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online Field Practicum course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: FIELD PRACTICUM

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Effective: 		Field Practicum - CS595 - Master's
Counseling
Mary Blankenship, MSW E-Mail - Vita
Bachelor degree or equivalent
900
$895
May 15, 2004


Canyon College Practicum FAQ - (Frequently Asked Questions)

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to define and function in the role of a professional counselor; develop and integrate into practice professional values and ethics associated with counseling; develop an understanding of how one's own values and ethics influence work with culturally diverse people; groups, disadvantaged populations, and women; to provide real experiences in the counseling and psychotherapy. The student will also have an understanding of team work; the roles within your organization; how your agency helps or changes your client's interactions with the community, families, and others.

COURSE PURPOSE:

By means of selected, organized opportunities, the field Practicum seeks to apply and integrate the knowledge, theories and concepts of counseling practice; provides for building on previous life and work experience as well as for the development of new areas of professional competence. This process will allow the student to bring together and to integrate for professional use: cognitive learning; professional competence, values and ethics; life experience; types of counseling and methods which will enhance skill and critical analysis of the counseling practice, and the responsibility and integrity to provide professional counseling services.

METHOD: The student will:
Practicum Assignments and Definitions

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***Stage I:
5 points

5 points





10 points





5 points
 (0-50 hours)
Practicum Goals: This is a list of knowledge or skills you want to achieve or improve during your Practicum.
Supervisor's Statement: A short statement written by your supervisor. This statement should state the agreement to supervise you, his/her signature with credentials. This must be faxed to my home office or sent US mail to Canyon College, Attn.: Your college instructor's name.
A Site paper: A paper telling about your agency or organization, including the origin, funding, purpose, the role within the community and your role as a Practicum student while there. This can be submitted via email, faxed to my home office, or sent as an attachment with an email.
Begin a Personal Journal: This journal is for you to record in a daily your experiences, feelings, or whatever you would like to write about regarding your Practicum. These 5 points are "Honor Points." You do not send your journal in or have to show them to anyone. They are your private recordings. I will automatically add the 5 points to each stage unless you advise me that you are not doing a journal. There are no grades for the journal exercise. 		Begins after you notify me of your placement


Stage II:
5 points

5 monthly points 		(51-400 hours)
Journal - You do not turn the journal in. It is yours to use.
Case Studies: This is a short paper to be done every month during your Practicum. Each paper may be a progressive report on one client, family or group OR, you may submit a different case study situation each month.

I would like an introduction (any name, age, gender, occupation, issues, economic status, history or any information you feel needed to help clarify the study. The study may be a real case or a fictional case.)

I would like a different technique or method of counseling used in each case study if possible.

I would like the Case Study reports/papers to be done in P.I..E. format.
P - Problem - why you are seeing the client(s) and how the problem is effecting the client(s)

I - Intervention -What you are doing? what you are having the client(s) do? Is there anyone else involved (police, spouse, family, job coach, etc.)? Were referrals made? What counseling technique or method are you using? Why you are using the particular intervention? How will you implement it? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention plan?

E - Evaluation - evaluate the method of intervention; the roles & outcome of any others involved with your intervention or client, and evaluate the benefit, if any, the intervention had on the client or situation.
This paper should not exceed two (2) pages. If you do have a format at your Practicum site which includes the information you may use it rather than the P.I.E. format. 		Continuation after Stage I


Stage III:
5 points

5 points each








5 points 		(401-900 hours)
Journal - You do not turn the journal in. It is yours to use.
Case Studies: described in Stage II. Continue with one per month until your Practicum is completed.
Phone conference: This is an informal call to discuss your Practicum progress, your goals and just get acquainted. I will email you asking for you to set a date (preferably on a Sat. so there are fewer interruptions), a time to call & your time zone and your phone number. This conference is not graded and you have the options of having me call or not.
Supervisor's Recommended Grade: Your supervisor is asked to grade your overall Practicum. He/she can email me the recommended grade or have you tell me. 		Continuation from Stage II


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