The School of Counseling evaluates students’ skills regularly. If a student has not had their skills evaluated for more than 2 years for any reason, it is required that they submit a Counseling Work Sample before they enter a field experience. The work sample allows Walden faculty to evaluate the student's clinical skills to ensure that the student is prepared for a successful field experience.

• The Counseling Work Sample is due at the same time as the field experience application. If you are not sure if a Work Sample will be required for you, contact the SOC-OFE.
• See deadlines, submission instructions, and required forms below.

This is a packet of materials which may help in refreshing a student’s counseling skills after a break from the SOC Program. The resources include handouts, a group mentoring opportunity, and a video Ebook.

Handouts

These handouts may aid you in refreshing your counseling skills.

Group Mentoring Opportunity

“Ducks” is an informal skills practice held regularly on Zoom.

A Counseling Skills Primer

You are also being given access to a resource which can help to refresh your counseling skills. Please review any relevant skills in the attached video eBook PDF, you can click on the links to specific skills in your browser to view how they are demonstrated. The authors are sharing this freely to you alone. Please email socassessment@mail.waldenu.edu for the password to access this resource.

Spadaro, N., Rush-Wilson, T., & Thornton, R.W. (2017) A counseling skills primer: 3-minute videos for the visual learner. Pensiero Press: Grays Lake, IL