Review of Career Assessment Instrument CCMH/540 Version 3 2 University of Phoenix Material Review of Career Assessment Instrument Career Assessment Instrument #1 Identifying information Author Publisher Distributors Date of publication Descriptive information General statement of purpose Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation Target population Description of scales Administration and scoring Test and item format Scoring and interpretation Technical and statistical information Reliability Validity Norms Reviewer's comments User's response to instrument Strengths and weaknesses References Career Assessment Instrument #2 0. Identifying information Author Publisher Distributors Date of publication Descriptive information General statement of purpose Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation Target population Description of scales Administration and scoring Test and item format Scoring and interpretation Technical and statistical information Reliability Validity Norms Reviewer's comments User's response to instrument Strengths and weaknesses References Career Assessment Instrument #3 0. Identifying information Author Publisher Distributors Date of publication Descriptive information General statement of purpose Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation Target population Description of scales Administration and scoring Test and item format Scoring and interpretation Technical and statistical information Reliability Validity Norms Reviewer's comments User's response to instrument Strengths and weaknesses References Respond to the following questions in 175 to 350 words total: · How may a career be related to an individual’s mental health and well-being? · What effects can they have on one another? · What is the relevance of career and vocational education and counseling in this relationship? Copyright © 2017, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix user name claudiarangel pass [email protected] Applying Career Counseling Theories Role-Play Session Transcript Assignment Content Write a 350-word case scenario for a client who is seeking career guidance and counseling. Present this scenario and role play in class. Write a 350-word transcript of a 5- to 10-minute career counseling session with this client. Include the following: (I will need a intro and conclusion to this) Demonstrate the use of career counseling theory to determine decision-making processes. Demonstrate the use of theory-based counseling strategies to assist the client in developing career, educational, and life-work planning and management skills. Demonstrate appropriate theory-based career counseling interventions. Use a consistent theory throughout the role-play session. Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Submit your case scenario and role-play transcript . Note: For Local Campus students, you will also conduct you.

1. Review of Career Assessment Instrument
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Review of Career Assessment Instrument
Career Assessment Instrument #1
Identifying information
Author
Publisher
Distributors
Date of publication
Descriptive information
General statement of purpose
Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation
Target population
Description of scales
Administration and scoring
Test and item format
Scoring and interpretation
Technical and statistical information
Reliability
Validity
Norms
Reviewer's comments
User's response to instrument
Strengths and weaknesses
References
Career Assessment Instrument #2

2. 0. Identifying information
Author
Publisher
Distributors
Date of publication
Descriptive information
General statement of purpose
Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation
Target population
Description of scales
Administration and scoring
Test and item format
Scoring and interpretation
Technical and statistical information
Reliability
Validity
Norms
Reviewer's comments
User's response to instrument
Strengths and weaknesses
References
Career Assessment Instrument #3
0. Identifying information
Author
Publisher
Distributors
Date of publication
Descriptive information
General statement of purpose
Historical development and theoretical or conceptual foundation
Target population
Description of scales
Administration and scoring
Test and item format

3. Scoring and interpretation
Technical and statistical information
Reliability
Validity
Norms
Reviewer's comments
User's response to instrument
Strengths and weaknesses
References
Respond to the following questions in 175 to 350 words total:
· How may a career be related to an individual’s mental health
and well-being?
· What effects can they have on one another?
· What is the relevance of career and vocational education and
counseling in this relationship?
Copyright © 2017, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights
reserved.
University of Phoenix user name claudiarangel pass
[email protected]
Applying Career Counseling Theories Role-Play Session
Transcript
Assignment Content
Write a 350-word case scenario for a client who is seeking
career guidance and counseling. Present this scenario and role
play in class.
Write a 350-word transcript of a 5- to 10-minute career
counseling session with this client. Include the following:
(I will need a intro and conclusion to this)
Demonstrate the use of career counseling theory to determine
decision-making processes.

4. Demonstrate the use of theory-based counseling strategies to
assist the client in developing career, educational, and life-work
planning and management skills.
Demonstrate appropriate theory-based career counseling
interventions.
Use a consistent theory throughout the role-play session.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level
APA guidelines.
Submit your case scenario and role-play transcript .
Note: For Local Campus students, you will also conduct your
role-play in class.
This might help you
The STEPs for Documenting Career Counseling Sessions
By Rhonda Sutton, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, is the author of “STEP
notes TM: The Counselor’s Guide to Progress Notes” and
president of STEP Notes TM, Inc. She also owns a private
career and mental health counseling practice in Raleigh, North
Carolina, where she provides career and mental health
counseling. For more information, feel free to contact Rhonda
via email at [email protected]
Progress notes are a vital aspect of any counselor’s work, and
career counselors are no exception. The career counseling
process builds upon itself, and it is important to see a client
progressing. Client attendance can also be sporadic, so having a
solid record of all counseling sessions helps career counselors
better serve their clients. Additionally, even though career
counselors do not directly address mental health issues, it is
important to assess if a client needs to seek supplementary
assistance for personal concerns. Take the following fictional
case study as an example:

5. Ariana is a 26 year old undergraduate student in her junior year.
She took time off from school when her mother was diagnosed
with lymphoma. Her mother passed away two months ago, and
Ariana’s father has “forced” Ariana to return to college to earn
her degree, especially since there are three younger siblings at
home. Ariana’s father needs her to get good grades and major in
“something worthwhile” so that she can help support the family
financially. Ariana originally wanted to major in history with
the goal of becoming a history professor, but now she is
changing her major to business administration. She is seeking
career counseling to find out about the types of jobs she can get
and what she should do to “make the most” of the next two
years of college. When she meets with you, a career counselor
at her university, Ariana appears unkempt in baggy sweatpants,
an oversized t-shirt and uncombed hair. She barely looks you in
the eye, shifts around in her chair a lot, and seems tearful when
she briefly refers to the loss of her mother. Ariana shares that
she is having a hard time concentrating in her business classes
and does not sleep much given that she is working a full-time
job to help pay for college.
The STEP notes TM method provides concrete “STEPs” for
documenting this session:
“S” refers to the SUBJECTS the client discussed and the
SYMPTOMS the client reported or exhibited. Subjects Ariana
disclosed include: death of her mother, change of major, and
stress. Symptoms can be emotional, behavioral, cognitive,
and/or physical. Ariana’s emotional symptoms appear to be
sadness and uncertainty. Behavioral symptoms to document for
Ariana include loss of sleep, minimal eye contact, acting
withdrawn, and agitation. Ariana’s difficulty concentrating is a
cognitive symptom, and her disheveled appearance is a physical
symptom. Seeing how the subjects and symptoms increase,

6. decrease or change over the course of counseling help the career
counselor better ascertain ways in which career counseling is
progressing.
“T” refers to the actual THERAPEUTIC TOOLS the counselor
utilized during the session with the client. For example,
Ariana’s career counselor may utilize Holland’s theory of
vocational choice or Super’s developmental self-concept theory.
Also, the counselor may be person-centered or use solution-
focused techniques with Ariana. In addition to the therapeutic
approach, what the counselor actually does during the session
should be documented in the progress notes by using action
verbs. Words such as, “aligned, demonstrated, explored,
reframed” are all examples of action verbs that can start a
sentence describing how the counselor put a theoretical
approach into practice. For example, “Explored Ariana’s reason
for changing majors and what she hopes to accomplish by doing
so.”
“E” indicates the EVALUATION section of the progress note.
Evaluation involves the client’s level of engagement in therapy;
for example, is the client minimizing, open, or guarded? In the
example with Ariana, it appears she is somewhat guarded.
Evaluation also needs to include an assessment of the client’s
current level of functioning. Utilizing a scale of 1 to 10 is
helpful, with “1” indicating an inability on the part of the client
to engage in career counseling and a “10” signifying that the
client has met her career counseling goals. Ariana is probably
functioning at a “2” to “3” level given that she is dealing with
the loss of her mother, pressures from her father, and
uncertainty about her major. In this section, it would also be
important for the career counselor to note if the client was
referred to additional services to deal with deeper concerns,
such as grief over the loss of a parent.
“P” is the last part of the progress note and references both the

7. short- and long-term PLAN for the client. The plan may include
the homework, assessments, and long-range goals. Examples of
a plan for Ariana may include taking a career assessment of her
interests and skills, exploring jobs one can get with a business
major, and learning about resources to deal with the loss of her
mother. The plan can also include topics or details that were not
addressed in the current session but that the counselor wants to
follow up on during the next appointment.
These “STEPs” provide career counselors with a format to
efficiently and clearly document their counseling sessions. As
one can see from the case study example above, using the
STEPs format to document sessions can assist with
systematically noting present concerns and planning future
goals. The categories provide an organized structure for
evaluating progress as well as assessing if career counseling
interventions are meeting client needs. The goal of STEP notes
TM is to provide a professional and thoughtful
conceptualization of counseling sessions, and to be a useful tool
for counselors to note the progress of their clients. More about
STEP notes can be found at www.stepnotesinc.com.