Week 3 BSHS/M – Journal Entries and Text Exercises

* Exercise 7.3 Turning Abstract Goals into Concrete Goals

In your journal, record goals that you have for yourself. Turn these general goals into specific, concrete goals with measurable outcomes. (pg. 215 chapter 7)

Goals:

1. Rebuild my credit (presently in the works) * I obtained a credit report March 15, 2011. * Contact the creditor(s) and discuss affordable payment arrangements and specific timeframe to completely pay off debt; which occurred April 05, 2011. Debt pay-off timeframe (March 17, 2013) * Follow-up with creditor(s) within 60 days (May 17, 2013) following the completion of debt pay-off. * Once a year obtain a credit report to ensure creditors removing paid-off debts.

Management website for number 2:

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/03/29/you-want-to-be-a-manager-are-you-sure

2. Obtain a career in management 3. Earn a higher income 4. Obtain a Master’s degree 5. Purchase a house 6. Save additional funds for retirement 7. Establish a savings for daughters college education

* Exercise 7.4 Partializing
The following is a list of goals that clients might have for their work with a clinician. Partialize them into smaller objectives. In your journal, write down the broad goal, and for each goal, make a list of component objectives. Discuss your list with your fellow students in the class.

Freydia is a 27-year-old mother who has been using crack cocaine for 4 years. Her children, ages 7 and 9, have been removed from her care by Child Protective Services and are currently living with her mother. Freydia comes to the drug program saying, “I want to get my children back.”

* Fredya a 27-year-old mother and 4 year cocaine drug user * Two children taken away by CPS and currently living with her mother, one 7 and the other 9. * Fredya attends drug program states she wants children back – goal

Thomas, a 20-year-old college sophomore, drops out of school. He has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia. His mother has brought him to the day center saying she hopes that “somehow he will be able to get back to college.”

* Thomas 20 year old sophomore college drop out * Recently diagnosed with schizophrenia * Mother took him to center for help and hopes of enrolling him back in college

Rad is a 49-year-old refugee from Bosnia. He was an engineer in Sarajevo, but now he cleans buildings at night. He does not speak English well. He wants to be certified as an engineer and get a job so he can bring his family to the United States. (See pg. 216 chapter 7)

* Rad 49 year old refugee from Bosnia * In Sarajevo he worked as an engineer * Currently he clean buildings at night in the United States * He speaks very little English * He desires to obtain his certification to practice engineering in the U.S. * He desires to obtain a job in the engineering field following certification * He desires to bring his family to reside in the U.S. once he obtains an engineering job in the U.S. and becomes a legal citizen.

* Exercise 7.5 Prioritizing

Go back to Exercise 7.3 in your journal. List the strengths and resources that will help you meet the specific goals. Then prioritize the specific goals and objectives. In the class, share your goals, objectives, and priorities. Remember to set priorities that: (See pg. 217 chapter 7)

• You want.
• Are attainable.
• Are in accord with the resources available.