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This month I've decided to try and get Jared to write in the composition book. I want him to write down what he's feeling and stuff but so far that doesn't seem to be working because he gets bored pretty quickly and so do I. He still does it but quickly. He only does one sentence in under 2 minutes so there's no point in the notebook as of now. My goal though is to get him to write 5 sentences on how he feels and why he feels that way.

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
What is the most effective way a psychologist can help out a client who is dealing with depression?
2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Psychotherapy is a form of talk therapy that has been proven to be an effective treatment for mental illnesses. 
3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Antidepressants are effective because depression causes some chemicals in the brain to mix up and the depressants help fix that.
4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
Doctors prescribe antidepressants for people dealing with depression.
The depressants are for helping a person be more open instead of isolated.
The depressants are more effective if client takes it daily.
5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
Rxlist.com is a good source because they have information on the different antidepressants there are and have the side effects and plenty of information.
6.  What other source supports your answer?
Medicnenet, mayoclinic, and FDAgov are other great sources I have found, 
7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
Antidepressants are an effective way to help out a client dealing with depression due to the fact that it can help them out by not wanting to feel so isolated. By having that change in the brain it's an effective step but the next step would be for the client to keep taking their meds when needed to. 

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
For my 30 hours I plan on doing the Big Brother Program again. I will continue meeting up with Jared and do the things I've always been doing when I go to work with him.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I can take picture of him and I, I'll show the drawings he does, and take pictures of other things we do.
3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
It will help me by seeing how depression affects a person and how a psychologist helps that person out. 
4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, __________________________, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ____ hours of work.” 

I, Alan Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours of work.

• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component 

My mentor was the one who put me into the Big Brother Program and she was also the one who gave me tips going into the program.

• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• (d) Explain what you completed.    

I completed 31 hours of being in the Big Brother Program which is a program where you help out a child from 1st-6th grade that has a mental illness like depression,anger, etc.  You go to the child's school and basically hang out with them for as long as you'd like.

• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  

This is significant to my project because it helps me see how depression can affect everyone for their own reason. It helps me see that being there for someone is also effective just being there for the person. 

• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 

It helped me understand my topic better because by working with Jared it showed me that I'd love to work with people dealing with depression and talk to them or do any of their favorite activities together, but at the same time figuring out why they are depressed. To me it's really eye opening and this program has made me realize that.