This week, we didn't have a guest speaker, but we did get to go over the interview process for working with families. I liked learning about how to control our biases by having the parents identify what they would like to work on, instead of telling them what is dysfunctional. I liked hearing the insights of my classmates that talked about going into homes and wanting to make changes based on what the parents were already trying. This ties into the interview process because early on in the interview, I should be asking what they have already tried. This will help me not to repeat the same strategies and can also help me know if there are strategies that they are unaware of that they are already using.
One of my classmates talked about how she worked with a family that was trying to help their daughter to suck on a straw. They had her try drinking from a caprisun so that the straw was smaller, and she could squeeze the liquid out into the straw.
"You guys will get to practice doing the interview process the correct way instead of learning incorrectly and having to go back and learn the coaching model" Sister Swenson
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