Module 3

Attention

It is a powerful reinforcer. It is the connective force of conversations.

Attending behavior

It is the process of supporting your clients with individually and culturally appropriate visuals, vocal quality, verbal tracking, and body language.

Visual

attending behavior where you look them in the eye. Where you show attentiveness, interest

Vocal

attending behavior where it focus on the warmth of your voice where it shows interest and comfort

Verbal

Attending behavior where you dont change the story that the client are telling you.

Selective Attention

It is a type of verbal tracking that counselors and interviewers need to be especially aware of. As we tend to listen to some things and ignore others. You need to focus on the clients stories and ignore distractions.

Body language

A attentive behavior that shows you are attentive and Authentic by using gestures and leaning forward or backward

Nonattention

A deliberate counseling skill where the counselor temporarily ignores or gives little attention to certain client statements or behaviors. To discourage repetitive, negative, or irrelevant talk (like going in circles, constant complaining, or side-tracking).

Silence

it can be frightening but others like to “sit on” their issues, mull them over and think carefully before responding.

Social skills Training

a training in a specific set of psychoeducational strategies oriented to teaching clients basic communication skills.

Social skills

it involves educational methods to teach clients an array of interpersonal skills and behaviors.

Training as treatment

is a term that summarizes the method and goal of social skills training.