07 Dec Intake Interview Assignment Instructions

An important part of your education and training to be a future counselor is practicing the skills of the field. This assignment is designed to start your practice and skill development in giving an intake interview. You will also have the important experience of playing the role of the client in a classmate’s interview. You will submit both a video and a self-reflection paper.

Instructions for Interviews

Forming groups: In the assigned module: week, students will organize themselves into groups of two or three via the Community and Collaboration discussion. It is your responsibility to make sure that you connect with classmates and schedule a time to complete these interviews in Microsoft Teams. Please be flexible and professional with your classmates. The instructor will not make accommodations for any student who fails to complete this part of the assignment.

Conducting interviews: Using the plans from the previous module’s discussion, you will conduct an intake interview on a classmate in Microsoft Teams. Interviews should last about 45-50 minutes each and be recorded in their entirety by the interviewer.

Playing the client: You will roleplay the part of the client for a classmate’s intake interview. You should not present as yourself in this interview, but make up a client. Be careful to present with only mild symptoms (no psychoticism, mania, suicidality, threats of violence, or other symptoms that would dominate an intake interview). As you roleplay, you should attend to how it feels to be in the client role.

Instructions for Video

· Length of Video : 5-7 minutes

After watching the entire video of yourself interviewing a classmate, select a segment of your video that you believe is representative of your interview. Prior to uploading the MP4 file, please trim it to the 5-7 minute section you select. Students are not expected to be perfect at this point in their development, and you should be open to both positive and critical feedback to facilitate your growth.

Please see the how-to instructions in Canvas to help you schedule a Microsoft Teams

meeting, record and save the MP4 file, and upload it into Canvas.

Instructions for Self-Reflection Paper

· Length of Self-Reflection Paper : 1000-1200 words (not including the title page, abstract, and reference page)

· Format of Self-Reflection Paper : APA for font (Times New Roman, 12 pt.), title page, abstract, margins, and section headings, narrative (not outline) format

· Quotations from reference sources: not permitted

· Number of citations: 3 or more

· Acceptable sources: scholarly articles/texts published within the last ten years

· Required sections/headings: Strengths, Weaknesses, Plan for Improvement, Client Experience

You will write about three things you believe you did well in a section with the heading of Strengths, and you will choose three things you believe were weaknesses of your interview for the Weaknesses sections. After considering the three weaknesses, construct a Plan for Improvement section that includes three ideas for improving that you found in scholarly references. In your final section, you will discuss three observations about your Experience as the Client. It is common to have reactions to being asked different questions or discussing certain topics, so discuss your experiences here with a few observations about yourself. Note that this section is not to be a critique of your classmate’s interviewing skills.