Grade: Practice:    /10; Class refl:    /10; Question:     /5; Homework:    /20;  Total:         /45

Week Twelve: Monday, November 9, 2009 to Sunday, November 15, 2009 (Due Tuesday, November 17, 2009)

Practice report:

Dates and times of practice: 1)____________________________________________________

2)_____________________________________3)_____________________________________

Describe the Practice Sessions:

 In what areas/skills do you feel you did well?

What areas/skills were the most challenging?  What made them so challenging?

Class Reflections: This section involves reflections from each class, including the areas that were the most difficult for you and the areas that were easiest for you, and other thoughts about the class. This will need to be done for each class period.  If you are not in class, you can still receive credit for writing about what was going on that kept you from being in class, and how you will catch up what you missed in class.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009:

Question: Steve de Shazer of BFTC (see your textbook) has stated that exception dialogues between a practitioner and client amount to working toward “a difference that makes a difference.” Define the concept of exception, identify types of exceptions, and explain their relationship to the idea of working toward a difference that makes a difference. (Do this on a separate sheet of paper)

Homework (Section Four):  Using the following example, write down compliments that you might realistically make in the relationship, including 1) Direct compliment, 2) an indirect compliment, 3) Self-compliments (what kind you might hear from the client and how you might respond), 4) Using Client Reactions, and 5) Downplay/rejection (complimenting a client who is likely not to believe you, thus, the way you would compliment the client). The example:  You are working with a 15 year old girl, Donna, who has been kicked out of her house because she fights with her mother all the time.  She is living in foster care but would like to live with her grandmother in another state.  She has been doing okay in school with B/C grades and staying out of trouble, but she gets in trouble in the foster home because of her quick temper and talking back to the foster mother.  The grandmother is interested in custody but not sure she can provide the supervision Donna needs. (Do this on a separate page)