Respond to two colleagues:

Discuss how you would use the data collected by your colleague to guide the next step in the planned change process or to inform future work with clients.
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Colleague 1
RE: Discussion – Week 5
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    Reflect on your fieldwork experience, and identify a case where it would have been beneficial to employ resiliency theory:

        I have not done my fieldwork experience in my MSW I am doing that is this summer but for undergraduate in my Human Services program my fieldwork experience was working with k-5 graders in our before and after school program and working with first graders learning to read. A case where it would have been beneficial to employ resiliency theory was with our ELA learner’s (early language learners).

        Describe the case in 2 sentences:

I had a little girl who was from Burma in first grade I was helping her to learn to read. Her first language was Burmese and she was learning English.

Describe the presenting problem in one concise sentence:

        The presenting problem is the language barrier where our early language learners have to translate either Spanish or Burmese as their first language into English their second language at school, but at home parents might speak no English or very little English.

Describe an intervention you would implement to promote resiliency:

    An intervention I would use is solution-focused therapy along with adversity to promote resiliency with the client learning a new language. With solution-focused therapy it will help the client focus on each of their strengths. Using adversity with the client will also help them see what they have over come such as moving to a new country, learning a new language, making new friends, getting support from school staff and language interpretors in order to be a successful student.

Identify an instrument from the Smith-Osborne and Whitehill Boltons article that would be appropriate when employing a single-subject design to evaluate how effective the intervention is in increasing the clients level of resiliency:

    I would use the Resilience Scale for Children and Adolescents. The Resilience Scale for Children and Adolescents (RSCA) was developed for use in preventive screening for psychological vulnerability (Prince-Embury, 2008). This scale would be appropriate in order to see  if the child has any psychological vulnerability that could be contributing to their ability to learn English as a new language.

Explain why you selected the instrument:

        Why I chose this instrument is because the resilience scale for children and adolescents focus on three content areas: optimism, self-efcacy, and adaptability.(Prince-Embury & Courville, 2008b) this scale will help the social worker and client make a list of things the client is good at and a list of areas in their life they want to build optimism, self-efficacy and adaptability. Perhaps it is areas of social skills to make new friends or obtain a new job, academics, community such as playing sports or interacting with others at church, and family events the client wants to work on.

why would the instrument be appropriate?

  I feel the instrument would be appropriate for a early language learner to take because it focuses on the three areas of optimism, self-efficacy and adaptability. You would have to take into consideration of the persons age, grade, and what grade they came to the United States as a early language learner. I would not use the resilience scale on young elementary students but students in Third grade up to twelveth grade.

References

Prince-Embury, S. (2008). The Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents, psychologicalsymptoms, and clinical status in adolescents. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 23, 4156.

Prince-Embury, S., & Courville, T. (2008b). Measurementinvariance of the Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents with respect to sex and age cohorts. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 23, 2644.

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Colleague 2

RE: Discussion – Week 5 Attachment
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Reflect on your fieldwork experience and identify a case where it would have been beneficial to employ resiliency theory. Describe the case in 2 sentences.

In my current field experience, I am interning at a non-profit after school program targeting at-risk youth grades 5th-8th grade. One goal at Center 360 focuses on is basic life skills, behavior modification and career exposure. For the normal schedule, we set aside 30-minutes for homework time before moving to the next phase of the day.They are expected to complete their homework in its entirety and have interns to review it.

In this case, the resilience theory would be very beneficial. Khalil is a 5th grader who has some behavioral issues and reading his file it gave insight on the reasons behind his behavior. He is a prime example of coping with abandonment issues and beating the odds in his environment at an early ago.

Describe the presenting problem in one concise sentence. 

One student is a 5th grader who has difficulties staying on task and has to be redirected a few times before he completes his homework. I noticed if he finds a math or reading problem difficult he will display resistance and refuses to complete his assignments instead of asking for help as instructed.

Describe an intervention you would implement to promote the resiliency.

The strength-based approach would be an intervention I would implement to promote resiliency for Khalil. I would also apply solution-focused therapy as it would help Khalil to focus on the here and now and completing the task at hand. Minimize the emphasis on past failings and problems. Khalil and I would focus on his strengths and past accomplishments.

Identify an instrument from the Smith-Osborne and Whitehill Boltons article that would be appropriate when employing a single-subject design to evaluate how effective the intervention is in increasing the clients level of resiliency.

An instrument from the Smith-Osborne and Whitehill Boltons article that would be appropriate when employing a single-subject design to evaluate how effective the intervention is in increasing the clients level of resiliency would be the RSCA method by (Prince-Embury, 2008). The RSCA instrument consists of 3 scales: Emotional reactivity, sense of mastery, and sense of relatedness. The sense of relatedness monitors the individuals ability to trust others and the capacity to accept others. Emotional reactivity monitors the individuals sensitivity level and their behavior when upset. Sense of mastery measures the individuals adaptability, and how they perceive uncontrollable factors in life.

Explain why you selected the instrument. In other words, why would the instrument be appropriate? (Consider the age of the client and for whom the instrument was designed, how feasible it would be to administer the instrument such as cost, time to administer it, etc.). 

I believe that the RSCA instrument would be appropriate being that Khalil is 10 years old and falls into the age range for RCSA sampling. The RCSA validation sampled adolescents ages 9 to 18 years old. The sample measures the resilience in children and adolescents. It is also free of cost and would not cause any financial burdens on Khalil or his support system.

References

Smith-Osborne, A., & Whitehill Bolton K. (2013). Assessing resilience: A review of measures across the life course. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 10(2), 111126. doi:10.1080/15433714.2011.597305.

Turner, F. J. (Ed.). (2017). Social work treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches (6th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Chapter 29: Resiliency Theory and Social Work Practice (pp. 441451).