Interview Reflection Paper

For the purpose of this interview, I interviewed Mrs. Ann Clare- School Psychologist and Mrs. Scott Nelson- School Principal.

The discussion of the video below is in accordance with the Motivational Interviewing Reflection Tool (MIRT).

S is a 59 year old African-American female born and raised in Anson County who has attended several institutes of higher learning. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration from Barber-Scotia College, she later received special education teaching licensure from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Because of her love for learning, S has also taken online classes through the University of Phoenix. She has been a secondary special education teacher for three years and currently works with 8th graders at Anson Middle School.

What do you consider to be your most important accomplishments on the job since your last review?

Do you think Serge’s skills were assessed adequately? Do you think he was correctly identified as learning disabled? Why or Why not?

My goals for the session were to introduce myself to the client, understand the client’s concerns, learn her background and current situation for several areas relevant to her life and her concerns, such as medical, family, legal, educational, and vocational. I

Many young students want to pursue a career in accounting but are still wondering whether the possibility of matching this job or not. In general, the accounting industry is considered the industry that many students including myself choose and study. Graduate, students easily find a job and have a steady income. Not only easy to find a job and a stable income, I began to choose accounting because of the peculiarity quite "comfortable" of the industry: not too demanding, picky, I just have to like working with the numbers and skills required when working with numbers. Since accounting is an indispensable part of all companies and organizations, so this is one of the best craft unemployment negligent that I want to purse.

What can I take away from the experience of observing this video that will help me build knowledge and Self-Awareness in Therapeutic Communication?

Using the interview guide, we interviewed Larissa, a Personal Support Worker (PSW) who works at Gary J. Armstrong (Gary J). Larissa has been working as a PSW for close to two decades and was able to provided valuable insight into her discipline. During the interview, Larissa discussed her role as PSW at Gary J and outlined the knowledge and skills required for her practice.

The social worker appeared to repeat the same information in different ways throughout the video. However, Noaf did successfully display empathy throughout the video as each group member opened up. Noaf also successfully got Jamela to open up even though the character seemed reluctant to discuss her problems at first. She also displayed inquiry throughout the video when she asked questions from group members.

I’m also expecting to know more about my sister and her perspectives. 7. In what ways can you serve and care (minister) for your interviewee? I can plan a visit to see her or vice versa.

After interviewing JB my task supervisor Connie Moore gave me feedback regarding my interviewing style. Although Mrs. Connie expressed I did a great job but she reminded me of time management and encouraged me to redirect clients in a respectful way to keep them on track. She suggested if a client becomes too wordy I can say “I know you have a lot of concerns but we have to continue with the assessment at this time”. Mrs. Connie Helped me exert confidence in my interview skills and gave me tips about enhancing the skills I already possess.

As we looked over our video we had some good strengths as social workers, trying to ask questions so that the client could explain more about their issue. I as the social worker was nervous at first because I was not sure how this video was going to try out, but overall it went good for being our first one. I saw myself engaged with the client making them feel comfortable and willing to trust me with their issue. I greeted the client with a friendly manner and I thought that this was a good strength shown because it shows you

After the videotaping practice, I found that I need to improve my active listening. Active listening is more than just pay attention. The content of the message and the feeling or attitude are the two components that any messages a person tries to get across. I need to be sensitive to the feeling content. People who are able to listen sensitively, they tend to listen to herself/himself with more care and to make clear exactly what they are feeling and thinking. When we confused with what client said, we seldom make the assumption of him/her, it is better to check with the client to make it clear.

The first group I interviewed were women at Greenhouse Church. I attended a Sunday, 9:00am church service two weeks in a row so that I could become more recognizable to those around me. After the service, there were a few women standing outside handing out pamphlets. I decided to interview these women because they seemed involved in their church community. I thought they would be great candidates for answering my core questions. However, they were the most difficult group to interview. I was not entirely familiar with the Greenhouse Church environment, therefore I was not sure how they would react. I spent about 10-12 minutes with each woman I