The WebWheel model
Mary Gordon
NEPS
Key elements in model
Learners understand the process
 Focus on drawing up IAPs
 Business-like approach
 Primary skill of mentor is listening
 The mentor does not probe
 Mentoring is the offer of help
 Mentor brings rationality to learner
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Three-step process
Egan’s skilled helper model
(1998)
Stage 2
Stage 1
Stage 3
Step 1: Thinking about the
current situation
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Invitation to the learner to talk about their lives
Invitation to think about their lives
Systematic development of self-awareness
Acknowledging that something is a problem is
first step to sorting it
The rating invites learner to evaluate their
situation
Problems talked about can be helped with
Profiling Wheel
5-point rating scale
5: if they feel happy about the situation under
consideration or it is an area of positive strength
for them
4: if they feel they have no particular problem in this
factor area
3: if they feel they have a bit of a problem in the
factor under consideration
2: if they feel that they have quite a big problem with
some or all aspects of the situation under
consideration
1: if they recognise that they have a very serious
problem or feel that they are not coping generally
in their life
Rating values
5
4
3
2
1
Strengths / resources / resilience factors
Problems / difficulties needing attention
Three-step process
Egan’s skilled helper model
(1998)
Stage 2
Stage 1
Stage 3
Step 2: Imagining how else it
might be
Getting in touch with their desires and
dreams
 Fantasies
 Dreams are motivators for action and
change
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Step 3: Drawing up an
individual action plan
Focus on action
 IAP is learner-driven
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Contents of an Individual Action
Plan (IAP)
Home
Methodologies
Subjects (eg Woodwork)
Modules (eg FETAC)
Courses (eg LCA)
Work experience
Individual
Action
Plan
Support (inside centre)
Lifeskills programmes
Support (outside centre)
Activities (eg social, sports, drama, trips)
The GROW model
GOAL
WILL
REALITY
OPTIONS
Profiling Wheel
The Wheel factor areas
Attendance
Aspiration
and
motivation
Achievements Identity and
self-image
Basic skills
Physical
health
Emotional
well-being
Relationships
Participation
Home
Community
Housing
Income
Substance
Criminal
activities
use
 www.youthreach.ie/webwheel