Author
Dr. Fidan Korkut, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Icebreaker
Talking to participants about whether they know or not which population they want to work with.

Purpose of Presentation
Understand and explore the kind of persons that are easy to work with.

Rationale (why topic is important)
During their education our students go to different institutions (we have undergrad students for counseling programs) to learn about different work settings. Some return from this visit quite happy and some return saying that they have discovered that they could never work in such a place or with such clients.

Learning Objectives (1-3)
It is important to know who are our favorite people to work with , like Bolles ( 1998) said.

Materials (what materials will participants need)
A list for statements about different kinds of people (as developmental level- kids, youth, adults, elderly- , healthy or handicapped, etc).

Participants (who are your participants; i.e., CDF students)
High and university students, adults, CDF students.

Setting (classroom, group seating, etc)
t can be used in classroom with group or individualy in counseling sessions.

Time Required
It can take total 50 minutes: Just 10-15 minutes to fill out the form, but sharing and discussion the results can take longer.

Lecturette (brief - key points)
The exercise is designed to allow participants to explore the types and kinds of people with whom they would like to work in future. The form below has 15 items and 5 likert type questionanire. They are rating themselves and they are thinking about realy what they want.

Working with Others Questionnaire

Please rate your personal response from (1) I completely disagree to (5) I completely agree.

1. ---- I think that I can work with children/youth under state care.
2. ____ I feel comfortable with elderly people.
3. ____ Working with children seems fun to me.
4. ____ Communicating and being with adolescents is easy for me.
5. ____ I think it is interesting to work with handicaped persons.
6. ____ I would love to help and work with poor people
7. ____ Instead of working with group, I prefer to serve individally
8. ____ It is so much fun working with very young kids.
9. ____ I believe that it is easy to work with collage students.
10. ____ Working with weathly persons can be so easy and comfortable.
11. ____ I would prefer to work with educated people.
12. ____ Healthy persons are easy to work for me.
13. ____ I am confortable with adults
14. ____ I could feel comfortable with youth at risk.
15. ____ I am sure that I can be relaxed if I work with the opposite sex.
16. ____ I believe I can work with people of different races, colours, and religions.

Assessment of Learning Objectives:
Comments from participants.

Discussion:
With what kind of people would you like to work in future? How can it effect your career choice?

Reference
Bolles, R.N. (1998). The what color is your parachute workbook. Berkeley: CA, Ten Speed Pres