Posted: August 3rd, 2022

Nicohwilliam

Please see attachment for assignment

What Came to Me

I took the last

dusty piece of china

out of the barrel.

It was your gravy boat,

with a hard, brown

drop of gravy still

on the porcelain lip.

I grieved for you then

as I never had before.

–Jane Kenyon

Talking to Grief

Ah, grief, I should not treat you

like a homeless dog

who comes to the back door

for a crust, for a meatless bone.

I should trust you.

I should coax you

into the house and give you

your own corner,

a worn mat to lie on,

your own water dish.

You think I don’t know you’ve been living under my porch.

You long for your real place to be readied before winter comes. You need

your name,

your collar and tag. You need

the right to warn off intruders,

to consider my house your own

and me your person

and yourself

my own dog.

–Denise Levertov

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Assignment 1: at least 200 words; APA format and cite scholarly references; assignment will be submitted through safe assign

Please share with the class a few things you have learned this semester about crisis intervention. What part of the material presented was the most impactful for you? (Being a teacher in the United States, crisis in schools was the most impactful) 

Assignment 2: at least 200 words; APA format and cite scholarly references; assignment will be submitted through safe assign

As a counselor, Why do you think it is important to de-escalate a client who is visibly upset? What counseling skills could one use to help de-escalate a client?

Assignment 3: Please read the “Poems for Grief” document and listen to the song by Don Chaffer. 

What words or lines stand out to you and why?

Please share your thoughts about what the poems and song have to say about the grieving process.

(No reference or citation needed)

Please see attachment for poem

Song: Leave Me Alone By Don Chaffer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30y_PJHG-lU