HS 155 Fundamentals of Interviewing

1. Set objectives for interviews. 
2. Identify the stages of an interview and apply techniques appropriate for each stage. 
3. Describe the theory of change and the stages of change in helping interviews, wellness coaching and advocacy. 
4. Analyze and apply communication skills specific to the “helping interview”  required for information gathering interviews, wellness coaching, and advocacy in a variety of setting and with diverse populations. 
5. Identify and reduce common barriers occurring in interviews, wellness coaching, and advocacy. 
6. Use basic principles of case recording and reporting for human services workers. 
7. Relate the potential impact of the sociologically defined concept of “white privilege” to working with diverse populations.

• Attending Skills 
• Questioning Skills 
• Client Observation Skills 
• Reducing Defensiveness and Barriers 
• Encouraging, Paraphrasing, Summarizing 
• Reflection of Feeling and Meaning 
• Structuring Interviews 
• Information Recording and Reporting 
• Theory and Stages of Change 
• Ethics, Multicultural Competence, White Privilege, and Wellness