DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN THE APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE

BY: NASRODHEN E. YUSOP

Activity #1

Typhoon Yolanda caused the most visible destruction in Tacloban city, the capital of
Leyte province. The storm affected most of Eastern Visayas or Region VIII, the nation’s
3rd poorest region, with poverty incidence of 45.5 percent of the population, as of the 1st
semester of 2012. Most of the casualties came from Region VIII. The other areas hit were
the provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Palawan. President Benigno Simeon
Aquino III declared a state of national calamity, with the intention of fast-tracking relief
work focus on tacloban city.
Over 20 countries have pledged to provide humanitarian assistance. More than 32,000
foreign and local personnel have been deployed for response and related operations.
Almost 2,000 foreign and local medical personnel have been mobilized as well. Media
professionals did a great helped to gather donation through online. The social workers of
Tacloban played a key role in assessing the damage to the community and advising
rescue and medial teams. The focus was on getting food and supplies to people who
had lost all material possessions and who were dazed and in despair. Also, they to
provide authentication for the victims as their birth certificates and other paperwork were
all destroyed. With the help of different applied scientist the community’s recovery faster
to their normal lives. Working alone is hard but working as a team life would be easier to

rebuild.

Activity #2: Create an advocacy campaign to promote the advantages of counseling

among the youth. (INFOGRAPHICS) – Page 23
Activity #3:

Counselors are one of our first resources when it comes to available to people in need of
emotional and psychological support. They have the strong sense of compassion and
commitment in helping people. Counselors Work with individuals, groups and
communities to improve mental health, Encourage clients to discuss emotions and
experiences, Examine issues including substance abuse, aging, bullying, anger
management, careers, depression, relationships, LGBTQ issues, self-image, stress and
suicide, Help clients define goals, plan action and gain insight, Develop therapeutic
processes and Take a holistic mind and body approach to mental health care. A
counselor has the biggest responsibilities to those people who are experiencing mental
breakdown, counselors must be careful in their actions to prevent the client’s situation
worst. They need to be sensitive and slowly getting the clients trust so it would easier in

discussing the situation or problem. The privacy of the clients will remain confidential.

Activity #4:
Conflict Management Styles The Role of the Counselor
Goals. Counseling helps establish clear goals and
Conflict can happen as a result of generate action plans for conflict resolution.
conflicting goals or priorities. It can also
happen when there is a lack of shared
goals
Personality conflicts. Counseling helps them to develop a
Personality conflicts are a common cause positive outlook and desirable attitude
of conflict. Sometimes there is no toward the situation.
chemistry, or you haven’t figured out an
effective way to click with somebody.

Scarce resources. Counseling can make the individuals

Conflict can happen when you’re motivated to find out alternative solutions.
competing over scarce resources
Styles. Counseling seeks to let the parties take the
People have different styles. Your thinking situation in a more objective approach and
style or communication style might conflict allows them to develop new perspectives.
with somebody else’s thinking style or their
communication style. The good news is
that conflicts in styles are easy to adapt to
when you know how.

Values. Sometimes you will find conflict in Counseling helps the disputing parties to
values. The challenge here is that values understand themselves and reflect view
are core. Adapting with styles is one thing, point.
but dealing with conflicting values is
another. That’s why a particular business,
group, or culture may not be a good fit for
you. It’s also why “bird’s of a feather flock
together” and why “opposites attract, but
similarities bind.”

Activity #5:
Government Government counselors counsel clients
across the full spectrum of issues
associated with contracting with the
government—from the bidding process
and bid protests through the performance
period, including investigations and
compliance advice and contract and grant
closeout, disputes under the Contract
Disputes Act and False Claims Act
investigations.
Private sector Counselors range from independent
providers of services or work for NGO’s or
specialized for profit centers and
organization that render a variety of
counseling services.
Civil Society Civil society is generally charities or non-
profit and issue- based centers or
organizations such as:
 For abused women
 Abandoned children and elderly
 Veterans
 Teachers
 Professionals
 Religious groups
School Counseling is designed to facilitate student
achievement, improve student behavior
and attendance, and help students develop
socially. Mental health professionals with
master’s degrees or beyond, school
counselors both provide counseling and
serve an educational role in and around
schools. Counselors support students who
are experiencing personal or academic
challenges, help students choose careers
and plan for college, and intervene when
students face behavioral, physical, or
mental health challenges.

Community counseling is grounded in

recognizing diversity. Community
counselors must pay special attention to
diversity because communities are, in their
nature, diverse systems.
Community counselors focus on a client's
environment to understand the cultural
factors that contribute to a client's health
while also addressing more high-level
systemic problems.