Informal Vs Informal Assessment

The counselor presented an ethical opening. Clt was very responsive and agreed to rules of confidentiality. The clt was dressed appropriately at time of initial interview and appeared well groomed. The counselor utilized open and closed probing techniques. The clt was more than eager to talk about his hobbies, and free time outside of PROS. The counselor asked if the clt had any support system. The clt reported having a “handful of friends back in Trinidad” but mainly keeps to himself now. The clt appeared to have internal preoccupation throughout the session as evidence by his long periods of silence. The counselor asked questions relating to employment, housing, and goals. The clt reported that he’s had employment in the past but knows that right now he wants to work on getting better. The clt reports “I want to get my head straight first, before I can think about anything else”. The counselor asked the clt to think about a topic for the following session.

1- What happened in the meeting? (How was it structured? How long did it last? How did conversations happen?)

The interview was conducted in the home of the individual. The interviewee is a 35 year old African American single parent with three children ages two, three, and ten. The oldest child is diagnosed with ID (Intellectual Disability). The single mother is employed as a waitress at a local restaurant which requires flexibility including nights and weekend hours. The purpose of the study was to assess the needs of the individual. I started the interview with an informed constant explaining the basic purpose of the study, describing the procedures in details, disclosing her right to refuse and/or withdraw at anytime during the study, confidentiality, and the benefits of the study, since I was incognizant of any risk. I stayed within the ethical

I was pleased with the way this session went because I had gain rapport with the client. The client nationality was Hispanic but he spoke low literacy English. The overall skills used with the client was standard greeting, open ended response to help him get started. I used furthering response to get the questions answered for his health care and nonverbal response to keep the process going. At times during the interview I had to also use emphatic response to show my concerns.

However, it will nice if you can send us your next meeting time and the three topics that you will retain today.

1.Describe your intentions/planning/goals going into this interaction. What did you want to get out of it? Why did you choose this interaction?

An appraisal is one of the most commonly used methods of formal assessment and is used to evaluate and assess the performance of an employee against agreed targets and objectives, with the aim of improving employee performance. Where an employee has been able to achieve their targets, the appraisal can be used to recognise successes. This often helps to increase an employee’s confidence and motivation and can lead to better organisational performance. Many organisations will use the outcomes of an appraisal to identify potential candidates for promotions or even an increase in pay. At the same time, an appraisal meeting may include discussions on underperformance, identifying why this has occurred and how this can be avoided in the future.

The problems of poor parenting and bad conduct can lead to more serious concerns in middle childhood.

At the beginning of the session I was feeling confident and I was able to acknowledge the client problems. But as the interview got more serious I had noticed that I got stuck and ran out of words to

Emotional and behavioral disorders can harder to distinguish what causes these disorders. However, some of the causes of emotional and behavioral disorders can be confused and relate with other disabilities, such as ADHD and/or learning disabilities. Three main concepts play a role in how EBD may be caused. A child’s biological makeup is the first to be looked at and may be the most common reason for these disorders. One’s home and community environment can have an enormous impact on a child’s life. “Although a single negative experience does not necessarily lead to development of emotional problems, it is possible that multiple risk factors such as poverty, abuse, neglect, parental stress, inconsistent expectations and rules, confusion, and turmoil over long periods of time can contribute to the development of such problems” (Smith & Tyler, 2010, p. 242). The third factor, most teachers don’t realize, is the school environment. The classroom and the teacher have just as much impact on the student’s life as the home and community environment.

The interviewee seemed very eager to answer any questions. I had four opened questions for her. “Open questions have the advantage of giving the interviewee a measure of control over the interview(Kadushin & Kadushin, 2013, p. 243).” My first question to her was, what made you choose social work as a career? She remembered quite vividly that she had always wanted to help people. She remembered doing an internship with adult probation. She told me, she wasn’t going to spend the rest of her life chasing grown people and making them accountable for their actions. From there she worked with the Department of

2. If you completed an assessment with this client, what Biological, family and cultural considerations of their

Listening: During a client consultation I made sure to listen to my client’s needs and use active listening to give the client a sense of confidence and assure them that they would be taken care of, I also made sure to clarify any doubts with the client. For example, when the client would ask to have a haircut or trimming of only one inch, I would always ask them to describe what one inch meant to them. My clientele was constant. My customers kept returning back to me and bringing in new customers with them, one of the best complements I got was “You never leave my hair too short you always cut it exactly how I want it” and many others.

The interview took place in a small room. There were four members from the Interviewing and Counselling class that were present; myself the counsellor, the client and the two others were technical support. The client gave permission for the other two members to be present because they helped to tape and time of the session. The setting was not very ideal, since there were two additional members and the room was available for a limited time. Nevertheless, it worked because it was a familiar setting where we practice our counselling most of the time. The setting encouraged comfort and disclosure because the door of the room was closed and the client and I trusted the other members. At the

During the body of the interview, I began with broad open questions, as a strategy to allow the client to feel comfortable, and gain a sense of what she enjoyed talking about. This is where nerves started to take effect and time began to prolong, as I felt slightly thrown off and didn’t expect such open responses, disorientating me from my interview questions. I progressed with the interview by continuing with my questions. I also used closed question and prompting verbal cues to explore specifics about the topics at hand.