COUC601 DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS MODULE 8

The student will complete 4 Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 500 words. For each thread, students must support their assertions with at least 1 scholarly citation in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include the course textbooks, research and peer-reviewed journals, and books.

Read: Goldenberg, Stanton, & Goldenberg: Chapters 13 — 14

McGoldrick, M., Gerson, R., & Petry, S. (2020). Genograms: Assessment and intervention (4th ed.). W.W. Norton and Company. ISBN: 9780393714043

Goldenberg, I., Stanton, M., & Goldenberg, H. (2017). Family therapy: An overview (9th ed.). Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. ISBN: 9781305092969

From the New Directions in Family Therapy section of the Learn section from Module 7: Week 7, select 2 of the following models addressed: Solution-Focused Therapy, Collaborative Therapy, or Narrative Therapy. Discuss at least 2 differences between the two therapies with some detail. Note that postmodernism is a way of thinking about therapies and systems, not a formal therapy. Similarly, many feel that the collaborative approach and team approach used by social constructionists are techniques used in family therapy.

COUC522 Discussion Assignment Instructions MODULE 6

The student will post one thread of at least 400-450 words. For each original thread, students must support their assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in APA format. Any scholarly sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include course materials, scholarly peer-reviewed sources, and/or the Bible.

This module’s discussion centers on the presentation “Career Counseling with Children.” View the presentation and select 1 topic below to respond to.

• Interview an elementary school student about his/her career development (It is important that you do not reveal the child’s name). Ask this student:
  • What occupations does she/he think are possible for him/her.
  • What occupations he/she thinks may not be possible.
  • What occupation he/she would choose if he/she could choose anything.
  • What she/he thinks is attractive about the occupation. From the interview, what stands out to you about children and career development? Does anything you learn remind you of particular career development theories? How?

• Reflect on your own career development when you were in elementary and middle school. Looking back, answer the following questions:
  • What types of occupations did you think were possible for you?
  • Were there occupations that you felt were not be possible for you to pursue?
  • How did family, societal, and your career self-concept influence your perceptions of potential and unacceptable occupations?
  • Thinking back on your own pre-high school career development, are there career development interventions that would have been helpful to you?