Collecting information
my early years, I used to come across people who were facing many problems in many spheres of life. In my neighborhood, I used to hear screams from my neighbor’s house, due to the frequent domestic violence. The man was always beating his woman on many occasions to work distress, lack of financial capabilities to meet their needs, and other issues that forced him into being drunk and disorderly. I used to hear the woman always talking to my parents about how her husband is stressed. This constant situation then drove me into having a desire to help the people who are dealing with mental issues and problems into being responsible people in society, and how they can overcome their challenges. It is therefore a dream that was inspired since my early childhood, and I knew that surely one day I will pursue the counseling field to help people with issues they face in life. The other factors are the increased number of people I met on the road, drinking and going home late, due to the issues they were trying to deal with, not knowing they were doing it the wrong way. Therefore, that desire to help people in life increased the more.
In the view of collecting information from Nicholas at school, I would use various methods, both direct and indirect. Some of the direct assessment methods I would use include observation of Nicholas at school, on his overall behavior. The other method would be monitoring him. By this method, I would be making sure I take account of every move he makes and his interactions with his fellow students. The other method would be psychophysiology, where I would try to evaluate how his social and psychological experiences majorly affect his problematic behavior. The las method would be creating Nicholas’ self-report, to accurately record his moves, and his daily actions to come up with an overall behavior. Some of the indirect methods I would use in collecting information about Nicholas are conducting a review of his previous or current records to get a clear insight into his behavior. By so doing, I might get some information from his psychological evaluations, medical reports, which might give some information about him. The other indirect method I would use is conducting a formal and informal interview with his daily interactors, such as Mrs. Jones, his parents, and his fellow students to gather accurate information about Nicholas, from a multiple