Career & Group Counseling Flashcards
SOCIOGRAM
RELATIONSHIP WITHIN A GROUP
Sociograms are often used to collect information about interrelationships between people in a group setting. The counselor leading the group is likely interested in how each member views his or her own position in the group as well as how each member views the relationships between others.
OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK (OOH)
ANNUAL INFO
The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is published every other year and offers information about current salaries and projected trends. This would be the best way for this particular client to narrow down his options for an occupation based on salary, educational requirements, and future job projections.
SCAPEGOATING
CRITICISM TARGET
Occurs when several group members target an individual member of the group and criticize that person. This is a normal group process, but one that should not be tolerated due to its potential for damaging relationships.
LINKING
CONNECTING COMMON THEMES
Linking is the process of looking for common themes in the group content or process and connecting them. This approach can help members work on each other’s problems.
O*NET
COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE
A comprehensive database that categorizes occupations according to worker characteristics, amount of education and training needed, and other factors.
EQUIFINALITY
ONE GOAL DIFFERENT PATHS
Equifinality refers to different individuals reaching the same goal through different methods or routes.
SYSTEM OF INTERACTIVE GUIDANCE & INFORMATION (SIGI 3)
CAREER COUNSELOR AI
SIGI 3 (System of Interactive Guidance and Information) is one of the top-of-the-line computer-assisted career guidance systems that can supplement the assessments and guidance of career counselors.
DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES (DOT)
12K SUMMARIES
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) offers summaries of about 12,000 occupations.
WORLD-OF-WORK MAP
OCCUPATIONS
PEOPLE, DATA, THINGS, & IDEAS
Career counselors often use the World-of-Work Map, a tool developed by ACT that organizes occupations based on primary tasks involving people, data, things, and ideas. The map includes 26 families of occupations, and hundreds of occupations and college majors can be identified by using ACT’s career exploration materials.
BLOCKING
INTERRUPTION
A process in which one’s flow of thought or speech is suddenly interrupted
GENOGRAM
FAMILY TREE
A genogram is a tool counselors can use to assess family dynamics. Genograms, used particularly by Bowen and his followers, are representations of a family tree that are used to explore relationships between family members. Families can complete a genogram together either during or between sessions.
