Alvin Turner Interview
Interview of a Helping Professional
Rodney Cobbs
Old Dominion University
This paper was submitted to Dr. Hall in Human Services
Interview of Alvin Turner
School Counselor
In order to learn more about the helping profession, I chose a school counselor, Alvin Turner, who deals with a different variety of cases on a daily basis. He deals with a lot of mental health issues, dealing with parents, children, and adolescents. He sees them on a one on one basis as well as in a group and family environment. Y-Capp stands for Youth Challenged, Advised and Positively Promoted. We don’t strive for excellence this is where we being. Y-Capp’s mission-The Y-Capp mission is to provide first class support for children and adolescents through the human service field and services are designed to help increases academic achievement, develop coping and problem-solving strategies, provide career …show more content…
Coleman and Donna Z. Pierce to serve the needs of the children and adolescents in the Richmond and surrounding areas. Y-Capp is a private-nonprofit organization that offers treatment for behavioral issues such as depression, substance abuse, and crisis intervention. At this agency they only do outpatient assistance. During our interview I’ve learned some interesting things such as if a student is in crisis, they can do a session every day, and 5 days a week until the issues is resolved. This organization does not do referrals. They handle or do the problem solving there until the client has resolved their issue. My interviewer stated he had never had to refer a student elsewhere. What they cannot do at school, they will resolve the issue in house, even substance abuse. I’ve learned that they are very dedicated to their job and love their work. I’ve learned the special qualifications and dedication to have to develop these traits to be able to be this type of highly motivated professional
Rodney Cobbs
Old Dominion University
This paper was submitted to Dr. Hall in Human Services
Interview of Alvin Turner
School Counselor
In order to learn more about the helping profession, I chose a school counselor, Alvin Turner, who deals with a different variety of cases on a daily basis. He deals with a lot of mental health issues, dealing with parents, children, and adolescents. He sees them on a one on one basis as well as in a group and family environment. Y-Capp stands for Youth Challenged, Advised and Positively Promoted. We don’t strive for excellence this is where we being. Y-Capp’s mission-The Y-Capp mission is to provide first class support for children and adolescents through the human service field and services are designed to help increases academic achievement, develop coping and problem-solving strategies, provide career …show more content…
Coleman and Donna Z. Pierce to serve the needs of the children and adolescents in the Richmond and surrounding areas. Y-Capp is a private-nonprofit organization that offers treatment for behavioral issues such as depression, substance abuse, and crisis intervention. At this agency they only do outpatient assistance. During our interview I’ve learned some interesting things such as if a student is in crisis, they can do a session every day, and 5 days a week until the issues is resolved. This organization does not do referrals. They handle or do the problem solving there until the client has resolved their issue. My interviewer stated he had never had to refer a student elsewhere. What they cannot do at school, they will resolve the issue in house, even substance abuse. I’ve learned that they are very dedicated to their job and love their work. I’ve learned the special qualifications and dedication to have to develop these traits to be able to be this type of highly motivated professional