My First Interview Research Paper

1. Do you think Serge’s skills were assessed adequately? Do you think he was correctly identified as learning disabled? Why or Why not? A) I think Serge’s skills were not assessed adequately because then he was only tested in English and Serbian was used only if Serge did not understand,

For my informational interview I interviewed Hasty Elementary School Counselor Candace Thurman. Mrs. Thurman earned her B.A. in Psychology from Salem College and a MA Ed.S in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner Webb University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor. Her maternal grandfather suffered from mental illness and was homeless. Seeing the impact his condition had on him as well as her family compelled her to choose a career in mental health. Mrs. Thurman worked in the middle school setting for 11 years. This year is her first year in an elementary school.

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.

How long were you married for? What would you describe as the cause for the divorce? Such as: Infidelity Financial Issues Violence Drugs or Alcohol Irreconcilable Differences Religion Did you and your spouse try any therapy or counseling? Describe what happened when the marriage fell apart? Did you and your spouse work at reconciliation? Was there a prenuptial agreement? Are you now separated from your spouse? How long have you and your spouse resided in this state? Have you or your spouse had any prior marriages? Do you and your spouse have any children together? If so, How many children and what are their ages? Any disability or illness to any of the children? Who is the primary caretaker of the children? Do you and your spouse equally provide for your children? Who are the children living with at this time? Will there be dispute over the custody of the children? What type of legal relief are you seeking through this divorce? (Crosland, 2010) (Client Bean I should be aware of the issues of conflict of interest. I need to make sure that our law firm has never represented Ms. Bean’s spouse. If this is the case at all I will need to inform her that we are unable to represent her. If I know Ms. Bean personally at all this would potentially cause a conflict of interest. Especially if I personally know her spouse as well. By carrying on this interview it will give me a great deal of insight into hew case and if any type of conflict of interest may occur I need to be very honest with Ms. Bean, as our potential client, because it could cause a change in the outcome of the case all together if she chooses to have us represent her (ABA, Rule 1.7). Of course I need to keep in mind the ethical rule of confidentiality. Whatever Ms. Bean shares with me is confidential, so it is only to stay between the firm and herself and she should be comfortable in knowing she can tell us anything and it will never leave the law firm (ABA, Rule

For my In-Depth Interview paper, I chose to Interview my co-worker Senada Cufurovic whom I work with at Bank of the West. Senada finds herself culturally diverse as being from another country and culture. As long as I have known Senada from working with her for the past two years, I have never been able to get to know her background from where she came from until this opportunity to interview her came up.

want them to take classes they enjoy, which also helps keep these struggling students in school. It is really a catch 22 for a lot of these kids.” She allowed that 5th period was making a difference and teachers have been really helpful during this time. She also said that we have so many students with IEP’s that “it is overwhelming for both the EC staff and the teachers.” In looking over the SIP there are no goals that specifically address increasing these scores for EC students.

When we were given this assignment I was very uneasy about talking to another person about personal matters. Let alone someone who I had never had a conversation with and was of a different race and ethnicity. My interviewee's name is Micheal. He considers himself black of African American descent. He is a black 36 yr old black male. Michael was born in San Bernardino, CA. He’s an educated and a professional male who works in college. He is the father of 2 boys, happily married. His wife is considered a white woman. Michael is the second from the oldest of about 9 children. He was raised by his aunt and uncle who he very happily calls, mom and dad. They had 2 adopted children when he was taken in and then they adopted 2 more after him. He smiles

For my Success Interview, I questioned Nicole Pha. An escrow assistant at First American Title and a first-generation refugee who escaped from the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia to settle in America at the young age of 4 with her family. They had fled in the middle of the night with no belongs from their village for fear of death and slavery. Her family was originally given asylum in Baltimore and after getting settled, they moved to California to restart their lives. Mrs. Pha is now working as an escrow assistant for First American Title in Orange County making a six-figure salary while supporting her husband and two children. During my interview with Mrs. Pha, I examined the 4 core reoccurring themes of her success: Success isn’t success, sacrifice

A collateral interview was conducted with Chelsea Barnes, former nursing assistant for Ms. Leavitt father. Ms. Barnes reported that she resides in Richmond Hill, NY. She has three children 22, 19, and 8. She also indicated that she has a grandson who is 9 months old. She indicated that her children was not difficult to manage. She reported that she does not have experience handling children who are aggressive.

For my interview of a healthcare professional, I interviewed Todd Reynolds of the imaging department at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa. Todd has worked at Virginia Gay for about six years and has worked in the healthcare field for almost 44 years. Due to him working in the healthcare profession for so long, I decided to interview him to find out what has made him stay in one career field for so long.

I chose David Quiroz as an interviewee do to his residential experience living in Boys Town during his youth. He is a 48-year-old Hispanic man who prefers to be referred to as he/him. I met him in my tour of Boys Town on Halsted, I initially approached him asking him

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

2. What kind of sacrifices did you have to make to succeed? Time! Jeremey has sacrificed several hundred hours. He spent hours on his own car in order to master the profession by purchasing a G-Tech and tuning over and over again. The Investment was not cheap, buying all the software can be in the thousands. Tuning also requires license fees which are $100 a car, and purchasing a dynamometer is more $25,000.

Devon is 44 years old and is 6 feet and 4 inches. About. The gentleman is slim and looks healthy. Based on the interview he told me that he has become good at chess and has been working to patent his own hat. Therefore he has developed his business skills

I looked at my phone afternoon just waiting for it to light up, notifying me that Andrew has texted me. Tomorrow was Saturday which meant Andrew could ask to do the interview tomorrow. Question was, where exactly would it take place? He's probably just going to do it over text,