CYCP Skills / 7 Habits
Giving youth time to process, when a youth is talking with you, 'I miss going to soccer with my friends', then puts head in his hands and lets out a deep sigh, demonstrates this skill.
What is silence.
When practicing the important skill of Empathy, you are ensuring that youth feel.
What is heard and understood.
Giving advice, Tell children and youth what to do or, Solve clients problem. These are examples of what?
What CYCP’s don't do.
Exploring your strengths and limitations is an example of.
Self-awareness (feelings, thoughts, and behaviours), and being genuine with yourself, your values and your behaviours.
“Well, at least I have…” is an example of.
Silver-lining.
When someone shares difficult experience that is negatively impact there life, a silver-lining response would be a misused hopeful/positive conclusion.
If you find yourself saying “This terrible thing happened” …. “Well, at least …..it showed me” or “Well, at least I have…” then you are silver lining your answers.
When we do it to our clients – it minimizes their experience and leaves them feeling you aren’t really hearing or understanding their pain
CYCP: So you feel like your best friend’s not there for you right now. That sounds pretty lonely for you. Demonstrates which skill?
What is empathy.
"How did it make you feel to be left out of the group activity?" Is an example of this.
Invitational empathy. Asking about feelings.
These build confidence, self-esteem and control over someone's own life. Through teaching, giving information, supporting, and using a strengths-based approach.
What are empowering skills.
A client in high school has been using drugs and skipping night school. You had made progress with them previously as they had reduced their use significantly. Your response as a CYCP is to...
What is accept the client as a person of worth and dignity (regardless of behaviour), which is unconditional positive regard.
A CYC practitioner is someone who is specially trained to do these things.
What is work with children and youth who are experiencing difficulty in their day-to-day functioning. Help children and youth develop strategies to function more effectively on a day-to-day basis.
CYCP: You sound like an amazing older sister, you're patient, understanding, and with lots of love to give!
Demonstrates what skill?
What is affirmation.
When a CYCP is validating, labelling feelings expressed by a client, they are demonstrating.
What line of questioning begins with What, When, Where, Who, Why?
What are open-ended questions.
This is demonstrated through appropriate smiling, friendliness, and showing sincere interest in the comfort of the client.
What is warmth? When we communicate non-verbally that we are totally focused on the other person; respect and accept them as a person.
This article discussed the core components of a caring relationship.
What is Laursen’s Article, Seven Habits of Reclaiming relationships (2003)
"What I hear you saying is..." is an example of this type of skill.
What is paraphrasing.
Verbally responding to feelings expressed through non-verbal cues, is this type of empathy.
Inferred Empathy
Which did Carl Rogers identify as one of the essential core conditions of establishing a therapeutic relationship?
What is unconditional positive regard.
You're in residential care on a night shift and a youth keeps yelling in the living room, you say, 'Hey Kelly, it's night time and people are getting ready for bed, I know you might have energy left in you, is there anything you need that I can get you? I think if we can make sure we take care of how we interact in our space together, we can both respect the rules of being here,' in a soft respectful tone. You showed...
Genuineness - the capacity to be real and consistent with clients; being transparent
This theory to explain how a child’s immediate and surrounding environment affects the way they grow and develop.
What is Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory.
"You know best what's happening for you" is a phrase that a CYCP can use to demonstrate this skill.
What is respect?
In order for empathy to be effective, it must do what?
Empathy must be demonstrated/communicated to the person in order to be effective; Validating & labelling feelings expressed; reflecting back; no telling client their feelings are wrong; communicating your understanding through empathic responses.
The acronym SOLER stands for?
What is, sit squarely, open posture, lean forward, eye contact, and relax.
What is essential to empathic understanding through the ability to understand someone else’s feelings and perceptions?
What is, without imposing one’s own feelings and reactions.
Which skill did the youth in Laursen’s study identify as an important aspect of building Trust?
What is Maintaining confidentiality.