Mentor Leadership Training Course

 

Self-Check Role Play

bullet  What To Do

Now you will have the chance to role play being a mentor:

  • Read the message from the adolescent or young adult.
  • Respond as you would if you were the mentor.
  • Remember to ask questions to encourage your partner to use the problem solving and goal setting strategy - DO IT!
  • Once you have responded, check your answer yourself to see if you remember to DO IT! strategy.

bullet  Self-Check Role Play

Your partner, Nicole, is17 years old. She's in high school. She likes swimming. She loves animals. She writes this message to you:

protege "I'm so upset. My best friend has a boyfriend and now she never calls. She was supposed to come over on Tuesday, but she never showed up. I'm really mad at her."

Pretend you are Nicole's mentor. What would you write back to Nicole?

    1) Enter your "message" in the box below.

    Message:

    2) Re-read your message and make changes (as necessary).

    3) Check to see if you remembered to ask questions to encourage your partner to use the DO IT! strategy.

    Did you ask specific questions to encourage Nicole to describe her problem and outline ways to solve this problem? Find the sentences in your message that do this.

    For example, you could say "Nicole, I can understand why you are upset. Can you tell me some more about the situation? Is this the first time your friend stood you up? Or does it happen a lot? What ideas can you think of to solve this problem?"

    Did you remember NOT to tell Nicole what to do and solve the problem for her?

continue  If you asked questions to encourage Nicole to use the DO IT! strategy, then you are ready to try the next role play. Click here to try another role play.

review If you had difficulty asking questions to encourage Nicole to use the DO IT! strategy, review the lesson again before you do the next role play. Click here to go back and review the lesson again.

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The AAC Mentor Project Team
Penn State University
Last updated June, 2000.
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