Week Eight

"Cognitive Theories..."

February 24th, 2008 - March 1st, 2008

ACTIVITIES:

• Think up ideas for Art Therapy group for Floy
• Attend Cognitive Disorder group w/ Michael Kura
• Print out sign in sheets for treatment team planning meeting and turn them into Deb Skinner
• Turn in Midterm Evaluation

REFLECTION:

Floy is out this week, taking care of her daughter who is having multiple medical procedures done. I pray that everything turns out OK for her and her family. In the meantime, I am continuing to attend groups with the patients from our unit, getting to know them better, and taking notes of things happening on the unit for when Floy returns. I am also getting the opportunity to follow different social workers in the hospital, and get a feel for different units and their patients. This Thursday, I am going around with Michael Kura to do psych testing on newly admitted patients. I am very intrigued by all of this, and expect to blog all about it later this week!

INTEGRATION QUESTION:

HBSE/micro: What theories of development would be useful for you to know about in your field placement?

I find this to be a very interesting question, working in a psychiatric hospital. Each patient is so unique, and may require different theories to be treated most effectively. In group with Michael Kura, we focus mainly on cognitive theories. That is, how we think, what we think, and when and why we think what we think (you think you got all that?). I believe in the field of mental health, these questions are very common among patients. In order to correct their thinking patterns, they need to be more in tune with them, and understand them better.

Weekly Hours: 21.5
Hours to Date: 107