Process Recording 2

Process recording
Name:
Institutional Affiliation:
Interviewer (record keeper at SCO family of services) Interviewee (Sophia’s mother) Identify communication technique Analysis
Tell me about your child and family
Tell me about your family routines
Does your child normally experience a rich environment?
Do you promote a literacy environment at home?

Positive discipline
Sophia’s name was chosen by mom because it is a princess name.
In the home, Sophia lives with mum, father, brother, and uncle.
Sophia interacts with her immediate relatives outside her home.
Mom’s favorite thing about Sophia is her imagination and ability to use it while dancing.
The proudest thing about Sophia is her yearn to constant learning.
Sophia wants to learn and interact with her age mates.
Normally, Sophia does not get challenges for school.
Pick-ups are usually busy after school.
After picking the child from school, we clean the house or sometimes go for shopping.
By 8:30 pm, Sophia is in bed.
Her normal routine consists of showering, changing clothes, reading a book, and sleeping.
I normally play flip-flop game with Sophia and her brother.
I also take the kids to a park to ride bicycles.
Every weekend the family goes for outing.
Every day, Sophia watches TV for two hours and I place parental restriction on the program that she watches.
Generally, we do not have a cool culture but would like to apply it.
The living room has a shelf with books.
I normally read to Sophia on a daily basis.

The reading schedule is consistent but it is not limited to bedtime.
I plan to get a library card.
I have set a certain number of rules at home. Hygiene is one of the rules and I make sure that no fighting occurs between the children.
If the children break one of the rules, I do not give them something that they want. Provision of information.
The interviewer is positioning herself to listen actively.
Asking a relevant question.
Active listening continuously.
Starting the conversation with the mother in such a manner puts her at ease and allow her to tell it in a relaxed mood.
Positioning herself well ensures that a good rapport already exists.
Keeping the conversation on track
Conversation was becoming idle.
Do you have a child with special needs?
Tell me about self-sufficiency at the home, in terms of how long you have lived at the current home, the affordability of the rent, safety, and neighbors.
(Continues nodding while listening and encouraging the conversation).
Tell me about your employment status, skills, and talents.
What level of education have you attained?
What cultural practices and language do you set up at your home?
Do you get enough childcare?
Please tell me about your family finances.
Does the family have any support and medical cover?
Do any adult have chronic illness?
Does anyone smoke in your house?
Has anyone ever been incarcerated in the family?
Have you ever used any community services? No I don’t have
(The interviewer clears her throat and starts).
We have lived in the house for two years.
The house is not affordable and we have to rent a room to afford the rent payment.
I am also very satisfied with my living arrangements and have no issue in letting the kids go play outside.
I am a hardworking and determined person.
I am not sure about what others think of my efforts.
I am currently unemployed, but I would like to return to work.
I almost finished high school and would like to get my GED but with short hours.
I normally tell my kids that school is the key to success.
The primary language at the home is Spanish.
My husband and I were born outside but were able to adopt the language.
Yes, I do get enough childcare since it is free.
We are able to pay our bills on time.
Budgeting the money is sometimes hard.
We are able to meet basic needs such as food and clothing.
We also have debts and good credits.
Getting credit is not an issue.
We are able to save some money and have a checking account.
There is no extra money for wants.
I think the income will increase next year since the source is reliable.
We currently do not need any financial assistance, as we do not have financial needs currently.
Our children have medical cover but we do not have.
No one has a special health condition.
There is no one who smoke in the house.
No, no one has ever been in jail before.
Yes, I have used WIC. Subtle answer.

Active listening continuously.
Continued use of relevant questions to extract more information and probing.
Asking a personal question.
Asking a relevant question,
Asking a question to limit the conversation to be about the child. A direct question with a direct answer.
Making sure the mother says it all.
The question is fair since there is a good rapport between the mother and the interviewer.
The conversation was becoming boring
The personal question continues.
Setting up boundaries of the conversation to the child only.Evaluation
(What impression do you get from the conversation? Did the interview achieve its goal? What were the strengths and weakness of the interviewer? Did the exchange have any social value? What was it?)
The exercise achieved a lot since there was a successful conversation between the interviewer and the child’s parent. The interview achieved its goal by having the interviewee share the information with the interviewer. The interviewer’s strength lies in her ability to stay relevant to the topic at hand. However, the interviewer failed to end the conversation, as it should. The exchange had a social value since the parent interacted with an expert at SCO.
My further studies goals are:
Learning on the use of additional techniques to extract information.
Using different techniques seamlessly.