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it's bring me to another level to think of
the preliminary screening process
it's something i had not been take into count, and i admit is a weaknesses that need to be improve. this is very significant problem there, but how can i intervene into that level of their "family business"?? i guess, what i can do is trying to invite them for a workshop, for the "family members" in the HOME to know and understand about what is "counselling" and "group -work" it is truely are.
it is beyond me to do any intervention on the management part, but i am really concern of the small boys and girls who stayed inside the HOME. just as pris and others' ALS members concern about.... ....
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14 years ago
Hi I-ling,
ReplyDeleteWorking from outside with the children n within do give a different setting. All of us hv concerns for these children if not we will not be there, however there is only so much we can do especially when situations may not be conducive. That is the time where we can creatively think about what can be done without disrupting much in the children.
Isn't it synchronicity that 3 of us r here in the ashram.
The psychology of change may be helpful in understanding why that given what may seems obvious to so many....... that individuals and groups even on recognizing their desire to change and their deficits of their current position, are resistant to the change itself. Resistance may take many forms, including active or passive, overt or covert, individual or organized, aggressive or timid.
ReplyDeleteIf you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi