Correctional Counseling Reflection Paper

1. I think that consulting with other professional staff members is the most important because that is kind of self-explanatory with in the name, Correctional counselor. It talks about developing treatment plans that require special emphasis and change to increase the possibility of reaching a desired level of adjustment and that is the biggest thing in correctional counseling, helping the patient change for the better. I also think that the ability to prepare comprehensive evaluations is the most important competencies needed because you might know all their needs to know about correctional counseling but if you can’t find a good way to prepare the evaluation then why does any of the practice, and knowledge matter.

2. Second most important thing would be the interviews of the residents because you can’t really be a successful correctional counselor unless you get all of their information on file. The second most important competence needed would be to have good interviewing techniques and procedures because if you don’t have good technique you will lose the resident interest and they may think that you are not helping them at all.

3. Third most important work example would have to be the ability to maintain all of your caseloads because maintaining your caseloads helps you be more organized and by being more organized tends to make people

Lastly on the work examples would have to be the participation in the training and development of undergraduate and graduate students from schools because that’s not really focusing on you job as a counselor helping people better themselves and there are many correctional counselors out there that can help train them. The seventh most important competence would be that you take high initiative and pride in what you do because if you show high initiative in what you do then your residents will more than likely keep coming back and they will show high initiative on changing their behavior, and it keeps a positive