CONVERTING CLOSED-ENDED QUESTIONS TO OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

In this week’s Discussion, you used open-ended questioning with the service user from your case study. For this Assignment, you will continue to develop this skill by converting closed-ended questions to open-ended questions. You will also consider how to rephrase or redirect open-ended questions that do not elicit a robust response and why it is important to ask open-ended questions during an assessment. 

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

TO PREPARE

• Review the Learning Resources on open-ended questioning. Pay particular attention to the examples of open-ended questions, how they are structured, and how they are different from closed-ended questions. Also, consider the importance of asking open-ended questions during an assessment.
• Review the closed-ended questions in the document entitled, “Converting Closed Questions.” Consider how you would convert each to an open-ended question. 

BY DAY 7

Submit a 2-page paper that addresses the following:

• Convert the closed-ended questions from the Converting Closed Questions document to open-ended questions.
• Explain how you might rephrase or redirect a question that seemed open-ended but received a closed-ended response.
• Explain why it is important to ask open-ended questions during an assessment. Be specific, and use examples to illustrate your explanation.