OFFSHORE PLACEMENT IN EAST METRO YOUTH SERVICES (EMYS) (TORONTO) BY OLIVIA CHAN

INTRODUCTION OF AGENCY & SERVICE Agency: East Metro Youth Services (EMYS) Website: Location: 1200 Markham Road, Suite 200 Scarborough, Ontario M1H 3C3

Mission: EMYS continuously strives to engage YOUTH and YOUTH ADULTS in reaching their personal best through: Enhancing their MENTAL HEALTH. Investing in their FUTURE POTENTIAL. Innovative collaboration with our diverse FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES and SERVICE PARTNERS. Vision: DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES – We are committed to doing whatever it takes to meet the needs of the clients, participants and families we serve.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: Counselling and Case Management Development Services Newcomer Program Residential Services School-based Programs Violence Intervention Program (VIP) Youth Outreach Worker Program (YOW)

Strength  Reputation  Networking  Service Diversity and Uniqueness  Service Profession  Moral and Leadership  Manpower  Capacity and Infrastructure Weakness  Accessibility Opportunity  Market Development  Partnership  Technology Development  Resources Threat  Political issue  Funding

ASSIGNMENTS & OTHER EXPERIENCE Walk-in Clinic (1hr/Session) Drug addiction Suicidal problem Parent-child relationship Female and male relationship Mandated court session Harm reduction Safety plan Coping mechanism Action plan CBT thought record

Participants in Session How did the client respond to the homework/next steps plan from the previous session? What is better since the last time? What is the priority concern (1) that brought you to the clinic today? What did the client hope to get out of today? Relevant information related to the priority concern? Strengths, Resources, Commitments, Values, Beliefs? Clinical Impressions/ Formulations Homework/ Next Steps This file will now be closed to the agency. The client is welcome to return whenever they want and the file will reopen.

Long-term Case Management Depression symptoms Parent-child relationship Newcomer Program Team building Site-visit Art and Crafts Drop-in Volunteering

Difficulties

WHAT I HAVE LEARNT? Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) Listening and Interviewing skills Time Management Writing and Organizational skills Acceptance Flexibility

OTHER REFLECTIONS ‘The MORE you prepared, the MORE you obtain!’ READ RESPONSE RESEARCH OBSERVANT RECALL

1001 Solution-Focused Questions: Handbook for Solution-Focused Interviewing (A Norton Professional Book) Paperback – October 25, 2010 by Fredrike BanninkFredrike Bannink How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Paperback – February 7, 2012 by Adele FabeAdele Fabe The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children Paperback – May 20, 2014 by Ross W. Greene PhDRoss W. Greene PhD

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