Assignment 3: Transcription Assignment Practice: Using Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing SkillsNow that you have applied encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing on paper, it’s time to try these out in a practice session with your volunteer client athlete. This assignment will give you the opportunity to apply these basic counseling skills in real time.The purpose of this practice session is to apply attending, encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills with your volunteer client in real time. You will be graded on your use of all of the attending skills: listening, paraphrasing, summarizing, and encouraging.Part IFor this part of the assignment, complete the following tasks:Contact the athlete willing to role play a concern or situation for which consulting a sport psychologist might be advisable.Have the volunteer client sign the release for this session.Remind the client athlete to follow the provided scenario and emphasize that this is not a true counseling situation. Encourage the client athlete to reveal thoughts and feelings appropriate to the role during the role play.Relax and transcribe the interview, conducting 15 minutes of a
problem-solving session with this client athlete about the concerns stated in the scenario.Ask the client athlete to provide feedback and for their help with this assignment.Review your performance based on your notes and the feedback you receive from your client.Note: Avoid discussing traumatic events, symptoms, medications, or issues requiring the guidance of a licensed professional. Do not conduct an actual session with a person seeking your help even if you have access to one. It’s critical that you not misrepresent yourself as a licensed counselor.Complete your session and place your notes and your clients notes along with a one to two page summary of the process in a Word document submit it by the due date assigned to the Submissions Area. Submit your volunteer’s signed release form by the due date assigned to the Submissions Area. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. Assignment 3 Grading Criteria (Part I)Maximum PointsApplied attending skills effectively in responding to a client in real time.12Applied encouraging skills effectively in responding to a client in real time.12Applied paraphrasing skills effectively in responding to a client in real time.12Applied summarizing skills effectively when responding to a client in real time.12Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.4Total:52Part IIReview your notes and feedback and note any of the following:.Identify at least two strengths and two weaknesses in your attending, encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills.Designate examples of the client athlete’s responses. Were you effective in encouraging, summarizing, and paraphrasing as evidenced by the volunteer’s responses?Identify at least one comment or response you would change and explain why you want to change it. Write down the modified response.Submit your response in Microsoft Word by through the end of the module to the Submissions Area. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.Assignment 3 Grading Criteria (Part II)Maximum PointsIdentified at least two strengths in attending, encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills and explained how you plan to build upon your strengths16Identified at least two weaknesses in attending, encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills and explained how you can address the weaknesses.16Modified response shows improvement in the skill and explanation is provided.8Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.4Total:44