...A reflection is learning, based on past events; to enable future events to be better. Within this essay I will be critically evaluating my and the groups preparation leading up to the debate, looking at things we done well and that can be implemented in the future when I am doing group work again, but also looking at things that the group could have done better in order to improve performance in the future. At the beginning when the groups were decided my group firstly considered creating a Facebook group chat so that we can all communicate with each other in a practical and efficient way. All group members agreed that this would be the best way to communicate with each other. This was used as our main method of communication for organising meetings and discussing the debate. Having thought about this I think that this was a good aspect to get right at the start it...
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...There are many different group meetings in Macomb that people could attend. The group meeting, I attended was an AA meeting at McDonough District Hospital- 525 E Grant Street in the Health Services Building 1, Auditorium C on October 5, 2016 from 8pm to 9pm. I looked up different support groups in Macomb, that's how I learned about this group. I chose the AA group because I have a relative who attend AA meetings and it really helped him, I was interested in what they do in AA meetings. The membership of the AA group is for individuals who consider themselves alcoholics and want to stop drinking. The AA group meeting I attended was an open group, anyone is welcome to join the group at any time. The overall purpose of AA meeting groups is to...
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...Today is Friday September the 18th and I’m attending my third AA meeting. I have to admit I really have been looking forward to coming to these meetings. When I read the syllabus and realized I had to attend group meetings, I was concerned and fearful that this was going to be difficult for me to complete due to my work schedule and other obligations. After attending my second meeting, I was so excited and picked up the phone and called my daughter and told her how much I learned about human behavior and how life events affects people so differently. Today’s meeting was led by a female, she started the meeting in Rebo’s tradition. I knew the meeting was going to be different from my other two, because throughout the room there was books...
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...I attended an open AA meeting that was named Traditional Group. I would put off this assignment because I was nervous going alone. I did not know what to expect because I had never attended an AA meeting before. I was afraid I was going to be picked on to speak or that I would have to announce that I was a non-AA member. I did not know whether to expect a big group of people or a small group. I was afraid that others would notice that I was new. I finally got the courage to attend the closest group to my home on a Saturday morning. I was amazed at how large the group I attended was. I walked in and there were already a lot of people sitting down, but I was able to find a seat. They began the meeting with people reminding the group of the 12 steps and the 12 traditions. I noticed a familiar face in the group and I realized that one of my coworkers from my internship was sitting across from me at a distance. At first I thought that...
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...The first meeting that I attended was an Al-Anon meeting on Monday, June 12th. This meeting was located at the First Baptist Church of Ashville and it began at 12:00 P.M. I went with Brook and we ended up running into Wendy once we were at the meeting. This was the first time I had been to the First Baptist Church and I was struck by how beautiful the location was. The meeting was held in a room within the church that was located close to the gymnasium and the youth center. The room was tricky to find, however, there were lots of people who graciously pointed Brook and I in the right direction. This meeting was extremely structured and was a discussion based meeting. The leader of the meeting read a short passage that dealt with letting go and letting God, then opened the floor for discussion. Since there were about 30 attendees, not everyone was given the opportunity to share their thoughts on the reading. Individuals who did share...
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...I attended the Brookings School board meeting at 6:00 pm. The meeting was located at the Dakota Prairie Elementary School in room number 139. I counted 46 people in attendance at the board meeting, while attending for 1 hour and 50 minutes. This meeting did not particularly have just one agenda, however, it was approved. On the agenda form that I received, call to order/roll call, approval of the agenda, conflict of interest declaration, presentations, communication/discussion items, consent agenda, action items pulled from consent, action items-new and unfinished business, executive session-pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 subsection- (4)- negotiations, and adjournment were on the list to discuss. The five members of the board voted electronically and the President, Van Fishback announced that the agenda. The process of the meeting was time consuming and had in-depth conversations. Presentations were an enormous part of this school board meeting. Three presentations were given,...
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...The town meeting that that I attended was the Village of Lancaster Public Meeting. This meeting took place at the Municipal Building located inside the Fire Hall on Broadway and Central. The meeting occurred on Monday, October twenty-third at 7:00 PM. I arrived at 7:00 and remained there for an hour of the meeting. All throughout the meeting the board members discussed various topics and conflicts within the local government and community. I learned many new topics and different things that I did not know about before. When the meeting began, the board members and everyone attending the meeting stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. After the Pledge of Allegiance, members called the meeting to order and carried out roll call. They next approved...
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...Though, they both have amazing points, but the fact that none of these two want to agree to the other, they started going off at each other. I calmly detailed everything to both students and they agreed to what I said; at this time, my supervisor wasn’t around, I believe he went for a meeting. Therefore, we couldn’t call his attention to what was going on. One of the theories I utilized during this process is Social Work Practice Models, which is PROBLEM-SOLVING. Not only that, but I also utilized LISTENING SKILLS, that we studied from first semester. I made practical and effectively use of it by paying more attention to both students arguing about what should be added or take-off the agency website; me doing this, gave me clear view what should be done, and the reason why both students do not want to agree to one...
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...When I attended a PLC meeting the third grade teachers, the principal, and the assistant principal sat around a table to discuss important issues. The issues discuss on the meeting were, the huddle strategy, fall festival, student nurse visits, tracking students’ progress, and the usage of smart boards. All of the teachers received a copy of the agenda, which contained important issues that were going to be discussed in the meeting. But, before beginning the meeting the assistant principal asked the teachers and I, to create a skit of when the students are giving the opportunity to talk in class and when the teacher talks through all of the class. I was surprised to see that teachers were somehow treated as students as they were required to create a skit. Then the third grade teachers divided themselves in half and one group did an example when the students have the opportunity to talk and another group were doing the other example. Then we presented our examples to the principal and assistant principal and they had to guess the example that each group created. Furthermore, the assistant principal discussed the importance of allowing the students to talk in the classroom....
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...In the IEP meeting we had at the beginning of the year, I told the teacher that she should not be pulling my son out of the classroom because this was depressing him due to the ADHD condition that he (Dominic Romero) suffers from. Since she had pull him out of the class four times, He has been depressed and feeling very bad. She is very reluctant to understand this. After a few days, I showed up at the Open House and she was very rude and I realized she was angry and somehow she did not understood what I told her; I mentioned to her that I was going to talk to Mr. Genesis in person. Then he told me that everything was fine. In April, my son mentioned to me that she took him out of the class again and that she gave him zero on an assignment letter he had work just to show her that he had worked on it, but she score this letter with a zero anyway. My son asked her why and she said that he is rude all the time. I called the school to talk to the teacher and they told me she was not available, so I waited, but at the end, I was not able to talk to her....
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...Westampton School Board Meeting This reflective essay will discuss items addressed at the Westampton School Board meeting. It will examine the district practices and policies. The paper will analyze information that can be applied to teaching in the learning environment. Last, the essay will reflect on the experience and information supplied by the meeting. On December 14, 2015 at 7pm., I attended a board meeting a Westampton Middle School in Westampton, New Jersey. The meeting took place in the media center (library). I arrived 15 minutes early for the meeting. The meeting agenda, pens, and notebook paper was on the table near the entrance of the library. There were plenty of sitting throughout the library for the public. There were about...
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...I attended my first AA meeting as a nursing student. Though, working in psychiatric unit I have attended many groups on addiction, and watched movies, I still was excited to attend this meeting. It was not at all a surprise to see well dressed and groomed attendants. However, the majority of the attendants were elderlies. This might be because of the time of the meeting; it was Wednesday at 11am and this is more convenient time for retired elderly population in the community. I introduced myself to the organizers and they were very supportive; and it was even more pleasing to see members who are very sociably interacting to each other and newcomers which, indeed is a very great tool to support each other. The meeting is well structured. Prior to what is scheduled for the day, the team leader introduces new comers, and share new events. The lady who was leading the meeting introduced herself and appoints different members to read the criteria of membership or attending the group, the purpose of the meeting, and outcome or goal expected from the meeting. This sounds more like nursing care plan to me. Different members also share their insightful experience with the group. This AA meeting incorporates spiritual guidance in getting sober...
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...On Sunday May 30th, I attended an AA meeting in Baltimore, MD. At the beginning, Rabbi Trencher and I were suppose to attend a NA meeting for youth, but they cancelled that one; so we went on an adventure. After being locked out of another meeting, we drove around riot tattered Baltimore City and ended up in the basement of a church in Fells Point. As soon as we enter the meeting, I felt the warmth and homeliness of the group. The welcoming committee made sure that we felt at home, that way we would continue coming. When the meeting commenced, people already started to fall asleep, play on their phones, etc. It seemed to be runned by all addicts, I feel that Rabbi Trencher and I were the only ones who weren’t addicts. The reader started by giving some housekeeping notes and one thing that caught my attention is when they said to have your slips signed go to Alex. It felt...
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...Yesterday during my supervision meeting, I had a productive conversation with my site superior about some of her theoretical approaches as it relates to counseling that she uses in her practice. The first theoretical approach she mentioned was motivational interviewing, this style emphases on developing and encouraging motivation from within the patient as a catalyst to change behavior; the site supervision also talked about holding her clients accountable and having goals that are set in place for them to work on in the process. I think when it comes to counseling, holding the individuals responsible and having goals set in place is vital on the perspective on their purposes, this is in place so that everyone involved, the client and the counselor...
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...families for over 80 plus years. I have learned that the principles of AA are ones that can be universally used to aid anyone in getting through some of life’s challenges. My experiences at my AA meetings have shown me that the program does indeed work. And most importantly people are accepted where they are and made to feel welcome. I was able to attend two Awakenings meetings in Plattsburgh. My first meeting I didn’t get to much interaction from others and things might have changed had I been able to stay through the end of the meeting. At my other meeting I was able to stay for the duration and I was able to interact with the group. I was able to see how a “newbie” would/could be turned away from an AA meeting. I met a lady in the meeting, whom I sat next to and she was able to introduce herself to help me feel at ease. However, throughout the meeting she took it upon herself to tell me about certain individuals in the group and picked apart pieces of others stories. I found this to be very offsetting, and I would hope that she didn’t do this on a regular basis. If I had been an alcoholic in crisis, I might have been pushed to go and drink more by this lady. I believe in her heart she meant well, just the method in which she went about it was wrong. Other parts of the meetings involved participation from the groups. I thought this to be good to make everyone feel a...
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