Counseling Foster Children

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FINAL: A Child in a Foster Home This case scenario was about a child in a foster home. Setting: The setting of the interview is important because the interviewer and interviewee should be a in a comfortable environment because the event took place on the Dairy farm in the rural area. How would you begin the interview? I will open the interview and try to make Joey feel comfortable and gain interest. What questions would you ask? In this case I would ask open ended questions so he can feel free to open up and lead the conversation. For example, how is your experience being here on the farm? How much would you disclose about yourself-training, background, experiences? I would let him know that I’m a professional Social Worker that I’m here to empower him and that I have training in child warfare. What solution would you suggest? M y solution for him to remain in the home that he is in now being that he is happy. What would you do and not do to aid interviewee compliance? I would give him resources that could aid him and sign him up for recreational so he can interact with other children.. Motivational interviewing builds on optimistic and humanistic theories about people’s capabilities for exercising free choice and changing through a process of self-actualization. Motivational interviewing is a technique in which you become helping in the change process and express acceptance of your client. How would you close the interview? I would close the interview to let him know that I am a child advocate and I’m here to help fight for his rights. Closing the counseling interview is critical. If the interviewee feels they have imposed on you or been pushed out the door, progress made during the interview may have been erased. I would close the interview using a directive approach, with a goal of eliciting self-motivational statements and behavioral
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