Assignment: Developing the Helping Relationship
Write a 2 pages paper defining helping skills and explaining their importance in human services. Specifically:
A. Describe the human services professional practitioner's roles in the helping process.
B. Explain how helping skills contribute to the effectiveness of those roles.
C. Based on the Selective Attention Test in the Pre-Discussion Activities, you know about viewing the "whole picture" in order to notice things that may be hidden or obscured. Why is this especially important in human services? Provide a human services-specific example where a practitioner does or does not see the whole picture. Explain the potential impact on the service user in the example.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.