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Microskills Videos
These professional education videos by Microtraining Associates feature and are recommended by Dr. Carlos Zalaquett of Penn State's CNED program:
- Mindscape Commons Moments of Excellence in Counseling series "Created by and available only in Mindscape Commons, these 10-15 minute interactive videos demonstrate positive relationship techniques, specifically in a School Counseling setting. Videos address empathy, goal setting, positive regard, alliance ruptures, stages of change, culture, coping style, client preferences, evaluating suicide, and more. Learners will be asked to answer assessment questions sprinkled throughout the video for increased engagement and understanding."
- Basic Attending Skills, 5th Edition "he Basic Attending Skills, 5th edition video teaches students how to learn and master the fundamental skills of listening. This video is designed for all courses focusing on listening skills, and applicable to many academic areas including counseling, social work, behavioral health, nursing, pastoral care, and para professional work such as crisis counseling and peer support groups. Demonstrations of skills with many subtitles identify enable students to recognize interview behavior, practice skills in small groups, and then generalize skills to the actual interview. Multicultural issues are infused throughout."
- Basic Influencing Skills, 4th Edition "This is a completely new series with relevant and important options for your classroom. Students will observe the specifics of influencing skills in reality based demonstrations with many subscripts and discussion questions.Here is what you'll find on the new Basic Influencing Skills DVD: Listening Skills, Client Change Scale, Confrontation, Focusing, Reflection of Meaning/The Community Genogram, Reframing/Interpretation, Feedback/Self Disclosure, Logical Consequences, Directives/Psychoeducation, Integration of Skills."
- Basic Stress Management, Disc 1 "This instructional video, featuring therapists Allen and Mary Ivery, Norma Gluckstern-Packard and Carlos Zalaquett, is about basic stress management."
- Basic Stress Management, Disc 2 "This instructional video, featuring therapists Allen and Mary Ivery, Norma Gluckstern-Packard and Carlos Zalaquett, is about basic stress management."
- Advanced Microskills: Focusing, Meaning Confrontation "Dealing with difficult issues in the interview requires the ability to help clients focus on key issues and find meaning in suffering. In addition, skillful challenging and confronting can help clients face issues and grow. Particularly useful for Practicum and advanced students."
Other Video Resources
- Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volumes 1 - 5 This link opens in a new windowHundreds of hours of recorded therapeutic counseling sessions with actual therapists and clients.
- Mindscape Commons This link opens in a new windowAn online resource for immersive and interactive content in mental health. Presents and documents hundreds of virtual reality experiences, serious games, and apps that support teaching and research in counseling, social work, psychology, health sciences, and related programs.
- Education in Video I & II (United States) This link opens in a new windowStreaming videos for teacher education.
- Against All OddsBrief videos on statistical topics.
Research Design Resources
- SAGE Project PlannerA tutorial that guides you through all aspects of designing an original research project, from defining a topic, to reviewing the literature, to collecting data, to writing and sharing your results.
- SAGE Research Methods Core This link opens in a new windowHelpful if you are designing a research project. Explains social science research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.
- PsycTESTS (formerly listed as APA PsycTests®) This link opens in a new windowHelps you identify questionnaires and tests to use in your research.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text reviews thousands of testing instruments for psychology, education, business, and leadership.
- Health & Psychosocial Instruments - HAPI (PSU access will expire on June 30, 2024.) This link opens in a new windowAdditional questionnaires and tests to use in your research.
Penn State Research Offices
- Office for Research ProtectionsEnsures that research at Penn State is conducted in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines that protect human participants, animals, students, and personnel.
- Research Data ServicesProvides consultation on data, geospatial, statistical, and other research questions.
- Statistical Consulting CenterOffers advice on research planning and design, sampling, modeling, analysis, results interpretation, and software.
- Institute for State and Regional Affairs, Penn State HarrisburgLocated at Penn State Harrisburg, ISRA includes departments for census, geospatial, and survey research. Services include consultation/training and contract research.