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Hello, my name is Kim Poage, 

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and I want to thank you for your time 

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in watching this brief video.

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Hello, my name is Denise Thew Hackett.  This 

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is my name sign.

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I am faculty from WOU and work with graduate 

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students who are future counselors 

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for the Deaf on developing their counseling 

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skills.

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I work with the Rehabilitation and Mental Health 

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Counseling graduate program

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at Western Oregon University - WOU

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located in Monmouth, Oregon.  

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The focus in our program is on preparing 

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graduate student counselors wanting to work 

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with Deaf and hard of hearing individuals

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to help them develop their counseling skills,

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as well as working with other groups of people 

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with disabilities,

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as well as other forms of diversity to be able to 

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work with a variety of people.  

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We are excited to offer the opportunity for you 

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to receive free counseling services from our 

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graduate level student counselors. 

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I would now like to explain what that involves.

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The counseling profession has a strict Code of 

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Ethics

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we as faculty and students follow that code 

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What does that look like? Here is an example:

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You and your graduate student counselor 

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in your counseling sessions talk and share 

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information,

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and what you share during these session is kept 

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confidential.

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You can meet with the same student counselor 

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for 4 to 8 counseling sessions.    

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Topics in counseling we can discuss include:

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some people like talking about conflicts in life, 

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feeling sad.

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Some people like  

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brainstorming together about their plans in life, 

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what to do in the future

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wanting to improve their problem-solving skills 

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and conflict resolutions skills, 

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those are some different options

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you can discuss with your graduate student 

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counselor,

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or you can contact the person who sent you this 

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video,

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for exampe your VR counselor to discuss the 

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topics you would like to cover in counseling,

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or decide for yourself what you would like to talk 

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about.  

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Sessions typically happen for one hour 

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maximum once a week.

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We will work to accomodate your schedule 

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consistent each week.   

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and often schedule days and times that are 

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of places.

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Counseling sessions typically meet in a variety 

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When your VR counselor suggests you contact 

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us, we often use their office. 

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Also, the community has private meeting rooms 

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available we can use as well, such as schools.  

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Each sessions will be videotaped for the 

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purpose of 

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analyzing themselves 

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the graduate student counselor reviewing and 

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so that they can improve their counseling skills.

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Our graduate students have already been trained 

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to practice to follow the strictest confidentiality. 

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confidentiality.

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Now I will explain how we practice strict 

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All video sessions are downloaded and saved to 

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a password protected computer. 

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Students meet in small groups to review, 

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analyze, and receieve feedback

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on how to improve their counseling skills.  When 

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that is finished the video content is destroyed.

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So, who watches these videos?  

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It is only shown with the graduates students in a 

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small group of two to five students,

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and a faculty member such as myself where we 

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provide feedback.  

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Other people are not allowed to watch the video.

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When the graduate student counselors finish 

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your session together, 

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they will make notes to help them remember 

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what was talked about.

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The notes are kept in safe locked office at WOU 

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to maintain confidentiality.

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The graduate student counselor will take notes 

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during sessions.  

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If you are curious about what they say, you have 

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a right to request to read them.

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Details on how we practice confidentiality 

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can be discussed more during your first meeting 

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with your graduate level student counselor.

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If you want to take advantage of this counseling 

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opportunity,

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inform the person that shared this video with 

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you, 

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maybe that is your VR or other agency 

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counselor.

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Now about the use of a Release of Information - 

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ROI.

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You can sign it with your VR counselor,

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or other agency staff so that they can contact 

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us.

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If you do not want sign a ROI you can contact 

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us directly, those are your options.

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If you do want to contact us directly 

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contact Kim Poage who is the WOU staff 

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member 

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who connects you the client who wants 

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counseling 

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with a graduate level student counselors.  

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You will find her contact information at the end of 

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this video.

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Once you contact Kim, she will place you with a 

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graduate student counselor 

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and even this process of who you will be working 

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with is kept confidential.  

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A summary of the content presented in this 

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video 

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is also provided in a handout format 

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that is included electronically as an attachment 

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in the email that was sent with this video.

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We hope that you will choose to contact us.

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Thank you for your time in watching this video.