I teach such a course at the graduate (master's) level. First let me
recommend a book:
Hersen, M. & Van Hasselt, V.B. (1998). Basic Interviewing: A Practical
Guide for Counselors and Clinicians. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Publishers.
It covers a variety of types of interviews and some specific problems in
interviewing (such as overtalkative clients, or resistant clients, etc.),
and you'll find it useful regardless of the students' level of experience.
I also have as a project a "mock" interview, specifically either an intake
or diagnostic interview, where the student interviews me playing some role
or other and I grade them based on how they conduct the interview and then
on how they write it up. This is great for later in the term.
What you can do in class as you get to know the students and thgeir
experiences and strengths and weaknesses, is to have the stronger students
do more of the inclass demonstrations (at least at first) for the less
experienced students. This may also encourage the less experienced, more
nervous students, that it's ok to try stuff in class, even if it doesn't
work. Lots of works in dyads (and in triads) taking turns doing some basic
skill work and getting feedback from other students is invaluable. Enjoy
the class. It should be fun.
Hope this helps.
David W.
At 08:34 AM 4/21/99 -0400, Jen Ripley wrote:
>Tipsters- I'll be teaching an introduction to clinical interviewing
>course this fall for the first time. I could sure use some help with
>ideas for creative teaching of basic clinical skills... particularly,
>it's a first semester graduate course so how do I manage the differences
>in experience and skills that students come in with?
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>Any other experiences, tips or potential pitfall warnings would be
>appreciated. On list or off.
>
>Jen
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>Jennifer S. Ripley, M.S.
>University Counseling Services
>Virginia Commonwealth University
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David Wasieleski, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
912/333-5930
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski
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