Motivational reflection

Reflection paper: 4 pages, double spaced, and include reference page. No title page. 1. Use current APA style, double spaced, Times New Roman, 1 margins, 12 pt font. 2. Respond to each of the following questions/prompts: a. Reflect on your own identities (e.g., gender, ethnicity) and how those identities may or may not privilege you in society. How might your identities and/or privilege impact how you engaged with your simulated client? b. Discuss how you engaged your client, what OARS skills you used and whether you fell into MI communication traps and/or how you avoided traps. Describe your use of closed vs open ended questions. c. Describe your use of all OARS skills, describing your scores on reflective listening, simple/complex reflections, use of summaries, percentage of complex reflections, ratio of questions to reflections, and affirmations. You may also discuss if you had scores on persuade and confront and what you could have done differently. d. Please integrate information from class and readings on MI (at least 3 sources w/one being from a peer reviewed journal article published within the last five years) to support your discussion in order to demonstrate that you have examined and understand the material. Use of PPTs presented in class and/or personal communication w/me do not count toward your 3 sources of MI information. The MITI 4.2.1 and your text can be (and should be) cited for this purpose. e. Identify two skills you would like to improve upon and how you would facilitate change in these skills. This can also include avoiding traps. f. Be sure to integrate your scores (%) from the MITI. Use these scores to inform how you critique your work. g. Attach the coding report sheet (see below). 3. You could consider following a format such as (do not use as headings, you do not have room for these in a 4-page paper): Introduction Use of questions (open vs closed ended) Reflective listening/scores for Simple and Complex Reflections Use of summaries (coded as Reflections) Ratio of Questions to Reflections % of complex reflections Affirmations Traps/scores on Persuade and Confront Areas for improvement on skills Your reflections on the engagement/focusing processhow did it go overall? Check-Off List for assignment #1: ____Your reflection paper on the interview process (answering the questions above and including reference page). ____ Attach your MITI coding report sheet. ____ Attach the coded interview transcript.