Identify any concerns you may have about working with children, adolescents, and parents, and

Journal Entry Considerations for Part 2
Throughout this course, you will journal your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about working with children, adolescents, and families. You will need to maintain and keep your journal entries to complete Section Two of your final project. In this course, you will complete a total of
nine
journal entries. Please complete your journal entries during the week that they are assigned. (
Note
: No submission is required for separate journal entries; however, you will use these entries to complete your Final Project in Week 11.)
Identify any concerns you may have about working with children, adolescents, and parents, and explain why.
Based on the unique issues related to youth culture, what might you find challenging when maintaining confidentiality as an ethical issue when working with children and adolescents? How might you balance the rights of the parents/guardians and the rights of the child and/or adolescents?
Explain whether or not parents/guardians should force children and adolescents to face their fears (e.g., desensitization). Explain the potential value of this method, if any. Finally, explain any culture-specific considerations that might conflict with this method and how you might reconcile those considerations with any treatment plan.
What does not kill me makes me stronger.
– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Reflect on this quote and explain why some children and adolescents are resilient in the face of stress and adversity while others are not. What is the potential impact that resiliency has on children and adolescents?
Working with trauma victims is likely to affect you emotionally. Explain the type of self-care strategies you might employ to maintain your overall well-being and to avoid being affected by your young clients’ trauma.
Describe your fears or concerns when with working with suicidal children and adolescents. What self-care strategies would you use to cope with this stressful situation?
Discuss your role growing up relating to bullying. Were you the bully, instigator, victim, or witness? How might your prior experience with bullying impact your role as a future child or adolescent clinician?
Reflect on the general resources of information made available about sex and your own sex education. Reflect on where and what children and adolescents are learning about sex. How has what you learned affected your approach and comfort level when working with sexuality issues with your clients?
How do children and adolescents define beauty? How might your own ideas about beauty impact your ability to work effectively with children and adolescents who may not fit your idea of who is beautiful?
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