Case Transcription and Conceptualization

This assignment provides an opportunity to review, reflect on, critique, and analyze your counseling skills in a role-play counseling session. After conducting and recording the 20-minute role-play during residency, you will create and analyze the transcript of a 10-minute segment of your session. When selecting the segment to transcribe, be sure to select a segment that demonstrates many key foundational counseling skills. Focusing on the middle and the end of the session is likely to provide more opportunities to observe the use of theory and goal-attainment strategies.

This written assignment includes three parts:

1. Introduction of case.
2. Transcription and analysis.
3. Theory and self-reflection.

Assignment Objectives

To successfully complete this assignment, you will be expected to:

1. Conceptualize the student issue(s) and relevant information.
2. Identify basic communication and interviewing skills used in counseling with students/stakeholders.
3. Identify systemic intervening skills, such as relevant open-ended questions, normalizing, and reframing.
4. Identify and discuss the counseling theoretical model applied.
5. Analyze the alignment of questions and interventions with the demonstrated/identified theory.
6. Analyze self-knowledge gained from the project, including identification of personal strengths and areas for growth as a future school counselor.

Assignment Requirements

To achieve a successful assignment experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements:

• Content: Prepare a comprehensive assignment that includes all sections as described in the Content Format section below.
• Components: Include a title page, the body of the paper, and a reference list.
• Template: Please use the required Case Transcription Template located in the Resources for this assignment to complete your paper. Current APA formatting is built into the template for you.
• Number of pages: The body of the paper should be 7–10 pages in length.
• Written communication: Demonstrate accurate, meaningful, and appropriate written communication.
• References: Use a minimum of five scholarly references. The references can include peer-reviewed journal articles or textbooks – no websites will be accepted.
• APA Formatting: Use current APA formatting for the introduction and summary sections, including correct in-text citations, proper punctuation, double-spacing throughout, proper headings and subheadings, no skipped lines before headings and subheadings, proper paragraph and block indentation, no bolding, and no bullets. Refer to the APA Style and Format module for more information.
• File type: Write your paper using Microsoft Word, not Works or WordPerfect.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Please read the Case Transcription and Conceptualization Scoring Guide to be sure you understand how this assignment will be graded and to ensure you have met all the assignment requirements.

Content Format

Section 1 – Introduction (2–3 paragraphs)

Provide a systemic case conceptualization of your taped role-play student case, including student demographic information, presenting issues, and any information that provides helpful context for the case.

Section 2 – Transcription and Analysis (5–7 pages)

Use the Case Transcription Template provided to present your transcription and reflection. The transcription template is comprised of three columns as described here:

• Column 1 – Verbatim Transcription: Transcribe a 10-minute segment of your taped residency role-play verbatim—your words and the student’s words. You may also comment on silences, pauses, or relevant observations of body language. Use Student to identify the student’s words and behaviors and Counselor to identify the counselor’s words and behaviors. Do not use any names in the verbatim transcription.
• Column 2 – Clinical Skills and Competencies: Identify clinical skills and competencies you used during the session. In particular, identify places where you:
  • Utilized basic communication and interviewing skills in counseling with students.
  • Applied communication and basic attending skills to establish rapport and a working relationship with the student.
  • Used intervening skills, such as relevant theoretically informed open-ended questions, reflections, and identification of issues.

• Column 3 – Evaluation of Counselor’s Response: Evaluate the effectiveness of the skill, competency, or statement utilized by you, the counselor. Note if you would change the content, delivery, or timing of your comment. Comment on what you would have wanted to say or do differently or on the value of what you did say or do.

Section 3 – Theory and Self-Reflection (1–2 pages)

• Theory: In completing Section 2 of this project, you noted segments of the role-play where you utilized theory-based skills. Identify the theoretical model you used and provide a brief overview of the model, tenets, and techniques. Reflect on your application of theory and discuss how you did or did not demonstrate that in the role-play.
• Self-Reflection: Write a conclusion summarizing the following:
  • What you have discovered about yourself as a counselor and your strengths and challenges as a result of completing this transcription.
  • Reflect on your residency experience and upcoming fieldwork, and describe your personal model of counseling, including purpose of counseling, philosophical perspective on wellness and resilience, and personal theoretical models that you identify with.
  • Identify the specific counseling skills you plan to focus on as you move forward into your field experience.

Submission Requirements

For this assignment in this course, use the SafeAssign Draft option to check your writing and ensure that you have paraphrased, quoted, and cited your sources appropriately. Run a SafeAssign report, saving your paper as a draft. Based on your SafeAssign results, make any necessary changes to your paper before submitting your final assignment to your instructor for grading.

Attach and submit the following document for this assignment:

1. Submit your assignment using the following file naming format: Your Name_Assignment Number_Assignment Title (example: ImaLearner_u06a1_Case Transcription).

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click on the linked resources for helpful writing information.