Discussion 1: Online Interventions
Adolescence is a time of trials and tribulations. Teens are dealing with the formation of self and identifying who they are in the world. They are also experiencing biological changes that create mood swings and at times emotional outbursts.
Interventions for this group can be challenging, as adolescents often avoid asking for assistance. This avoidance is due to their desire to look normal and fit in. Online interventions might be one way to reach adolescents who need help.
For this Discussion, choose a concern that adolescents face, such as depression, suicide, self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, or family dynamics and family conflict. Conduct research to find an online intervention that addresses this concern.
Post a description of an Internet-based intervention used with adolescents to address the concern you identified. Describe the intervention and the underlying theory.
Identify the target behaviors that this intervention is used to address. Finally, describe the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention.
Support your posts with specific references to the Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.Should be at least 150 words and contain at least 1 reference and 1 citation.
Discussion 2: Depression and Suicide Intervention
When working with adolescents you will likely be faced with issues of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation and even attempts. For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). It is essential to understand the risks associated with teen suicide and intervention strategies to address this issue.
Post a review of the literature on adolescent depression and suicide and identify an evidence-based intervention that addresses these issues. Then, apply that intervention to the Tiffani Bradley case (attached).
Describe the possible risk factors the client presents that would make him or her at risk for depression and suicide. Then, plan an intervention for that client to address these issues.
Support your posts with specific references to the Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.Should be at least 150 words and contain at least 1 reference and 1 citation.
Discussion 3: Solution-Focused Model: Asking Questions
Social workers who utilize the solution-focused model are mindful of how their conversations with their clients, families, groups, or even community members facilitate their thinking about solutions. The client is always the "expert," and therefore social workers ask questions to explore how the client perceives the problem and situation.
Social workers may use solution-focused questions such as the miracle question. For example, "Suppose you woke up one morning and by some miracle everything you ever wanted, everything good you could ever imagine for yourself, had actually happened-your life had turned out exactly the way you wanted it. What would be different in your life?"
When clients are asked this, it forces them to reflect on what they want or would like to achieve. By projecting themselves into the future, clients are more likely to imagine what is possible rather than focusing on the past and their failures. This allows for the possibility of developing solutions.
In this Discussion, you apply the solution-focused model and solution-focused questions. You provide other solution-focused questions, similar to the miracle question that was provided for you.
Although the textbook provides actual examples of solution-focused questions, always think about your client-you may have to modify the question a bit to take into account the client's age, cognitive and developmental stage, culture, etc., so that the question makes sense to the client.
To prepare:
• Recall a case from your fieldwork experience to use for this Discussion.
Post:
• In 1 to 2 sentences, briefly identify and describe the problem as perceived by the client, family, or group that you dealt with in your past fieldwork experience.
• Review the Solution Focused Questions handout (attached). From a list of solution-focused questions (e.g., exception questions, coping questions, scaling questions, and relationship questions), identify two different types of questions, and ask each question as if you were actually asking the questions to the client. (Remember, do not use the miracle question.)
o Remember that the goal of these questions is to assist clients in identifying a solution
• Explain how asking these two questions would help the client in coming up with the solution.
• In 1 to 2 sentences, reflect and explain how asking these questions made you feel and perhaps how the client might feel.
• Support your posts with specific references to the Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references. Should be at least 150 words and contain at least 1 reference and 1 citation.