reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 9
Specific Objective #2: Demonstrate how to counsel adolescents
about safer sex and protection
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
OBJECTIVES OF ROLE PLAY
1. To enable Px to practice
interpersonal communication skills
and apply the principles and steps
of counseling using the CBT Skills
Assessment Checklist.
2. To serve as a self-evaluation
mechanism with which Px can
assess her/his knowledge base of
contraceptive methods and
counseling skills.
3. To enable the trainer to objectively
assess Px counseling skills and
knowledge of contraceptive
methods using the CBT Skills
Assessment Checklist.
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
ROLE PLAY, SIMULATED SKILLS
PRACTICE, AND DISCUSSION
(2 HOURS, 30 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Ask another trainer to assist. The
two trainers should use role play to
demonstrate examples of what
constitutes “bad” counseling and
“good” counseling.
• The demonstration of a bad
procedure should come first,
followed by analysis and feedback.
• When performing the good
counseling role play, apply the
GATHER steps in correct sequence
so that Px can observe an example
of how that approach should work.
• Have Px use Px Handout 9.1: CBT
Skills Assessment Checklist for ARH
Counseling Skills.
9.1
• Ask Px to analyze the demonstration
and provide feedback on what was
positive or negative, what was
missing, and whether there was
wrong or incomplete information
presented.
• After the trainer demonstration, ask
the Px to perform role plays using
scenarios found in Px Handout 9.2,
method-specific checklists (Px
Handout 9.1), counseling cue cards
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