combining access and motivational interviewing strategies with young adults andy gilles m.s. youth...
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Combining Access and Motivational
Interviewing Strategies with Young Adults
Andy Gilles M.S.Youth Transition Program
Salem Keizer School District
OverviewO Project Access website and materials
O http://projectaccess.uoregon.edu/
O Rehabilitation counseling backgroundO Intern at South Salem
O Motivational InterviewingO Person Centered with a “drive”O Questions a good thing?
Overview cont…O Two different focuses
O Personal, hi how are you, lets learn about you
O General career goals
O PersonalO First several meetingsO Get to know student stage. Relationship
building
O General career goalsO And we mean GENERAL
Meeting stagesO Initial introduction to YTPO First meeting
O Rock vs Feather. Homework: ME scale
O Second meetingO Review ME scale. Card Sort. HW Self
Esteem and career readiness inventories
O Third meetingO Review Self Esteem test and inventoriesO Introduce the employment aspect HW CCS
Meeting stages cont…O Fourth meeting
O Review Career characteristics with Card SortO Homework research potential employment
sites
O Fifth meetingO Review homework and evaluate
O Finished?????
First meetingO Rock vs Feather
O Observe how the student answers/struggles
O http://projectaccess.uoregon.edu/teachers/socialemotional/socialskills/ACT%20Rock%20or%20Feather%20DONE.pdf
O Your turn O Fill it out with how you perceive yourselfO Great team building…or if you disagree,
team wrecking
First meeting cont…O Offers good insight
O Non verbal communication…observe
O HomeworkO ME scale
O Monthly comparison
Second meetingO Review ME scale
O http://projectaccess.uoregon.edu/teachers/selfadvocacy/LP%20A%20SW%20A%20ME%20Scale.pdf
O Any disability disconnect?O Disability awareness #14
O People with disabilities get good jobs after high school.O a. YesO b. I think soO c. Not sureO d. No
O Strengths and Weaknesses in and out of school
Second Meeting cont…O Card Sort
O Student fills in the definition of values, strengths, and roadblocks
O 10 values, 5 roadblocks, 5 strengths. Important to end with strengths, that whole positive mind stuff
O Students’ definition of cards, not yours. O Revisit in a month to see if they change
O HomeworkO Self Esteem test and readiness inventories
Third meetingO Review Inventories
O Gives insight to what the student might see as potential issues
O Self esteem testO http://projectaccess.uoregon.edu/teachers/selfawareness/
selfassessment/d.%20Self%20Esteem%20Test%20%20SH.pdf
O Rapport is crucial
O Transition from personal to career
Third meeting cont…O Homework
O Career Characteristics sheetO What are the characteristics of the students
ideal job?O What does a horrible job look like?
O Interaction timeO Do your ideal characteristics match your
current job?O Do you horrible characteristics match?
Fourth meetingO Review Career characteristics sheet
O Compare characteristics with values from Card Sort
O Great place for initial job ideas
O HomeworkO 5 places to match those
characteristicsO Pick up an application and complete
Fifth meetingO Look at 5 places of employment
O Great conversation starter on employmentO Potential Informational interview/job
shadow siteO Practical applications
O ApplicationO Great first look at how the student’s
skillsO Resume and Master application
discussion
Things to rememberO To each their own
O Each student has their own paceO The student has their own values,
strengths and roadblocks
O An adult who listensO Questions can be good after all it seems
O Daily check in sheetO At the beginning of each meeting
O Helps determine the mindset of the student
Questions?O Anyone?