My experience.

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Your mom's a dirty .........hooker.

I can still see and feel this situation, it’s on my retina. It was on the playing ground of an elementary school, belonging to our institution. I was arguing with a boy from our group, who was 10 years old. I...   Meer

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A drastic situation.

Before you start reading this, I want to emphasize something important. During and after the incident I am writing about, all workers received intensive counseling. If you notice that it has an(y) emotional or...   Meer

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Communication and powerlessness.

I worked in Finland at a school for people with disabilities. A few years in a row I with L, a 20 year old student with spasticity. He was in a wheelchair, could only produce sounds (not talk) and of his limbs...   Meer

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Yellow, yellow and yellow.

This situation is about one of my first experiences with young people with serious behavioral problems. René was a boy (14 years old) with whom adults had little or no contact. The contact that did take place...   Meer

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The value of listening.

Well intended but turns out differently. I was listening to a conversation two friends of mine (Ineke and Gea) were having. The mother of Gea had died a few months ago and she told me that she had an enormous...   Meer

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Step back is sometimes better.

Situation 1: I had a conflict with a client in the living room, when he got angry and ran to her room on the first floor. In her room she turned on her music so loud that most of them were bothered by it. I...   Meer

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Sexual education.

The condom. A student who worked with people with intellectual disabilities told me this situation. In the group live adults who have excellent contact with each other. So good in fact that a couple in love...   Meer

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Sad situation.

Fate struck unimaginably on two of our residents. Before I start writing, I'll think about this. The phone rang at home and I got the director of the institution on the line who told me that two girls, one of...   Meer

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I don't look it.

Talking about others is always easier than talking about myself. Small medical explanation: My teeth consist of; my own teeth, 2 primary teeth (incisors) and a top and bottom plate. One implanted tooth was...   Meer

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I know better.

Four children, aged around 14, were playing a game of darts with each other in the playroom. I was working in the kitchen and heard the kids playing. They were having a great time but when I listened carefully...   Meer

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Handshaking as welcome.

I was at a topsports school in Helsinki where I first saw a teacher who, upon entering the room, shook hands with the students and welcomed them. At the end of class he stood at the door again, shook hands and...   Meer

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Hand in a plaster.

August Hermann Franckehuis in Rotterdam group Sibbe, the first residential group where I worked; I worked together with my colleague Gerrit, who had a conflict upstairs on the bedroom floor with P, one of the...   Meer

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Bed as a safe place.

Bed as a safe place. August Hermann Franckehuis Rotterdam group Sibbe, the first residential group where I worked; There were regular conflicts between the young people and the group leaders and it happened...   Meer

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Nice to give a rewarding.

Rewarding ahead of time In the group I worked, we had a fireplace. It was group policy that it was allowed the light the fireplace when the kids were acting well and the atmosphere was pleasant. It was...   Meer

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Isolating a client.

The final two years I worked at the Ruyterstee on 1 east/west. These were closed sections with a total of 3 segregation cells. When I was applying for this job, I promised myself to never segregate someone or...   Meer

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Intensive contact with a client.

I was paired with a girl that was a victim of sexual abuse. Presumably this was way she had fear and was hesitant towards men and boys. In the treatment plan it was stated that I would be paired with her, with...   Meer

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Colleague with a disability.

Under the sink (August Hermann Francke-house in Rotterdam) The second group where I worked was the Sibbe. I worked here together with a couple, of which the lady was suffering from muscular dystrophy and was...   Meer

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Boy don't listen to me.

Client refuses to go upstairs (Foundation for youth guidance in Delft) I was working in a institute for youngsters, aged 14 to 20, with behavioral issues. One of the boys, Peter, was behaving annoyingly at...   Meer