Reflection Week 8

Reflection:

This week in class we talked about mental illnesses. I really found this interesting and I think we had a really good discussion on it in class. Something that really stuck out to me and my peers is how when a child is diagnosed with a mental illness, they are given a label as "emotionally disturbed." That kind of bothers me a little bit. That label sounds a little bit strong for what a mental illness is. I know lots of people who have a mental illness and I don't think that "emotionally disturbed" is the right way to say it.

One article that we read for preparation this week that really stuck out to me was the talk "Come What May and Love It." This talk teaches us that even though hard times may come and we may face things we didn't know we would have to, like working with or having kids who have a disability or mental illness, we can learn to take it in stride and love it. We are taught 4 things to do in that talk: 1-learn to laugh 2-seek for the eternal 3-the principle of compensation and 4-trust in the Father and the Son. These four things will be vital to everyone who works with or will raise a child who has a special need. If we can learn these things, then whatever comes our way we will be able to make it through and come to love it.

We also did a couple of activities this week that helped us see how we can help children learn what things they can control. I really liked this because it helped me as we did it, and it helped me see and learn how it can help the children I will be teaching in the future.

Weekly Quote:

"Lots of things that make us anxious are things that we have no control over." I really liked this quote and statement because it is so true. As I looked at the body that I had written things that made anxious I realized that most of them were things I couldn't control. This is important because in my future career I will need to help my students realize that some things are out of their control and teach them how to deal with that.

HWD:

This week as I was searching through different articles and information on my topic I came across this article and I really enjoyed it. It talks about how there are so many different variations of family relationships based off of each different kind of situation. As I was reading through it, I had a thought come to mind; each individual family is going to be different and each relationship and function of the family will be unique because everyone is different and deals with things differently. Things such as the age a child was diagnosed, the age of the parents, and many more things will affect how each individual family and family member will react.

Source: http://family.jrank.org/pages/396/Disabilities-Impact-Disabilities-on-Families.html