and generally become familiar with their new surroundings. What canthe helper do to institute practically an "orientation" for their new "helpee."

o Introductionso Getting to know youo What is their faith background, if any?o What are the healthy relationships in their life?o What virtues do they see themselves as possessing?o Find commonalities, likes, dislikes.o What would they define the word "flourishing" to mean in their own lives?o Discuss personality type and learning style.o Have them set goals and come up with a personal plan for growing and

flourishing and living a virtuous life.

Ideas/Activities:o Survey - Helping professional will provide a questionnaire/survey for the

helpee to fill out upon meeting them, answering the questions above abouttheir interests, goals, needs.

o Ice-breaker activity - Provide an ice-breaking activity appropriate for one-on-one interaction (can also be applied to a group setting ). Whatever thehelping professional asks, the questions should be open-ended. Askquestions like (examples.yourdictionary.com):

Who would you have dinner with if you could have dinner with anyonein the world?

What books would you take to a desert island? Who is your hero or role model?

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Do you have any children? Where are you from and what is your favorite thing about your home

town? If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? What have you done lately that has demonstrated strong faith?

What are the most important qualities in a healthy relationship? What are your strongest personal virtues? What is your favorite way to learn? What in your life is flourishing currently? If you could set three goals for yourself, what would they be?

Resources for the helping professional:o Book resource form the IPS library -

Egan, G. (2014). The skilled helper: A problem-management andopportunity-development approach to helping. Belmont, CA., CengageLearning.

o PDF file of a Chapter in the book, Moving beyond icebreakers: An innovativeapproach to group facilitation, learning, and action.

Pollack, S. & Fusoni, M. (2005). Moving beyond icebreakers: Aninnovative approach to group facilitation, learning, and action. Boston,MA., The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. (Ch. 5, p. 52-72)

Link -http://www.movingbeyondicebreakers.org/chapters/interactive-meetings.pdf

Although this book is designed for facilitators of meetings in a businesssetting, Chapter 5 (Interactive Meetings: Making them Work) offerssome great ideas about interacting with others, how to implement a

positive environment, and tips on making a meeting run smoothly.These skills can also apply to interactions with a helping professionaland his client.

o A blog entitled "Building Rapport By Making Others Comfortable." This blogpoints out that the most important thing when interacting with people is toensure that they feel "valued, appreciated, and more comfortable." Mr. Smithalso has a podcast available for subscription.

Smith, T. (2013). Building rapport by making others comfortable.[Web log]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/06/05/building-rapport-by-making-others-comfortable/

o Some ice-breaker questions LoveToKnow, Corp. (2014). Examples of ice breakers. [Web resource].

Retrieved fromhttp://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-ice-breakers.html

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Week 3-4: Obstacles

My thought here is to have the helping professional begin helping the helpee to identifyobstacles in their own lives and how they have or plan to overcome these obstacles.They need to also determine if the obstacles (and emotional baggage) are a part of a

vicious cycle in their lives. The helping professional needs to also think of ways ofhelping the helpee to identify stress and how to manage it. One way would be tochange their way of thinking from self-centeredness to serving others - seeing the goodin other people. The goal is for the helpee to envision positive relationships as key to ahealthy existence. The helping professional needs to bring in the topic that supernatural"faith, hope, and love promote our happiness," that the Catholic-Christian faith "caninfluence healing." Positive relationships with others can bring healing to our soul.

Ideas/Activities:o Outdoor therapy - Arrange/suggest for your helpees to take part in Outdoor

Therapy, where they are given the chance to be active and free in a place

where they can appreciate others and God's creation. Outdoor activities havea way of "healing the mind" and changing lives. The activities are designed tohelp the helpee recognize that they are able to conquer challenges, whileproviding "feelings of a deeper spiritual connection." Types of activities are asfollows:

High/low ropes challenge courses Backpacking/hiking Biking Canoeing/kayaking The Ranch (2014). Outdoor therapy can help troubled teens break

vicious cycle. [Web resource]. Retrieved from

http://www.recoveryranch.com/articles/addiction-treatment/outdoor-therapy-can-help-troubled-teens-break-vicious-cycle/

o Social Media Fast - Assign the helpee a time where they must "fast socialmedia." Have them reflect in a journal about their thoughts and feelings of theassignment, as well as a log of their day-to-day progress. Have them look forways that fasting social media changes their daily activities, as well as how itmakes them feel emotionally and spiritually.

o Serve others/outreach - Have the helpee come up with ways that they canactively serve others. (familyshare.com)

Donate clothes and toys Small service activities for their immediate neighbors Bake treats for a neighbor Neighborhood clean-up Random acts of kindness Feed the needy Make gifts for hospital-bound people Visit the elderly

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Adopt a grandma or grandpa Donate warm clothes, boots and blankets to the homeless Howells, S. (2014). 10 ways your family can serve others. [Web

resource]. Retrieved fromhttp://familyshare.com/10-ways-your-family-can-serve-others

Week 5: Meet the helping professionals (continue here)

My thought here is to have the helpee recognize that there is a need to help others, tohave them start thinking about life goals - how they want to impact society on this

journey, how they can serve humans (education, counseling, social work, psychology,law enforcement/public service). Come up with activities that will give them realizationof who they are (their core identity), but identifying themselves through God's eyes.Have them look for ways to see themselves the way God sees them. Also, have themgain understanding of their personal and practical relationships. Lastly, have them workon identifying their professional path - or calling.

Ideas/Activities:o Refer the helpee to the following website for insight on the importance of who

they are, rather than what they are: http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/know-your-true-self/

Resources for the helping professionalo Web log discussing ways to determine WHO you are, rather than WHAT you

are -http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/know-your-true-self/ o Great article from a Christian perspective distinguishing the difference

between who you are and what you are -

http://www.cornerstonechristiansupply.com/firstchapter.asp?mode=view&index=251

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