Running the Abortion-minded/ Abortion-vulnerable Visit Lesson 1: Guiding Principles Understanding the core values and guiding principles is essential to serving your client with excellence. This training will cover the importance of a visit and how to help the client feel at ease, as well as steps to reduce anxiety. We also emphasize the significance of counseling basics. Lesson 2: Before the Results Here, we focus on the intake time and how the client is feeling. Emphasis is placed on how crucial it is for her to feel heard and know that we deeply care for the client. Your staff will use the intake form to gather information, determine her biggest stressors and influencers, and to evaluate her current physical and mental health and safety. Lesson 3: After the Results - Options - Part 1 Knowledge about all three pregnancy options is imperative while discussing decisions with the client. This lesson will discuss the moment you deliver the news of the test results (whether positive or negative) and how to go through that conversation with her. We will coach you in how to help her unpack all of her emotions. In Part 1 we will discuss the abortion option. Lesson 4: After the Results - Options - Part 2 Knowledge about all three pregnancy options is imperative while discussing decisions with the client. This lesson will discuss the positive pregnancy test result. You will also learn about the pros and cons of adoption and parenting. Lesson 5: The Ultrasound Appointment The ultrasound is one of the most important parts of the client’s appointment. Research confirms that 80-90% of clients who see their baby on ultrasound will not terminate their pregnancy. In this lesson, we will discuss the profound impact the window to the womb has made on the client’s decision-making process. Lesson 6: After the Talk - Follow Up Follow-up is key to building a relationship with your client. You will want to schedule an appointment for the next week to give STD/STI results, perform an ultrasound (if you haven’t), and discuss education options. In this lesson, we will share how to help her make a plan that emphasizes the importance of returning to your center for valuable follow-up. Taught by Pam Stenzel Pam Stenzel was on the “front lines” in the early 1980’s, as Director of AlphaWomen’s Center, a counseling center for women undergoing crisis pregnancies. Her experiences taught her that before teen pregnancies and STD rates could decline, attitudes of teens toward sex had to change first. She is currently Senior Regional Clinic Coordinator for Community Pregnancy Clinics in Florida . She is founder of Enlighten Communications, a nonprofit whose goal is to provide structured sexual integrity education that empowers adolescents to create a healthy perspective of at-risk behavior. Running the AM/AV Visit consists of 5 lessons that will help you understand the importance of your first face-to-face interaction with your client. Lesson 1 covers the guiding principles or core beliefs. Lesson 2 shares how to use the Intake form to obtain information before the pregnancy test. Lesson 3 teaches how to present abortion, adoption, and parenting options to the client. Lesson 4 emphasizes the role ultrasound plays in appointments. Finally, in Lesson 5, we discuss the compelling reasons to secure a follow-up appointment for an ultrasound and to talk about the results of their STI test. These five lessons will be foundational in helping you build your relationship with the client. PART OF THE AWARD BADGE Onboarding with 13
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