Week 15

Moving Week! Sophia got a new office across the hall. She now has a window, so her life has improved 10-fold. I advised her on some Feng Shui, but there's not much space to work with. Since her old office won't host any people (theoretically), the gi-normous filing cabinet that I have bonded with over the past semester will be moving in. This is quite the accomplishment since all the open cases will be located with the people who need them most (plus, it was a lot of arm work). Sometimes the sentencing consultants get referrals and want to look for past materials concerning a client with a history at the agency. Previously, all the files were housed in a copy room 20 blocks away. Hopefully, the cabinet's new location will be an increased convenience for Lela and Sophia. They won't need a file fairy like me anymore! The majority of the week has been dedicated to stress: stress about final products, stress about computer viruses following me everywhere, concern for end of the year events, painful experiences with my checkbook and the state of Indiana (taxes), as well as final papers for other classes.


Integration question:
HBSE/micro: What HBSE content deals with endings? What do you know about client life stages and how clients handle endings?
Human Behavior in the Social Environment can deal with endings in the termination stage. Concerning client life stages, I recall another professor operating on a wave theory. Stages come along the ongoing wave. The client will decide whether the pace is too fast or slow depending on their stage of development. However, endings are dependent on the client's personality. If readiness to end isn't there, complications will occur. I think it's good to share feelings about ending before cutting it off entirely.

Practice/micro: How have you experienced successful endings? What do you already do now to help your clients experience successful endings? Regardless of the situation, if the kid gets to go where he knows he will do best, success has been achieved. There have been situations where kids want to live with an Aunt or brother and have been court ordered by the judge to be there, but the court will often order otherwise. I can't say I've experienced successful endings because I don't really have any say-so in what is suggested to the court, but I have had updates on cases that were being researched that were half successes where the judge will meet probation, the state, and the PDA in the middle.