post a script in which you directly respond to Sharon as her social worker. In your script, be sure to situate what Sharon may be feeling within middle adulthood and demonstrate empathy for her experience. Then, in your post, reflect on your approach and the practice skills you displayed.
Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure that your presentation is accessible to colleagues of differing abilities.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Thanks for meeting today via video conference. SHARON: Yeah it's great. It helps with my work schedule. FEMALE SPEAKER: Oh good. So Sharon, tell me a bit about yourself. What brings you here today? SHARON: I'm feeling conflicted. FEMALE SPEAKER: OK. SHARON: I've been married to Mark, that's my husband, for 25 years. We have two great kids. We've built a life together. But I'm starting to realize that this isn't who I am. FEMALE SPEAKER: What do you mean by that? SHARON: I have a close friend, a woman who lives down the street. Her name is Betty. I've been attracted to her for years and the attraction is reciprocal. I've never acted on my feelings out of respect for my husband and kids. I pushed the feelings away and just tried to ignore them. Now I feel like I'm getting older, the kids are grown and out of the house. I need to live my truth, but I'm not sure how my family or my friends or my church are going to react to my being gay or dating a woman. Well, something happened recently that just put everything into perspective for me. FEMALE SPEAKER: What was that? SHARON: I found a lump on my breast. I'm doing OK. I had surgery and now I'm going through radiation, but it really gave me a scare. And my first thought was what if I die before I can tell Betty how I feel? FEMALE SPEAKER: I can see how that would be scary for you. SHARON: And I'm feeling so much anxiety about what to do and how to talk to my husband. I can't sleep. I can't eat.