Applying Sculting Work

last weekend, i have a outstation work
which my organization had draw out a program
inviting all the juvenile delinquent teenagers with parents
to join the family retreat

i had stolen some time to do a family sculpting
applying the sculpting work technique

there is a volunteer from a father, he is arond mid 50s
he volunteer himself to do this
so, i ask him to become the director, to choose his "replacement"
then, ask him to pick up, who is the participant be his father, mother, siblings, wife, and children

then, a father, a mother, 7 siblings, which include 6 brother and 1 sister
a wife, 4 children, 2 daughter and 2 son

he is placing himself in centre, wife at his left hand, with 2 children left and right

then, the father and the mother  was standing far away at the room corner with one brother
another one is siblings by his side, and 3 at his back~

when he is done. i can see the tears inside the eyes
i asked: WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR FAMILY
NOW, THEY ARE HERE...

He stop, he can't say anywords....
but after 10 seconds, he come out with a words " I LOVE YOU ALL"
I THEN, asked all the 'family members" of HIM, to say back " WE LOVE YOU TOO"

applying Dramatic Role-Playing is novice for me...
i am npt sure whether i am doing it correct?
but, i am giving it a try~ sculpting family  Work~

30.10.10: TUODRP-II

i attended TUODRP at Disted on 30.10.10
This round, my superior and one of my new colleague from Butterworth join too
i gain some new experience and knowledge on the role playing part
i think i am quite cognitive person, always love to think a lot
role playing allowed me to stay connected with creative imagination in contact with my own personal unconscious and look at my shadow side.
sometimes,  i am wonder, what archetype i am presenting?

the sharing of Healer VS Wounder is new concept to me
but it is quite similar with transference -and -counter-transference of own value impose to client
counsellor or therapist should work as catalyst and work towards therapeutic goals
this is kind of interesting to me
but HOW? how to do so? i wonder

Alex said i had expended my creativity mind
am i? am i still tangible and static
can i remove myself from that be more flexible?
i guess i am expanding
the "Letting Go" and "follow the flow"

previously, i can't really pretend
i have self belief - pretend is hypocrite
i do not want myself to be hypocrite person
when i asked myself on WHAT MIGHT THAT BE ABOUT
then, i got my own answer,

i am trying to learn - imposed new value, remove old stigma

role playing is not hypocrite 

it is about having fun and experiencing different character
from here, i can let go myself better

hopefully, i can bring the role-playing into my work
and benefit with the community i am serving

good bye

i am not going to DRP world again
as i think, maybe it is just be the best, to leave it there. with the light, sounds
 and also outside the castle, at the moment in the darkness, all of the character able to go through the wall and reach safely
it's a credit
all of us able to stay together and didn;t lost our hand
at the moment we go on the journey

what i had take in this module
learn to be more relax
slow down my pace
but, in reality

i have limitation on time
if i am slowing down, i will "floating with file, casenote" everyday
haiz....sometimes think back, want to work with Quality or Quantity??

if i am giving a chance, i will try to implement in community setting.
but with the younger group.
to see how it can work...

thank you every one,
be my helping hand
be my eyes
be my wings
be my spirit support
and giving me power to go through this

i am seeing u all in the other journey
maybe we will meet again
maybe not

but the great learning experience will always be
and keep in the little pandora box
which belong to mine, myself

good day every one. we will meet again ^_^

dedicating a song to u all "reflection"
i end this , and saying goodbye to all of u

The learning in Dramatic Role Playing

First Stage: Departure
I am seeing myself as a total rookie in this mini-module. i am not sure what to do at initial. I felt i have not much time to lean, and study this year... and yet i felt like, if i am keep delaying, when should i do this? my organization is WEIRD, i see myself as a worker in this big organization, i refuge to let organization to represent myself, i am just x10, a new person, who is working in helping profession feels like want to top-up some new skill that can benefit myself and my service to client.


when i receive email from JO, i told myself, just go lah. even no people support you, just go lah. without company support and understanding also never mind. for this, i left out my company community work. sometimes i did not attend the company function, like family days, caring community service to joint the out-reach program. i am just not able to do so....

when i saw those familiar faces, and a friends of mine join together
i just feel like being together. the feeling of togetherness is here...

after the workshop, Alex start to give out the task...


Second Stage: Initiation

this is not an easy task. i was not knowing what to choose the character? what to do in imagination with myself in-front of the computer, this is so new to me. once, my land lady seeing me talk to myself in front of computer and there is few voices coming out, my land lady asked :"whether i am over stress, do i need help"?
haha, it is a funny experience. really Jesting

there is 2 new members in this ALS. personally i do not know them much. i see them once or twice. not much contact too.... meeting with this new memebrs, trying to know them better, and talk to them, be nice to them, and understand how can we work better. I am easy type, i am not very demanding. as long as we can  communicate, i think problem should bot be a problem.

it's a test, when we encounter switching communication medium from SKYPE to CHANTANGO
when the time management is drop, and somebody not able to online.
and at the same time, we do share our imaginary work togather. we fly, we dive, we touch, we smell
when the Crest Maiden was food poisoning, the team seems so eager to help. WHAT a good food poisoning. people eat the Blue berry is ok, blue berry? or the black one?? i can't recall
but Crest maiden took the berry, get poison...

then,
come to the 3 act script. i had encounter with time limitation. too many cases in my organization, heavy workload, with the training... i somehow, unable to contribute much. i see the others' ALS members putting a lot of effort to do it.

When Phaik Nee and others told me, i was choosen to play as TANYA, i am not willing to. i asked myself, no others people can do this? but yet, when i see the group members so excited and using me and Melinda as projection of marshila and Tanya, i tell myself, go and have fun. i am trying to understand the other concept and role which they want TANYA to be in 3-act script

it do touch my heart. when the part TANYA was attempt by Harri Penari, and Marshila had started to destroy the Dragonville.   In the journey, seeeking Queen of Elves, trying to reparation, make off the mistake, rescuing the Dragonville....... i did not cry, but i felt a little commiserate.... not every story can go back to the same track, and able to move on, give a new meaning of life. Queens of Elves can be there, The God of Tata can be there, but if TANYA herself refuge and not willing to took the initiation to go along with the journey, there would be no outcome, no changes, no SORRY after neglected the responsibility, left the Dragonville chaos..

 
i start to think of my ROLE, in this helper role.... ....
if clients willing to change, is a bonus, but if clients i meet with, i already try my best, yet they DIE, or eventually they go back to the path they choose, specifir for those juvenile delinquency youth, WHY should i feel sorry!  i start to letting go... a bit by bit....

i am not sure whether this is good? or no good...
but i can see my tense is lower a little bit.

Third Stage: Return
 It's a ending. but it also a new starting point.
i am not sure how can i use this in my helping profession, but i am sure.... for those who likes to role-play within a small space, it will definitely help. role-play another character they not preferred, role play the others' person they care, role play with themselves, by creating a new character。。。




i learn that, preparation stage is important, especially briefing about the entrance, the rituals part.

this is the end.?
no...this is the start......
another new journey will began
 

near, at the return

Alex drop an email on 20th July 2010

he said

" Hi

Just a quick note to congratulate the ALS for a mission well executed and accomplished. Well done. I would like to offer a end of the module debriefing session next Wednesday at 8pm Msian time 28th July I thought you might like some feedback as well as an opportunity to tie up any loose ends. I will be sending the links for the usual peer review and in the meantime you may want to complete your personal learning journal looking at the module objectives/outcomes and offer a summary commenting on the how and to what degree you have met those outcomes/objectives in other words what learning have you gained most from the module....."

it's near to the return...but i feeling hardly to let it go. WHY ar??
i feel lazy to do the writting on the character role play, the voice, the whole learning session
but i know when time is right, is going to moved to another stage. starting a new module again
i need to say goodbye to Marshilla, Tanya, Queens of Elves, Harri Penari,  Unicorn, God of Tata .... .....

the return, when i am back to the reality life
what i have with my inner strength?
i am thinking.. ....

Facilitator Sheet.

i felt like would like to make a cover for the facilitator sheet
thus, i make this when i am back to penang after my leave

Open publication - Free publishing - More therapy

finally complete the facilitator sheet

14.7.10, wednesday night, my company having operation
rescuing the homeless people
i had stay back at office from 10pm till 5.30 am
the day after that, i need to work to 5pm

lucky mary help out to do the facilitator sheet
and give the comment

i do not know that Elaine mean "delete" the red colour pharase, or change the red colour according to the blue colour comments done by mary
in my computer, when i open the facilitator sheet sent back by elaine and mary
actually some part is missing

so i am quite  confused, with the part higlight with red, but no comments
but when in SKYPE tonight, elained keep repeating with me GOT, double check
haiz...so funny
when i think of we look at the same sheet, but different input


















this is how my facilitator sheet look like when i open and redownload it again and again
it's a hanging phase there

so i am kind of blur, what does it means
so, i revised again, deleted all the comments and pu in new ideas of ALS members
i am blur, so i decided to put the same as there is no COMMENT

yet, Elaine told me there IS....
my god

we are talking about this topic for so long
finally i just make up conclusion
that is, the sheet that i looked at actually got some missing part.
i blamed on computer system/ or the different window/ versions of MS office

haiz.....

what a weird situations

haha

finally done.
i will asked to submit this work to Alex Chew
so, wait for others members to send me things back

12.7.10: audio making on the script

i have a deep feeling on the scene
which Tanya cry so hardly,sobing and keep repeating sorry

when i am role playing as Tanya
then, my mind alwayz flash back to the youngster
especially the female young client that i encounter

WHY there must be regretful when doing the wrong thing?

it's make me feel so sad

TQ melinda and the ALS members contribution on this making
we r making a new journey, and create a new miracle

finally, complete the facilitator sheet

to all ALS members
i done the facilitator sheet...
looks like i didn't waste the Penang State Holiday on 7th July 2010
haha, try to work on script with others members
and also finally come out with the facilitator sheet meet the group expectation
whatever, i am having too many task/ role at the moment
tomorrow will onleave go back to hometown
Melinda told me i having too much role on "helper"
not necesarry as counsellor, but always help out people
she did let me aware, sometimes i need to "de-roll" myself as "helper" role

i guess, i need to learn that
 i didn't aware that i am doing this all the time
it reflect my present life
eg:

my younger brother would like to do a small business, seeking my help
i have not enough financial support, but i had given a little of my saving to let him start business
i think i should help him, as he is my only younger brother i have

then, another scene is
my coursemate/university mate who is close to me,
her grandmother passed away recently
and she think she is "abnormal" because unable to feel the sadness during grandmother funeral
she is seeking my attention, and we did talk a lot about her reaction
well, am i doing the helper role again? or just listener?

scene 3:
my cousin's pet pass away, die
she felt so upsad, couldn't let go and really depressed on the died of the dog
she felt herself should be blame on the carelesness
and she is pregnant now, early september will deliver baby
my mother asked me to talk to her, let her do not be so upsad (as i am studying counselling, knowing how to comfort people, elderly told it's not so good to be sad when pregnant.????)
so, am i doing the helper role again?

scene4:
my relatives commit sucicide, trying to swallow the retamol- i think is antidepresent drugs to make someone feel ease. she is having conflict with the husband. my family asked me to talk to her? and they keep calling to asked me back to have a look
(so, am i doing the helper role again?)

this present issues is regarless work, it;s life, the social part, which is living closely with me。
i can play a good role when i am in my working space
but, when things that have connection or significant relationship with me, more or less, it really influence my  emotion unconscioulsy
i am so tired.....physically, and my sore throat still on-and -off come back
haiz.....

back to the drama sheet
i am having time constrain, thus i try to complete this ASAP
well, i hope every of the ALS members will look through, and kindly give input
and, of course, please ignored my lousy grammar/ spelling error
i am not able to online this weekend
so, will meet you all Monday

haha.......
Thank you everybody for being such a wonderful ALS members
when there is small conflict, of course, there will be some group development
this group is strong enough in the capability
i would like to send my apologies if i am not able to meet ALS member's expectation.
i try what i can& what i can't

i am lucky to have this  Heroes In Transitions Journey .....

Three-act Structure

 three-act-play,
Act I comprises the first quarter of the screenplay. (For a two hour movie, Act I would last approximately 30 minutes.)
Act II comprises the next two quarters of the film. (For a two hour movie, Act II would last approximately 60 minutes.)
Act III comprises the final quarter of the film. (For a two hour movie, Act III would be the final 30 minutes.)

how is this 3 act structure?
i mean when come o the decision making, whether the template should go for 1 day workshop, 3 session for (1) departure, (2) initiation, (3) return? or become 8 session, each scene for one session?


melinda is initiate for facilitator sheet, i am helping in this as well.
when we look at the therapeutic dramatic role playing, we look at the time, impact, and also the ‘digestion" of the character...


so, i suggested, we try to fix this with group consensus :)
before me and melinda moved on wards
will see how........
haha

finally...go with the script

this is really marvellous
i really pay high salute for all
the effort, the contribution, the comment, and the fedback
for me, this is really a learning, and it's really make us moved along the storylline

How the main character encounter the obstacles, failed the task, and also go back again return with new lifestyle. the transition period within the character, really can feel the character growth, and be mature

in this life, we might encounter many problems
i can see that, how this character be inter-related with nowadays adolescent/ teenagers

the script is done!

wow.........i really think we are so power rangers..........
haha
i "tumpang" their success....feel like i am so few contribution in this
haiz.........

i would convey my apologies for my ALS members
i try to arrange things and time to fit in the discussion.....
look like i am a bit late....
gotta work a lot. 

dreaming...dancing

yesterday, it's online discussion with ALS members about the storyline for mission impossible
the tanya and Dragonville story
i am not going to discover what happends in the story,
hehe...Sifu, you need to wait to us to do the presentation

i am having a dream
i am dreaming, i am dancing under the moonlight
with SPECIAL HIM...

haha....
it's really so co-inciddent again....
my sore throat still smetimes good, sometimes bad...

stress is a lot....but still can manage well

go back to my dreaming about dancing

i can remember very clearly
I and HIM, my special HIM lah, who else
dancing under the moonlight,
slowly, pace by pace, step by step
and this is so romantic and touch
I and HIM didn't say any words
we just dance in a circle under the moon

that's it i could remember

no kiss kiss... no special action...but purely dancing....
guess, later i want to go google, what is it about dancing in dream?
dance under the moon......
haha

28.6.2010: Dreamy Adventure

this round, Crest maiden and the team dive under the sea
and able to rescue PhloxE who get stuck in the seaweeds
then, they after the golden palace, but the palace had changed.....
meeting up with blue creature, firstly, the blue creature really look not friendly
but finally, invite the team to follow to the palace.
still seeing the light
and the light is somewhere at the window of the palace


i felt that, in this journey, i am bit by bit growing
i can feel the strong bondig among the Shaylee, skysaver, Crest maiden with OFO& LR
this is something i felt before this, the chemical didn;t work
but day after day, the bonding, the relationship among them growth too

i am wondering to myself, where is the light from?
what is this blue to me?
why the blues seems so unfriendly?
what is it representative?
the wall.......the sounds, the flute sounds........
and the KURA....yet to discover..........

Thought again the Dreamy Adventure World 21.6.10

 CrestMaiden is encounter the food poisoning issues in previous Dreamy Adventure 
well, as ALS members give some feedback or comment about the poisoning part, i start to have thought again this Dreamy Adventure about what make Crest Maiden get poison?


when the journey continue again,

Crestmaiden:  start to turn around, and see who is around... felt hungry too

Exodusor:  r u hungry?

Crestmaiden:  good day....anything to eat? i start to feel hungry, ya hungry

Crestmaiden:  shaylee momo...what food u have in ur small bag there(  start to take off bag from shaylee momo)

Crestmaiden:  pluck the blue berries and taste

Crestmaiden:  o....my.....my stomach ..........

Crestmaiden:  help .... the blue berry is rapping my leg....

（i think i am trying to say the blue berry trees is pull/drag my feet) 

Crestmaiden: Lone Ranger, don;t chew the blue berry

Crestmaiden:  i am feelings unwell, I'm start to see there is 2 lone ranger


this round, Crest Maiden feeling like want to eat in this Dreamy Adventure, and after took the blue berries, get poison


i try to google, see what's the meaning 'feeling to eat/ eating in dream" means


huh???
Eating Dream Meaning
Psychological Meaning: Freud considered the mouth, through which food enters the body, to be the primary erogenous zone. Dreams of eating are therefore closely associated with sexuality. If you dream of gorging yourself it can indicate that you have an indulgent sexuality whereas dreaming of fasting or starvation may indicate that you deny your sexual needs. Eating out at restaurants is often part of couples courting rituals. In dreams meals that have an enjoyable atmosphere reflect a confirmation of intimacy with others and good social relationships. Dreaming of eating in uncomfortable or threatening surroundings may represent frigidity and unhappiness with your relationships. An alternative explanation is that eating symbolises qualities that you are making part of yourself. For example, you may be digesting some new ideas or perhaps a problem is 'eating at you'.


i was a little bit so suprise, and felt like unable to accept what this Freudian told....
was it really???
Oh MY....

but i had found another meaning on eating
Eating food can represent:
Nourishing the body, mind, emotions, soul, or spirit
Hunger or low blood sugar while you're sleeping
Consider the food you are eating in the dream, its meaning, and how you feel about it.




o no...




and then, the sounds...

Onefoolishother:  Yes, tell us more about the sound, where does it come from....inside or outside of yourself?

Crestmaiden:  i donno ....just a sounds tells sorrow...upsad...and speechless in her voice... not sure the sounds were from outside? or inside??kind of blur... can't recall whether it is inside or outside...

Crestmaiden:  shaylee and loneranger, have u all hear the sounds like mine?

Exodusor:  can u describe the sound a bit more?

Onefoolishother:  Sorry, Crest, i am not trying to confuse you, if you listen in silence, perhaps you may be able to distinguish the two.

Onefoolishother:  The sound fo water....yes../...i hear that too...listen, something is vibrating beneath the pool, could it be the sound of Kura, the tutrle we are looking for

Crestmaiden:  is a sweetest sounds but feels like so lonely, sorrowful, and seems like wanted someone to understand and helping , iguess..if shaylee and lone ranger can't hear the sound, it come from inside

..................

Crestmaiden:  keep silent....think to herself, how the sounds come from, and try to recall the sound

 walk to poolside, sit down at the rock, close her eyes...and try to listen again, recall what's the sounds like

Crestmaiden:  what is the sounds so sorrowful? droping tears from eyes...feels touching

what is this meant?
where is the sound? what is the sound represent? my inner voice? or what?
when OFO asked the Crest Maiden to tell about where the sound come from, Crest also not sure whether it is from inside or outside....


this is a interesting part i think i can explore more
WHat makes Crest Maiden only hearing the sad sound, and not the happy sound?
How was this connect to Crest Maiden, as she had dropes her tears? is it tears of sadness?touch?
where the sounds come from anyway?

hmm..... gotta stop now....
is a journey of transition? a dream?
and the light from the palace? what's inside there?

I'm feeling to Sick

Guess what? i am feeling sick....
yesterday night, after buying some stuff from supermarket,
suddenly i feel the pain with my stomach
o... it's my menstrual period ,  and this round....it's early several days

i feel dizzy, and really paleness.... just feeling to want to sleep
then, i am having Sore throat this  morning
i am so tired, at yesterday night after reaching home around 9.00 pm
i can't make myself for discussion...though i want to get online
i am fall asleep

maybe this is the indicator to show that i need some break
things move too fast, things come into without following any signs
yet, work still need to done.
few happening cases is in control
though i might say i am feeling fine, i still can handle it
but,
my unconscious, my body, give me some sign...
if you not take any break, you might feeling to sick
what a "good poison"
the awareness come in
i am mindful again....

still no any feedback from my upper management level whether i would be request to follow-up the 9 years old case. but If i have choice, this round i do not want to receive it. pass to others people. as in my workplace, got 9 of us, 6 of them is registered counsellor. i guess, they can handle it very  well... isn't it.
in this dramatic role playing.... i am not wanting myself roleplaying as "counsellor"
but at this moment, i just want to be x10 who want some time to rest.

can i say, this is from the invisible to visible scene,
that i want HOLIDAY?
though i still have 32 days annual leave, but seems like not playing good role?
gotta apply leave and step out from Penang, i guess :)
hahaha


Thank you ALS members, especially Melinda, Phaik Nee, Elaine
who are so concern about me. And Thank you Alex Sifu, Priscilla to give me some idea.
WHY worry? it will comes, and it will goes... and it will moved again....won't be static there
so, just RELAX.....
and
wait and see

21.6.10:dreamy adventure again

this round, Crest Maiden is getting trouble
she ate the blue berry and got food poison
and it's really a hard one...
she get giddy, paleness, week, and also vomit...
gosh~~ not sure what's the blue berry is? OFO mentioned that she had ate but is OK?

and in the memory, Crest Maiden hearing the sounds..which is so sorrowful
i wonder. who sounds is that???
WHY sorrowful? WHY sad? is it the sounds from deepest heart within myself?
what i am upsad for? what make me felt so sorrowful？

hmmm.... it's really weird
then, no body want to go into water... and finally Lone ranger did.
Crest Maiden felt like being support, and follow Lone Ranger to this adventure
diving under the pool... it's a really big
the world from the land and the water world is so different

looking around, enjoying, being calm and peace
not really felt upsad. is a feeling of belonging
am i belong to this sea?to this water world?
i see the ray of light, from the palace
a very nice one........
i m wondering, what will go next?

i am asking myself
What's the meaning of the light?
what's the KURA is?
What makes me follow LR/OFO/Fidget/Shayleemomo step?
what‘s the connection with me and the KURA?
what will i discover in this dreamy adventure land?

Adolescence transition

 i try to google and search for the adolescence transition and see what kind of rituals they going through. for myself, i didn't go much on that...my family do not have the practice....so unlucky
below is link for the article i am able to find, and it contains about fews part of  topic
Adolescence - Puberty, Cognitive transition, Emotional transition, Social transition


For most people, there are four or five such stages of growth where they learn certain things: -
infancy (birth to age two),
early childhood (ages 3 to 8 years), l
ater childhood (ages 9 to 12) and
adolescence (ages 13 to 18).
Persons 18 and over are considered adults in our society.

Of course, there are some who will try to act older than their years. But, for the most part, most everybody grows in this same pattern. Parents learn much about taking care of their babies and young children.

Adolescents face a range of developmental issues. Havighurst (1952) suggested that two important areas included work and relationships. Levinson (1978) focused on changing relationships and on exploration, while Erikson (1968) commented on intimacy and commitment to goals. Super (1963) indicated that exploring and crystallizing vocational choice are important to older adolescents and young adults

i think for transition, maybe can focused on children from primary school to secondary school
start to mixd with different gender?
coz i remember last time i was so shy to be friends with boy, untill my mum always say to me
do not pull hand with boy, they are bad...boy will treat u so badly.... and also do not having any love affair till u go to university....that's y i am only date with boy after university
my current bf is my 1st bf, and we know for 8 years now....
ahahaha...

now is my another transition period from single moving to "double"
i mean i will getting married soon...it's a transition period for myself
maybe still unable to seek the same place and time with my future husband
but at least, we go for same comitment and goal
life is a cirrcle, we go back to the same starting point again

the skeleton story

ow wow..wow....
what a impressive work by my team members
wahaha.... really impressive...
the story about the Dragonvile sing again...
got dying, got scarifies, got devil power, got transformation and return as mother earth
i wonder how the story go..helping to achieve the mission impossible :)


TO ALS members who work on 18th  June 2010
i send my apologies, as i am not able to attend cos i am rushing to KL
This i s really interesting when i read the story by ALS members, Mary, Melinda and Elaine.
The transition period in life have so many stages...but this round, Alex Chew asked us to focus more on children and adolescent work.

In the study of child development, adolescence refers to the second decade of the life span, roughly from ages 10 to 20. The word adolescence is Latin in origin, derived from the verb adolescere, which means "to grow into adulthood." In all societies, adolescence is a time of growing up, of moving from the immaturity of childhood into the maturity of adulthood. 



Storyline discussed by Melinda and the team is about story with crisis, accpetance, rejection, and i had read Elaine blog about girls who first encoutner "period"

another issues i had think of, intimacy, pubby love?
like first dating with gf/bf
and if boy, male teenagers who first encounter masturbation? or having affair or sexual intercourse? how might that experience might be when having fantasy of big breast?
hmm..unlucky, if got male ALS members can asked more about that.
haha..

maybe Alex can help answer??

Reflection: 14.6.10

It's a amazing ride.... and i really enjoy flying together with the others
holding one hand, looking from the sky to the down
and meeting with the hanging stone
maybe just like what i see in avatar movie
and i find a code from the weird pattern stone
"  eno nesoohc eht emoclew"

hmm....some one can help to decode this?

Mission Impossible: Operation "Heroes in Transition"

It's been a long time i didn't update my blog and i am away,

due to my housephone having problem after a little flood at my housing area.... :(
haiz....... i didn't online.
now i am stealing my offcie hours to do some reflection and thought in my blog for my personal learnign journal.
In this case, if tonight have online discussion again, i think i need to go out from my comfortable zone to do my online work :
when i checked my mail today, i see this "Mission Impossible: Operation "Heroes in Transition"
It was email from Alex to me and, the ALS members



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Hi all

I thought I better sent this out so that you have the chance to have a look at it and formulate any questions you may have when we meet for our tutorial on Wednesday. Could you please start before me. I will join you all at 8.30pm. This will give you some time as an ALS group to consider the task at hand. You may also note I have moved the submission dates to allow the group time for the task.

Best wishes

Alex


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Mission Code Name: Operation Heroes in Transitions
The scenario
Developmental transitions are critical periods of change in the lives of children as they negotiate through the complexity of not only the demands of physiological changes but more importantly, social and psychological ones as well. Normally, the cultural and socially constructed drama found in traditional rites of passage would suffice in providing the symbolic bridge in allowing the individual a meaningful medium to become accustomed to their new role responsibility and role expectations in finding a place within their respective society. Contemporary modern society have discarded many of the traditional rites of passage and values and have left a large number of people bereft of such supportive structures in their development. This may have contributed to the alienation experienced by a large number of adolescent as they struggled to find meaning and a ‘place’ within our contemporary modern societies. The ‘alienation’ has a part to play in the increasing social and psychological dis-ease experienced by this group e.g. teenage depression and suicide, drug and alcohol consumption etc.


As a group of Creative Arts Therapy workers, your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to provide a creative solution that would help to alleviate the potential pitfalls and to provide a supportive psychological structure, in the absence of a traditional rite of passage for the individual negotiate the critical phase from childhood to adulthood.
 Dramatherapy through the use scripted role playing is an avenue which you will be working as a group to explore and implement. Drawn from your understanding of the therapeutic potential inherent in action methods and in the use of metaphors and symbols within the narrative, the group will work towards the development a ‘working package’ where it can be delivered by those who work with that particular age group.



Your ‘working package’ will contain a 3 Act Script of not more than 9 A4 pages, a props box itemising its contents, facilitator sheet with the aims and objectives of the role play, a list of reflective questions which the facilitator could use for further group discussion and reflection, some suggestions for warm-up and closure activities related to the dramatic role play.



You will deem to have accomplished your mission when your group has

Produce a 3 Act Script, not exceeding 9 A4 pages; A itemized ‘Props Box’; A facilitator sheet outlining the aims and objectives for the Dramatic Role Play, Suggestions for Warm-up and Closure activities related to dramatic role playing, A list of interactive questions for group discussions and reflections on the themes of the narrative.


Bonus points – Additional commendation will be given if the project includes a video of the dramatic role playing being executed. This is not compulsory though very welcomed. Some pointers and areas which will considered in relation to project are suggested below

• How do you use the ‘Hero’s Journey’ or Monomyth as a possible template in developing your script for dramatic role playing?
• How do you decide on the context (Sci-Fi; Animals, Legends, Fairy Tales, etc) for your scripted play in order to be accessible for appropriate gender, culture and age of the role players of your target groups?
• Is the scripted dialogue appropriate for the language ability of your targeted group?
• If you decide to work with groups with limited literacy skills, what adaptation would you suggest to the facilitator?
• Is the script able to fully utilized and embed the implicit metaphors and symbols within the narratives?
• Are the themes within the story able to resonate with the themes of the developmental tasks of the transition between childhood and adulthood?
• Are the warm-up and closure activities related to enhancing and enabling the tasks of dramatic role playing e.g. rituals, role preparation and inhabitation, role debriefing and deroling etc.?
• Are the props suggested easily available or easily constructed and would enhance the players to get into their characters?
• Do the reflective questions provide the possible integration and links to be made between dramatic reality and everyday reality?

The deadline for this mission is 18th July 2010.


Good luck!

PS: Document your process, the learning gained through self-reflections in your blogs as you undertake this mission.


O My... what a busy and heavy scedule of mine...

this is going to be really really interesting
How the ALS members going to do this??
OH MY......