Assignment

case study

A 44 year old teacher, john is expriencing problems at work. he has been teaching foe more than 15yrs but feels unappreciated at work. of late, john is expriencing conflicts with his spouse & his 17-yr old son was recently diagnosed with a personality disorder by the institude of mental health. the son is currently going through psychiatric assessments. john feels that he is not responding to his calling as he should instead be doing something that he does not enjoy at work.

Task: you are to prepare a simple report which has to be given to your counseling supervisor mr.tan. in this report recount counseling process (ex,all the sessions had with john) and justify your recommendations and decisions that john need to make progree in his career.

paragraph 1: introduction

paragraph 2: identify any 1 apporiate career counseling theory from the provided 3 theories and how this theory might be useful in explaining john’s situation.

• john, L holland
• donald e super
• john d krumboltz

paragraph 3: as the attending career counsellor, describe ethical and professional responsibilities to john throughout the session.

• ethical: moral dimensions such as fees charging,outdated material selection of tseting tool & lenght of therapy
• professional:knowledge & skills, administaration of tools.

paragraph 4: assesment of clients situation (purpose of assessment & how that has contributed to your assessment of the situation)

paragraph 5:

1. you need to recommend any 1 specific test instument tool from the 3 tools provided to assess john and explain how it impacts the reliability & validity of the counseling session.

• D.I.S.C-dominace,influence,steadiness,compliance
• MBTI- myers briggs type indicator
• TJTA-taylor johnson temperment analysis

2.  consideration on how objective testing should be conducted before, after and during the counseling session.

• before testing: counselor qualification & competency, familizaration of test intrument, observe ethical and professional reponsibilities.

client understand purpose, suitability,readiness,                  affect selection of test instrument

instument reliable and valid, suitable tool, forced time test, psychometric limitations & standardization practice

• during testing: counsellor obseve clients participation, follows standardization & speaks in natural and clear voice.

client follows instuctions & practice item

instument responds correctly & standardization

• after testing: counselor ensures checking,scoring, interpreting of results are accurate. results that are evaluative in nature.

client understands purpose of testing,ready to recieve results interpretations.

paragraph 6: conclusion