FOCUS/REVIEW qUESTION: How did the exam go?

Words of advice for next year's students.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What does our treatment of the mentally ill say about our society's view of mental illness?
• How should the mentally ill be taken care of in regards to treatment? Who should pay for this?

AGENDA:

• TREATMENT TODAY FOR THE MENTALLY ILL:
  • Finish watching Frontline Video: The New Asylums (60 minutes) – Complete New Asylums Questions as you watch.
  • Should it be the state government's responsibility to care for mentally ill people that are too poor to care for themselves? Why or why not?
  • Do we as a society have an obligation to help those who are released from prison with a mental illness?
  • Is there a better way? Enhanced Treatment for the Mentally Ill:
    • San Diego County jails make changes to treat mentally ill inmates, curb suicides - article & 3 min video..
      
• PRISON REFORM: Are there any other systems that could prevent the constant return of inmates after they are parolled? (Complete handout as we watch)
• What are other prison systems like?
  • Breaking the Cycle (11min) - Attica Prison of New York is compared to Norwegian Prison.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• EXTRA CREDIT: NY Times Article: When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
  

FOCUS/REVIEW qUESTION: What are the obstacles to reforming America's prisons?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What psychological principles are being used in these reforms that are being used in prisons overseas and in the examples we saw in America?

AGENDA:

• PRISON REFORM:
• Are there any other systems that could prevent the constant return of inmates after they are parolled? (Complete handout as we watch)
• What are other prison systems like?
  • Breaking the Cycle (11min) - Attica Prison of New York is compared to Norwegian Prison. - Watched yesterday.
  • Head of Attica visits Nordic Prison (6 min)
  • German Prison System's Emphasis on Rehabilitation (13 min)*
  • Could this system be used in an America?
    • Connecticut Prison tries German system (1 min)* (article link)
  • Lifers help young inmates prepare for life after prison (4 min)
  • Hear from an inmate's perspective (1 min)
  • "Breakthrough" system helps prisoners get ready for life on the outside (4 min)
    • What obstacles do they face when they get out of prison?
  • Louisiana tries a new system to help with transitioning back to society (11 min)
    • What are the arguments for and against this program?

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• EXTRA CREDIT: NY Times Article: When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
  

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

If a person is a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness, what can be done for them?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What are the difficulties that families of the mentally ill find when they seek out treatment for their sick family member?
• How does our failure to address the lack of mental health care in society contribute to things like mass shootings?
• What are some examples of programs that are working well in their treatment of the mentally ill?

AGENDA:

• HAVE YOU TURNED IN YOUR TEXTBOOK YET? PLEASE DO SO ASAP!
• Watch the following videos and complete this handout on Problems with the Treatement of the Mentall Ill.
• What is available to families looking to help seriously mentally ill family members?
  • 60 Minutes: Nowhere To Go (14 min) (60 minutes website on this story)
  • 60 Minutes: The Stigma of Raising a Child with Mental Illness (6 min)
    
    
• What's the danger in not providing good care to the seriously mentall ill?
  • 60 minutes: Imminent Danger (14 min) (60 minutes website on this story)
    
    
• What's happening in Chicago & at the Cook County Jail with their mentally ill inmates?
  • Mental Health Behind Bars - an example in Chicago (24 min)
    
    
• EXTRA CREDIT: NY Times Article: When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed and turned for TOMORROW! - Last chance to do so!
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOK! - If you didn't today.
• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.
  • Those who need to take the exam due to absences, please see me to arrange when you want to take it.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: As you watch, who "sane" and "insane" on this ward?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What types of treatment that we learned about are being used in this institution?
• What disorders do you recognize in some of the patients?
• What does this film get right and wrong about mental illness & treatment?

AGENDA:

• Watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and complete handout as you watch.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOK! - If you didn't today.
• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.
  • Those who need to take the exam due to absences, please see me to arrange when you want to take it.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS: