Weeks 2-4
To see the world through the eyes of the people we serve. The client selects what information to share. A friendly conversation in which you ask open-ended questions, such as descriptive or structural questions.
what is ethnographic interviewing
The use of this skill allows for clients to engage in serious contemplation, careful consideration, and deep reflection.
what is silence
One of the 8 playstyles, enjoys the rules of the games, keeping score and winning. Is motivated by winning, status and money so long as they are also having fun.
what is the competitor
The ability to regulate emotions and behaviors with another person, especially the ability to help another person become calmer because you are calm.
what is co-regulation
A term to describe memory loss that comes with aging, ranging from benign memory loss that does not significantly impair people’s ability to work etc., as well as very early-onset dementia.
what is Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Believes people can develop strengths with time, effort, strategies and assistance. When we make mistakes, we see it as an opportunity to learn and grow.
what is growth mindset
This is one of the four verbal communication techniques used in counseling. This technique states the client’s messages back to them in your own words.
what is reflecting/paraphrasing
These are the two types of self compassion. One focuses on accepting yourself and your imperfections. The other focuses on taking action to alleviate our suffering by setting boundaries.
what is tender self compassion and fierce self compassion
What are the five primary trauma responses?
what is Fight, Flight, Freeze, Flop, Appease
Talking to older people in a condescending way that infantilizes them.
what is elderspeak
The belief that no matter how difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset.
what is toxic positivity
The inability to recognize and describe your emotions
what is alexithymia
These are the two types of empathy. One focuses on perspective taking, the ability to understand another’s emotions. The other focuses on experience sharing, one’s own emotional, or somatic, attunement with another’s experience.
what is cognitive empathy and affective empathy
A type of trauma. It involves being traumatized second-hand by watching it happen to other people, which can lead to compassion fatigue or burnout.
what is vicarious trauma
There are four stages of Counseling with Aphasia, this stage focuses on teaching the client and their family about “spontaneous recovery”, practice communication skills that are directly relevant to people’s lives, and highlight what they are doing right, rather than on what they are doing wrong or unable to do.
what is counseling during the acute stage
Name one of the VIA strengths
what is love, creativity, learning, gratitude, or curiosity
The most powerful word when creating boundaries.
what is "No"
Based on the Deb Dana Polyvagal Theory, the three pathways of the autonomic nervous system send information to the brain, all necessary for daily functioning.
what is ventral, sympathetic, and dorsal.
A type of trauma. One that inflicts upon themself by causing harm to another person. This is commonly associated with soldiers and police officers. It also includes witnessing harm being done to others without intervening.
what is moral injury
There are four core questions to ask based on the Montessori Approach to Aging and Dementia. Name two of these core questions
what is
How would the person like to spend each day?
What did they enjoy doing in the past?
What are they doing(or not doing) right now?
Where do they need to go each day?
The two kinds of anger, one is connected to setting safe boundaries and the other projects indiscriminately onto someone or something else often without an intention, consciously or unconsciously, to hurt.
what is embodied and disembodied anger
Beyond the basic five senses, there are three more. What are they?
1. Vestibular(balance)
2. Proprioception(movement)
3. Interoception (internal)- there is a direct link between our internal body sensations and our emotions
Name two pillars of Joy
what is Perspective, Humility, Humor, Acceptance, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Compassion, Generosity
Trauma-informed therapy asks questions like “What happened to you?” But these TWO approaches ask questions such as “What happened to your people?” "And What happened to you and your people and what continues to happen to you and your people?” What are these two approaches?
what is culturally-responsive communication therapy and liberation communication therapy
When making considerations about Strokes, language is not often the main concern. Name two concerns that clinicians do have regarding patients post stroke.
what is mobility and cognition