Adolescent Interview Assignment
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Running Head: ADOLESCENT INTERVIEW1Adolescent InterviewStudent’s NameCollegeCourse Lecture’s Name Date
ADOLESCENT INTERVIEW2Adolescent InterviewIntroductionJohn is a fourteen-year-old eighth grade adolescent whom I interviewed. The interview sought to understand the weaknesses that he has to help him improve. The information from the interview will be used to assist him choose the right goals. John has three siblings, Mary, Jane, and Junior, and comes from a widowed household. He is going through identity as he matures out of adolescence thus seeking to discover his personal identity. He has to balance between school work and home life while at the same time struggling to achieve his career dream of beingan accountant. The family set up presents some challenges since he lacks father’s support while the mother struggles to meet family needs. Summary of Findings and InterpretationThe nature that John presented himself gives characteristics of an adolescent from dressing style to the way he responded to questions. He displayed adolescence and school-level characteristics that can be highlighted in personal identity which arises in the need to discover themselves and fit in their peer groups[ CITATION Mes12 \l 1033 ]. This is also seen in the sense of independence and testing of boundaries from self-centered attitudes that John has developed by taking up the responsibility of the first born. The identity and personal development has made him feel the need to improve his self and personality to be able to fit in social groups and at the same time meet personal aspirations in life. This stage of discovery creates passion and abilities like taking part in co-curricular activities and the need to be popular which is seen in his effort towork well in school and achieve better grades so that he can be rated among the top students. Further, he describes himself as being friendly and spending most of the time playing football with friends or community work which is a characteristic that define people of his age.
ADOLESCENT INTERVIEW3Impression of the Interview ProcessThe setting of the interview was in a room that allowed only the two of us thus to allow the interviewee to respond well. The beginning was sort of tensed since I had to probe deeper on single word answers, but as we build rapport the client started opening up completely. He sat comfortably during the interview and was using both verbal and non-verbal elements during the conversation. He showed typical signs of somebody who was comfortable and speaking at will. As the interview went on I compared the body language with the responses he gave to determine the validity of responses. Most of the time, the two were related which gave me the impression that he was giving me the right responses. He seemed to be an informed adolescent which may due to being the first born in the family and helping the mother in taking care of his siblings. He seemed to have a focused future and a clear career that he had chosen due to an assessment of hispersonal abilities at school[CITATION LSG01 \l 1033 ]. This age is a career awareness stage where students can develop their career plans for their future. Therapeutic GoalsJohn’s dream of improving in class to achieve his career dream, develop a better personality and self will be achieved in one long-term goal (LTG) and three short-term goals (STG) that I will develop to help him.LTG: To assist John improve his academic performance in from 81% to 90% within one year.STG 1: John will spend thirty minutes every day planning activities of the day to improve organization through prioritization of work for three months.STG 2: John will improve his organization skill within six months through a personal coach who will help in carrying out a basic training on how to organize work by breaking it down into smallchunks and working on one after the other.
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