Counseling techniques with a focus on student motivation and…

Chapter 6 – Exercise 2 ANSWER THE 5 QUESTIONS AND LABEL THEM (Door Opener, Paraphrase, Reflection of Feeling, Reflection of Meaning, Summary). Background – Jennifer is 15, sophmore, lacks motivation and failing Social Studies. Her goal is to pass and you are helping her as her counselor. 1. What is an OPENING question to start the conversation? _____________________________________________________________________ JENNIFER: ” You probably already know that I am failing. That’s all my Mom talks about. I’m not studying hard enough but I also can’t sleep. So I sleep in class. Class is really boring too. I’m not going to need Social Studies anyway since I want to be a flight attendant. I can’t wait to get out of high school so I can run my own life for a change.” 2. PARAPHRASE ____________________________________________________________________ JENNIFER: “It’s like this all the time. People tell me what to do. I just want to pass but I can’t sleep. Maybe if everyone would leave me alone, I could sleep. Everyone is class is having trouble with this teacher. I bet everyone in the class is failing his class.” 3. REFLECTION OF FEELING ____________________________________________________________________ JENNIFER: “Yeah, that’s how I feel. But why can’t I be treated like an adult? At home, my Mom is always after me. She and my Dad are divorced. When I go to his house, he doesn’t pressure me. He lets me do what I want. I want to go live with him but when I bring it up, he changes the subject. If they make me go to summer school I will be really hard to live with. They have no idea” 4. REFLECTION OF MEANING _____________________________________________________________________ JENNIFER: The main thing is that I have to pass this class because I can’t handle the whole summer school thing again. The summer is supposed to go to the mall and the beach. If they make me go to summer school I will probably just sleep in class. 5. SUMMARY