Introduction

Welcome to Clinical Foundations I.

If you've visited a "blog” before, you’re accustomed to reading about politics, entertainment gossip or how your best friend from college is recovering from the break up with his girlfriend. This blog is different: here, you’ll do homework.

But I hope this becomes more than just homework. I want you not only to complete assignments, but also interact with each other. Here’s how it works:

I have a different post for each week of the quarter when assigned readings are due. Please note that your assignment is due BEFORE the beginning of YOUR class section. I expect you to submit two discussion questions and/or comments to each post. Next, you will respond to someone else's reading response with a question or comment that is at least two sentences long. To do this, click on the “comments” link at the end of each post. Then submit your questions/comments in the following format:

1) Questions/comment followed by a citation in the reading.
2) Questions/comment followed by a citation in the reading.

-Name and Date

Then respond to someone else's post.

For example:

1) I wonder why Freud let his dog sit in therapy sessions (Prochaska & Norcorss, 42).
2) Did all that cocaine influence Freud’s thinking? (Jones & Butman, 81).

Steve Simpson, March 27th, 2009.

Response to someone else's post:

"I agree that Freud shouldn't have let his dog sit in on therapy sessions. What if the client had a traumatic experience with a Chow-Chow as a child?"


YOUR responses should be longer (two sentences minimum) and contain more intellectual substance than the ones above.

You can also add a comment about anything you wish, as long as it is remotely related to the class.

Oh yeah, grades – this is one of those “check mark” things. Unless you do a really pathetic job, you’ll receive full credit as long as you provide three questions/comments for each reading assignment. People most often lose points for failing to cite a page in the reading or posting their reading response late.

If you can't figure this out or your computer isn't cooperating, feel free to submit the assignments to me via e-mail or as a hard copy. But I prefer that you post them here if you can.

And, because I can't figure out how to change it, START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND WORK UP (BACKWARDS).

Don’t hesitate to e-mail me with questions. See you in class!

Peace,

Steve Simpson, Ph.D.