Reflections

Open-ended questions are a helpful tool to gather new information. This example shows an open ended question that also uses reflections. Reflections are helpful as they show that you are listening and understand what a caregiver is saying.

This is an emotional focus reflection, which addresses the emotion of a statement. 

Open-ended questions are a helpful tool to gather new information. This example shows an open ended question that also uses a double-sided reflection, which is a reflection that considers both sides of a caregivers ambivalence. 

In this example, the home visitor uses a complex reflection to reflect a caregivers desire to maintain her social life with friends and how important that is to her, considering the hard work she puts in as a caretaker.