127 The Professional Counselor | Volume 13, Issue 2 Appendix A Semi-Structured Interview Protocol Title of the Study: School Counselor Trainees’ Perceptions and Experiences on Self-Care Grounded in Mindfulness and Social–Emotional Learning (SEL) To be consistent with the goal of qualitative research, all participants will be described through their own viewpoints and in their own words. All questions are open-ended, and these semi-structured interview protocols will guide the researcher throughout the interviews. However, it is not expected that the remaining questions will be asked sequentially, that all questions will be asked of all participants, or that the list of provided questions is exhaustive. Rather, we offer the questions below as representing possible directions in which we anticipate the interviews may proceed. A. Introduction We want to thank you for your willingness to participate in this study. Recently, you completed the course EDCO 298-01 Seminar in Professional Counseling. Today, we would like to take some time to collect information on your perceptions, thoughts, reactions, and follow-up response to your mindfulness-based self-care and SEL practice. If at any time you feel uncomfortable or do not desire to answer a question, please let me know. B. Semi-Structured Interview Questions 1. What are the most important things you learned regarding mindfulness-based self-care and SEL? 2. How have your knowledge and practice of SEL affected your personal and professional life in the area of self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness? a. Do you attribute these changes to the class? b. Have these changes stayed with you since you took the class? What has changed? 3. Describe the history of your self-care practices. a. What self-care practices do you currently practice? How often for each? b. How did the class influence these practices? 4. Describe how your mindfulness-based self-care affects your personal and professional life. a. In what ways do your own practice of mindfulness and self-care change how you think about students’ or clients’ issues or problems? How have your ideas about what is therapeutic, or healing, changed since taking the class? Do you see mindfulness techniques as healing? How? b. Have the mindfulness practices influenced who you are as a counselor, advisor, educator, or therapist or what it’s like for you to be in the role of the counselor, advisor, educator, or therapist? How? c. Have you tried to introduce mindfulness concepts/techniques with a client/student? Which techniques? What was your level of comfort with introducing the mindfulness techniques? 5. What are consequences/outcomes from mindfulness-based self-care practices? (elaborate) C. General Questions & Feedback Is there anything you would like to say about your experiences in relation to the course that we have overlooked? What suggestions do you have to make this course a better experience? D. Ending We want to thank you for your participation in this project.
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