Write the questions you would ask and identify the information you would seek as you use the skill of
preparatory exploring with Father Sanchez in the following situation.
Case Situation: At 3:15 P.M. on Wednesday, you receive a telephone call from Father Julio Sanchez, a Catholic
priest in a largely Mexican parish. He indicates that a family of seven needs help. He says that the parents and older
children are migrant workers. He reports that the family had been traveling to a new work site when their
automobile broke down.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Students' answers will vary. The skill of preparatory exploring involves asking questions and seeking
information about a prospective client or others, a problem or issue, and a situation—prior to the meeting. This is an
important but often neglected skill. Receptionists, intake workers, or executives from your agency may talk with
people before you first meet with them. They often have useful information that can improve the quality of the first
contact. Similarly, referral sources from outside your agency may have knowledge that can help. As part of making
a referral on behalf of another person or group, family members, physicians, judges, teachers, religious leaders,
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other helping professionals, and governmental officials often contact social service agencies. They may possess
important information concerning the person or group, the presenting issue and situation, and sometimes even the
nature of the service needs. As a natural part of the process of talking about the referral to your agency, you may
appropriately inquire about the person or group, issue, and situation with the referral source. Usually, you would not
have permission to seek information from other sources. For that, you would need the informed consent of the client.
However, when someone makes a referral for another person, family, group, organization, or community, you may
appropriately seek information from the referring source. Regardless of the source of information, however, realize
that what you hear from others reflects their own perspectives. Other people may view things in quite a different
way, and you may too.
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