Role Play Reflection: Motivational Interviewing

Role Play Reflection The goal of this role play was to practice completing an assessment on a family, while using motivational interviewing. Since my group only had two people, our role play consisted of a social worker and a student, who was exhibiting behavioral problems in school. By using the motivational interviewing technique, our goal as a social worker is to get the client to say things and to help them come to the decision of change. With the use of open-ended questions and not being an expert, a social worker is often able to accomplish this goal. During the interview, my goal was to have a better understanding as to why the student was acting the way he was. Overall, I would rate my success at utilizing these factors as a seven or an eight. Although, I feel like I was able to ask good questions that encouraged him to talk, I still feel that I can improve. I can work on transitions between topics and resources, as well as phrasing questions. Although, some of this will improve with practice, some may easier depending on how the conversation flows.
During the assessment, I feel like I …show more content…
One of the questions dealt with asking about what he viewed as distractions. By asking this question, it led him to discuss some of the issues that he was dealing with at home, such as his parents’ divorce and their custody issues. This helped guide the conversation and helped me start to understand why he may have been acting the way he was. However, there were some questions that I wished I would have asked during the assessment. I do not believe that I fully discussed with him about how he felt about his homework and his grades. I discussed more about what the causes were and how he felt while completing his homework. I feel that by asking questions related to this topic, it may have helped him divulge information about how he thinks and help with giving resources that may be beneficial to