Mun reitti in english

Empowering guidance of the

students

experiences and new tools from the MunReitti-

project

http://www.winnova.fi/index.aspx

– Counselling is not only technical performance.

– Counselling is something what is your idea of your self-image,

what is your theory of personal change and how do you see

the people in your life.

The first question was:

What does Counseling meaning?

Luentomateriaalia; Riina Karvonen

What should we counsel?

Whom shall we counsel?

When should we counsel?

Why should we counsel?

How should we counsel?

Do we dare to guide students

in the right areas or do we see

only the tip of the iceberg?


What if something

difficult or surprising

comes up?

If there is something

too difficult in students

life and we don´t know

how to react?


In Counseling we

often work with foggy

mirror

Our main tools are

• Presence

• Dialog

• Reflection

We need a lot of

courage in our work

when we make things

visible

What kind of

values we consider

important?


Styles and roles

– Teacher/tutor faces a big challenge choosing its own counseling style.

– Sometimes it is good to ask person’s understanding and are we too flexible.

– Where goes the line between understanding and teaching how to take responsibility of own actions? Is everything always needed to be done in the youngster’s needs?

– What means participation, dialogue, empowerment?


The Meaning of empowerment

First description: 1648

to invest with authority, authorize

Now:

giving power to someone else, to

increase his/her capacities to take

it’s own responsabilities, to take

his/her own deciscions

But, what is empowerment

– Increasing autonomy of persons with disabilities

– Is it measurable?

– How do you measure empowerment

– Can you influence the empowerment of a person?

MunReitti

Toiminta- ja työkykyvalmennuksen

kehittäminen ammatillisessa

erityisopetuksessa

1.3.2009-30.6.2012

coaching program for students'

participation and working skills

Luovi Vocational College Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

WinNova West Coast Education Ltd

Training program includes

– VrijBaan method

• self-assessment of empowerment

• training program

– Training of everyday life skills and well-being

– Career counseling techniques and job coaching

Competence

Self-determination

meaning

Impact

Positive identity

Group orientation

six components of empowerment

1. Competence; i.e. trust in someone’s own abilities

2. Self determination, i.e. the ability of making one’s own choices

3. Meaning, i.e. experiencing the meaning in own values

4. Impact, i.e. the feeling that someone’s decisions have an impact

on or affect someone’s life

5. Identity, i.e. a positive attitude towards the self, coping with

disability and giving space to other life elements

6. Group orientation, i.e. realizing that one is part of a group and

society, and that there is mutual dependency as well as a need

for support.

1. Competence Faith in own talents and opportunities

– I know what I can do

– I will be successful!

– I trust that I have

the needed talents

– I am not sure of succession

– Tell me what can I do?

– I am afraid that I can’t do this!

Competence

Personal competence means that one feels confident

about one’s skills to direct the reintegration path. That

is, one must feel capable of taking adequate decisions

during occupational integration. One must be able to

formulate goals for this path and to make specific efforts

to achieve them.

2. Self-determination The right to do choices and decisions about own life

– I decide it by myself!!

– I make my own choices!

– I share my opinions with others.

– Tell me what should I do!

– Where to begin?

– What would you do if you were me?

Self-determination

Self-determination refers to the ability to take decisions

and to make choices about one’s life independently.

Self-determination therefore involves the feeling that

one has control over one’s situation.

3. Impact Own decisions that affect on your life and your

well-being

– I want to work before deciding about further education.

– OK, I’ll take the risk, it is about my own life!

– I don’t care, social workers can decide.

– Nobody listens to me!

– If nobody decides what should I do for living I am not going to do anything.

Impact

The implication for people with occupational disabilities

is that they must feel that the decisions they make really

have an effect on their reintegration path. Impact is the

opposite of “learned helplessness”

4. Meaning The feeling that your decisions and choices correspond with your

own values

– That is what I have always wanted to do

– I want a job that suits for me.

– I want to do things that I find valuable.

– I don’t know if anything interests me.

– What ever!!

– It does not matter what I do!

Meaning

The implication for people with occupational disabilities is that not only do they need to make decisions as part of their occupational reintegration, the alternatives they choose must be meaningful as well. That is to say, their decisions must be in agreement with the values, beliefs and behaviours that are typical of the individual suffering from a disabling condition.

5. Myönteinen minäkuva Itsensä hyväksyminen sellaisena kuin on

– Minulla on oikeus tukeen

– silloin kun tarvitsen sitä;

– siksi pyydän apua tarvittaessa.

– Olen ainutlaatuinen!

– En käytä vammaani tekosyynä

– En pyydä apua, koska en halua

– olla riippuvainen kenestäkään

– On vaikeaa hyväksyä vamman tuomat rajoitteet

A feeling of positive identity

If a positive feeling of identity exists the individual has

accepted his/her occupational disability in a realistic

manner and does not feel as if life is dominated by that

disability. Neither is the disability used as an excuse

6. Group orientation Working as a part of the group and being part of the

society.

– I also respect others opinions.

– I take given support and help.

– I have my own special place in this group!

– I’m tired of being depend of others.

– I don’t need anyone!

– I play with my own rules.

Group orientation

The individual works together with others and

participates in the community. In addition, help is offered

to others when needed. The implication of this

component for people with occupational disabilities is

that they must see on whom they depend for their work

integration and how they can cooperate with those

people.

Voimaantuminen

Counseling

Human value

• Dialogical co-operation

• Power of precense

Reflection

• Discussion of ideas and believes

• Finding own values and meaning of life

Action

• Participating

• Regonation of competence

• Positive feedback

• Working together

Empowering

Becoming

visible

Awakaning

Motivation

Empowering


Discussion

– Is the concept clear?

– Do you recognize the need for empowerment?

Measuring empowerment

VrijBaan Questionnaire

– The VrijBaan Empowerment Questionnaire is a tool to

assess someone’s individual empowerment profile.

Through this questionnaire clients discover their own

way of looking at strong and weak empowerment

components.

– The questionnaire includes 60 statements which in one

way or another deal with one or more components of

empowerment.

Competence

6 When confronted with a problem I usually have several solutions

8 I am confident that I would tackle unexpected events effectively

9 I don’t have much confidence in my own abilities

16 I don’t understand myself very well

25 When I find myself in awkward situations I usually know what to do

26 I can manage whatever happens

37 I never know if I have done things well

40 I usually achieve my goals through my own efforts

42 I feel I have personal control over my life

43 I have difficulties coping with the problems in my life

44 I trust in my abilities to solve any problems

57 Thanks to my resourcefulness I know how to manage in unanticipated situations

60 My self-confidence is poor due to my handicap(s)

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Competence

Self- determination

Meaning

Impact

Positive identity

Group orientation

MunReitti- coaching method

Self-assessment of empowerment

reviewed the results together with the student decide on methods and

exercises

-student involvement -empowering and

motivational interviewing -reflection

-Individual and group exercises

-Welfare Studies

-job coaching

– Training Based on the empowerment profile

– MunReitti collected some 60 dedicated exercises

and training modules. Each module addresses one or

more specific empowerment components.

– project was also involved in reforming the curriculum.

Luovi ´s curriculum can be found welfare courses, such

as stress management, daily life skills, interpersonal

skills

– recommend welfare courses for students

Interview exercise

– In groups of three persons:

• One interviews, the second is the client and the third

observes.

• 15 minutes, and the roles change

• The client chooses one component of empowerment

which she/he wants to talk about.

• Interviewer uses open-ended questions and in that

way makes possible the client to explore ideas and

aims in her/his empowerment.

• Haastattelija / ohjaaja esittää avaavia ja tavoitetta

täsmentäviä kysymyksiä

• The observer gives feedback after interview.
