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Write a description of what has made for a successful group experience for you.

I have been in numerous groups throughout my schooling career. A few groups I have participated in were very challenging and unsuccessful, others had a great deal of success. Having endured both, I have learned that the groups that were successful all had a few things in common that made the experience meaningful. In the groups that did well, I noticed that each had a leader appointed and every member had a different role that they were responsible for. Members were respectful in giving and receiving positive feedback to and from each other. Everyone took turns speaking and sharing their comments and beliefs about the specific topic at hand. Overall, cooperating together produced an excellent group experience.

The most important ASCA ethical codes I would use in a group for this class would be the ASCA ethical code,‘‘B.RESPONSIBILITIES TO PARENTS/GUARDIANS, SCHOOL AND SELF”. From that, A and D of “B.2 Responsibilities to School” stood out to me. I believe in any group setting, a group member has to assume the role of the leader or one has to be selected within the group. The leader would be needed to set the tone and pace of the group, making sure everyone stays on task, to ensure every member’s voice is heard. Having leadership, communication and professional relationships within the group is a great way to help build rapport amongst members; ultimately, creating a stronger foundation (ASCA, 2016). For my Professional Dispositions, I chose Fitness and Growth. Working cooperatively within the group while being open minded about new ideas and providing positive feedback to colleagues are things that are needed to make the group run smoothly and efficiently (2019b).

Reference

AmericanSchool Counselor Association (ASCA) (2016).  ASCA ethical standards for school counselors [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards2016.pdf

Walden University. (2018). Counseling students program guide. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=36024919

School of Counseling Key Professional Dispositions, Section 3: Expectations of Students (pp. 16-19)

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It's everyone's favourite October holiday (sorry Thanksgiving), that time when you decorate your home and school with spiders and black cats, dress up in strange costumes, and get candy. But how did all these Halloween traditions get started? Why is October 31st the scariest time of the year?

All Hallows Eve

It's hard to know exactly when everything got started but most people trace Halloween's beginnings to 2000 years ago. A big group of people called the Celts (say "kelts") lived in what would become Great Britain, Ireland and parts of France. They started their new year around November 1. The night before they celebrated with a festival called Samhain (say "SAH-win"). Samhain was a celebration of the harvest and the start of winter, but it was also thought to be a time when ghosts would come out. The Celts would dress in masks and build big bonfires on the night of Samhain, they'd also put out food for ghosts. When the Romans conquered the Celtic lands they noticed that their own festival for the dead was around the same time as Samhain and combined the holidays, keeping the traditions going for a long time.

Samhain to Halloween

So how did the holiday get the name Halloween? Over a 1000 years ago the Catholic Church decided to name November 2nd "All Souls' Day," a day to honour the dead. They renamed Samhain, which fell on November 1st to "All Saints' Day," also known as "All Hallows Day." The night before, October 31st, became known as "All Hallows Eve," which got shortened to "Halloween." Got that?

Pumpkins

The idea of a pumpkin carved with a scary face came from Ireland, where people would carve faces into turnips or potatoes to represent a legend about a man named Jack who wandered the countryside with a lantern. The Halloween tradition of a Jack o' Lantern came to North America, where pumpkins were both plentiful in October and much easier to carve than a turnip.

Trick or Treat?

The best part of Halloween - the free candy - started back with Samhain, when people would leave out food for the ghosts that might be wandering about that night. Centuries later people would give out sweet cakes on All Hallows Eve in exchange for prayers for the dead. By the 19th century in England, children would dress in costumes and perform songs and dances for candy and pennies. When Halloween became popular in North America in the early 20th century, kids didn't have to perform, but saying "trick or treat" was a reminder that people should give out candy or expect some kind of trick to be played on them!

Halloween Today

Today Halloween is far more popular in North America than anywhere else - and it's become quite popular in Great Britain where it got its start. For most people, Halloween is about getting to dress up and decorate homes and classrooms. Some kids go door to door in their neighbourhoods to trick or treat, but others celebrate at school or at parties, in costumes that can be scary or just fun. Halloween's a good way to have fun scaring ourselves - just a little bit - as the nights get longer and the days get colder.

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All about the spookiest holiday - Halloween! | CBC Kids

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It's everyone's favourite October holiday (sorry Thanksgiving), that time when you decorate your home and school with spiders and black cats, dress up in strange costumes, and get candy. But how did all these Halloween traditions get started? Why is October 31st the scariest time of the year?