Blog 22: Final 3-Column Chart

3 Column Chart

Blog 20: Three Column Chart First Draft

Three Column Chart

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

1.  What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project? 
I have excelled most in being an effective i-Poly citizen through my senior project.
2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.
I have excelled in being an effective citizen because I am always willing to help others achieve their goals, whatever it is their goals may be. I am willing to give a lending hand around the classroom as far as cleaning goes. I take it into my own hands to learn the material we are given by putting in extra hours of tutoring and studying. I'm pretty punctual, at least, I make the effort to be punctual. I set an alarm when I have to leave my house in order to get to school on time. (It's that time of the year, you know.)
3.  Provide evidence from your senior project to support your claim (evidence is a photo of something you are doing, photo of something you made, etc).
  In this picture, I am preparing to make phone calls to parents on the referral forms. By calling these parents, I am helping families get needed help in order to make the community a better place.

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

Content:

1.  What is your essential question?

How can a parent best help their suicidal youth?

2.  What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)?

Becoming a part of the suicidal youth's life is an important step in the youth's recovery. 

3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?

A suicidal kid needs support in order to get better. Love and understanding will be the most important things a family can do to better their family member. Becoming active in the child's life will show that you care and make the child feel better. 

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

http://www.teensuicide.us/articles3.html

5.  What do you plan to study next and why? 

 I plan to study more about antidepressants and their influence on suicidal symptoms in children and teens. I would also like to further my knowledge in the success rate in suicidal teens that connect with their families after committing.

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1.  What is your essential question?
How can a parent best help their suicidal youth?
2.  What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)?
Seeking treatment for the suicidal youth is one of the most important things a parent can do. 
3.  What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?
Treatment is vital in helping someone who has suicidal thoughts, treatment can help tone down the thoughts and allow the person to improve mentally and overcome their illness, and it can save a life. 
4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
Interview 3 helped me justify this answer because it came from a reputable source that I know I can trust. 
5.  What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?  (You would say "I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing ____________"?)
I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing research on sources parents can go to for services and treatment for their suicidal child. 

Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 
I am currently done with independent component. I have completed 30 hours of mentorship.

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.
Interview #2 was significant in helping me out in where I want to go next in my senior project because my interviewee was thorough in her answers and informed me of what key issues are in children. I learned that children need more help than ever and there needs to be more readily available services for those children in need. Because of this, I have learned that suicide is a key issue in children and that my focus will be on suicidal youth.

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched.

Sorted a bunch of juices for a party

Welcome signs for schools for a Red Ribbon event

More welcome signs for Red Ribbon Week

Counted and sorted out Red Ribbon Week certificates

Made posters for directions to a meeting

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

1)     What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

What is the most important aspect of being a child psychologist?

2)     Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here.  If not simply write "I am not going to revise my EQ at this time".

I am not going to revise my EQ at this time.

3)     What are possible answers to your current working EQ? 

Possible answers to my EQ are determining what developmental stage a child is in order to understand what kind of mindset the child is in, building a relationship with the child in order for that child to feel comfortable, and/or choosing the best method of practicing psychology on the child i.e. talk therapy, play therapy, artistic therapy, etc. 

Blog 2: Topic Choice

a. What is your topic and why?

b. And what do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic (connecting your answer to each of the 4 ESLRs)

a)     My topic is child psychology because I have a deep fascination with psychology, especially in children, and I would love to further my knowledge in the subject because I think that there are a lot of children in the world that need help and aren’t able to acquire that help easily.

b)    iPoly Citizen: I plan to really take matters into my own hands this year and be responsible for what I’m supposed to be doing as far as the senior project because no one else is responsible for it except me. This improves my being an iPoly citizen because I plan on promoting my knowledge of understanding what I am supposed to be doing and what is going on around me.

Effective communicator: Since I plan on learning more about the psychology field, I will be introduced with new ways to become an effective communicator through determining what different types of personalities there are. If I am able to decipher what kind of people I’m working with, I will be able to cooperate with them appropriately.

Effective learner: I already plan on taking responsibility for the learning of my chosen topic this year and I hope to further my knowledge in the child psychology field beyond my expectations. This will make me an effective learner because I am truly interested in the topic and it will help me be consistent in my thirst for knowledge in this topic.

Effective user of technology: Without technology, being able to complete my senior project would be nearly impossible and because I am fortunate enough to have technology readily available at my fingertips, I will use my sources to the best of theirs and my ability. This will lead to me being an effective user of technology because I hope to use my resources for the importance of needing to get my senior project completed efficiently instead of hanging out on Tumblr all evening.