Counselling students' responses to conducting role‐play activities online: An evaluation of MSc university students

Young, Lauren J.

doi:10.1002/capr.12487

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“…Although recorded sessions can potentially be uploaded to le servers or emailed, this is harder in lowresource settings with weak digital infrastructure. Distance and technical barriers can also further undermine the authenticity of role-plays conducted online (Young, 2022).…”

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Knowledge Of Problem Solving (KOPS) scale: Design and evaluation of a scalable competence measure for a common practice element in task-shared youth mental health interventions

Mathur

Michelson

Shetty

et al. 2023

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Background There is a dearth of reliable and feasible quality assurance methods to support scaling up of psychological interventions delivered by non-specialist providers. This paper reports on the phased development and validation of a digitally-administered measure (Knowledge of Problem Solving; KOPS scale) to assess competencies associated with a “task-shared” problem-solving intervention for adolescents with diverse mental health problems in India. Methods Phase 1 established key competencies required to deliver the intervention, followed by item generation for a corresponding knowledge-based competency measure that could be administered efficiently through e-learning systems. In Phase 2, items were refined based on responses from an "experienced" reference sample comprising 17 existing counsellors with direct experience of the problem-solving intervention, and a “novice” sample with 14 untrained university students and NGO staff. In Phase 3, we evaluated two parallel versions of the measure in a validation sample (N = 277) drawn from universities and NGOs. Results The resulting 17-item measure was structured around a hypothetical case, followed by multiple-choice questions that asked about the most appropriate response to a practice-based scenario. The difficulty level of the test items was well matched to the ability level of participants (i.e., most items being of moderate difficulty and few items being easy or difficult). Only one item showed a negative discrimination index and was removed from the 17-item forms. Conclusion The final 16-item version of the KOPS measure provides a scalable digital method to assess key psychotherapeutic competencies among non-specialists, particularly in relation to a transdiagnostic problem-solving intervention. Similar formats could be deployed more widely alongside e-learning programmes to expand the global workforce capable of delivering evidence-based psychological interventions.

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge Of Problem Solving (KOPS) scale: Design and evaluation of a scalable competence measure for a common practice element in task-shared youth mental health interventions

Mathur

Michelson

Shetty

et al. 2023

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“…However, while most of the articles reviewed made some general A number of recent articles make a further case for how educational institutes and professional bodies in psychotherapy and counselling may need to adapt in order to provide their students and members with better training and skills towards practising online (e.g., Christian et al, 2021;Young, 2021). If this is to be embedded as a core skill in this way, an apparent gap in the available literature relevant to PCE therapies and their application online (Banack, 2021;Harrison & Wright, 2020) may need to be remedied.…”

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An integrative review of the person‐centred and experiential therapy literature on delivering individual video counselling and psychotherapy

Rodgers

Tudor

Sutherland

2022

Couns and Psychother Res

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Based on an integrative review of the relevant literature in and on person‐centred and experiential (PCE) therapy, this study identifies and discusses the findings of 13 articles on the delivery of individual video counselling and psychotherapy. Six overarching themes were identified: the discrepancy of the experiences of clients and practitioners; the possibility of good‐quality PCE therapy (psychotherapy and/or counselling); “doing” PCE therapy online; “being” online; the role of technology; and implications for training and practice. It is suggested that all these have implications for ongoing practice and education/training, and need to be considered by practitioners, educators/trainers, and professional bodies.

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Knowledge of Problem Solving (KOPS) Scale: Design and Evaluation of a Digitally Administered Competence Measure for a Common Practice Element in Task-Shared Youth Mental Health Interventions

Mathur,

Michelson,

Shetty

et al. 2023

J. technol. behav. sci.

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There are few reliable and feasible quality assurance methods to support scaling up of psychological interventions delivered by non-specialist providers. This paper reports on the phased development and validation of a digitally administered Knowledge of Problem Solving (KOPS) measure to assess competencies associated with a “task-shared” problem-solving intervention for adolescents with diverse mental health problems in India. Phase 1 established key competencies required to deliver the intervention, followed by item generation for a corresponding knowledge-based competency measure that could be administered efficiently through e-learning systems. In phase 2, items were refined based on responses from an “experienced” reference sample comprising 17 existing counsellors with direct experience of the problem-solving intervention, and a “novice” sample with 14 untrained university students and NGO staff. In phase 3, we evaluated two parallel versions of the measure in a validation sample (N = 277) drawn from universities and NGOs. The resulting 17-item measure was structured around a hypothetical case, followed by multiple-choice questions that asked about the most appropriate response to a practice-based scenario. The difficulty level of the test items was well matched to the ability level of participants (i.e. most items being of moderate difficulty and few items being easy or difficult). Only one item showed a negative discrimination index and was removed from the 17-item forms. The final 16-item version of the KOPS measure provides a scalable digital method to assess key psychotherapeutic competencies among non-specialists, particularly in relation to a transdiagnostic problem-solving intervention. Similar formats could be deployed more widely alongside e-learning programmes to expand the global workforce capable of delivering evidence-based psychological interventions.

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Counselling students' responses to conducting role‐play activities online: An evaluation of MSc university students

Cited by 3 publications

References 46 publications

Knowledge Of Problem Solving (KOPS) scale: Design and evaluation of a scalable competence measure for a common practice element in task-shared youth mental health interventions

Knowledge Of Problem Solving (KOPS) scale: Design and evaluation of a scalable competence measure for a common practice element in task-shared youth mental health interventions

An integrative review of the person‐centred and experiential therapy literature on delivering individual video counselling and psychotherapy

Knowledge of Problem Solving (KOPS) Scale: Design and Evaluation of a Digitally Administered Competence Measure for a Common Practice Element in Task-Shared Youth Mental Health Interventions

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