COURSE PROCEDURES FOR EPSY 493

1. The first half of each class will be lecture and feedback.
2. The second half of each class will be a lab where students are videotaped practicing the skills discussed during lecture and receiving feedback from peers and instructors.
3. Summaries on the Summary Behavior Checklist must contain verbatim transcripts of every helper response including a check mark under the category (e.g., attending, open or closed question, encouraging, etc.) of helpee response.  The last column on the Summary is to be used to indicate whether reflections are at the Basic ("B") or advanced ("A") level of empathy.  Scores of 4 and 5 on the Empathy Scale reflect basic empathy; scores of 6 and 7 reflect advanced empathy.
4. Summaries must be legible and clear as to where each intervention begins and ends.  The Summary Behavior Checklist is in Microsoft Word so that you and save a copy to your computer and then fill it in electronically.
5. For those tapes that are being evaluated for a grade, students must compute "helpee talk time" and include at the bottom of the Summary.
6. Students must recognize that because they are working with a peer in a "real play" situation that self-disclosure must be limited.  If instructors find that you are divulging information that is too personal, you will be asked to define and work on another problem.
7. The purpose of making audiotapes is NOT to help students "work through" deeply personnel problems; peers are not therapists.