Guidelines and Closure
- Ilaria Boffa
- John Dodds
Guidelines
A. Link to Life: Ask student to tell you how the EQ components are playing out in his or her life. What are his or her challenges and successes? How is EQ a part of that?
B. Two Ears, One Mouth: The youth should talk about 2/3 of the time, your primary job is to ask good questions and listen.
C. Good Questions: Blend thought and feeling, create reflection, move the youth toward new insight and depth. Often youths’ questions can be turned back to them. Stay curious and engage their curiosity as well.
D. Ask First: Before giving advice or telling your example/story, ask if s/he wants to hear it.
E. Strengths Too: While many students put most of their attention on their lowest-scoring areas, be sure to focus on strengths. How are they using the strengths? How can they apply those even more (perhaps to help with challenges they face)?
F. Offer input through Multiple Intelligences: Use activities and tools that engage multiple intelligences to work with students on various competencies. For example, youth may want to create an “EQ Goal” using clay, drawing, etc., to make it more concrete for them.
Closure
A. Recap: Ask the student to recap the conversation (perhaps write down he or she says and give to her or him).
B. 1-2-3 Pasta!: Ask youth to identify 2-3 specific actions steps. What strategy will he or she try? Get a timeline (e.g, 2x per week for 2 weeks)
C. No Dangles: Create a plan to answer any un-answered questions.
D. Back to Purpose: Reiterate the purpose identified, ensure the
conversation has met the individual’s needs.
The Sample Report: Youth_(English).pdf
the Parent Permission and Informed Consent for SEI-YV Administration