Scenario 1:
Joe is currently in 12th grade. He is unsure about his career goals following graduation and comes to you for career counseling. Joe reports that he is under enormous pressure and feels stressed. He is an honor roll student and has high grades in math, history, and art. His parents are both lawyers and want him to eventually attend law school so that he can work in the family’s law firm following graduation. While in high school, he has been a member of the debate team. However, Joe joined the debate team primarily to please his parents. Joe is artistic and enjoys his art and photography classes. He mentions that he would like to attend an art school following graduation but he has only applied to traditional 4-year universities.
- Understanding career development theories, in what stage would you say that the client’s problems began?
- What decision-making model would you use with this client?
- What assessments tools would you use with this client?
- How would you evaluate client’s decision making skills?
- How would you assess client vocational skills?
- What data must you know about the client before you can develop long-term career goals?
- What career counseling techniques would you use with this client?
- What type of resources, planning and follow-up would be appropriate for this client?
- What might you ask the client, to determine her support network?
- How would you assess the impact of life roles, family, work, and mental health issues with this client?
- How would you get information on the labor market?
- What would be some short term career goals for this client?
answers should be a paragraph for each question, APA format.
