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Summary Of Clinical
Field Experiences All graduate students in
Counselor Education must complete a minimum of 700
hours of field experiences during their counselor education
program. The field experience hours are composed of a minimum of 100
hours of practicum experiences and 600
hours of internship experiences.
Practicum
Definition: Practicum
experiences are a brief PRE-INTERNSHIP
experience in which the student functions in activities
appropriate to and describe within each course. As short one-page
evaluation is required of the site supervisor at the conclusion
of the practicum experience.
Internships
Definition: Each
internship requires 300 hours at the site with
the student involved in a full range of both direct counseling
and non-direct counseling activities. 600 total hours of internship are required
for graduation. Audio taping of individual
counseling sessions is a requirement of each internship course.
The Counseling internship must be in a setting appropriate to
his/her track (i.e. school or agency).
Philosophy
Of Counseling Internship
We believe that
counseling internships are an integral and indispensable part of
the total program of counselor education. Ideally, it should
provide an opportunity for the counselor intern to develop
his/her own unique style of counseling. Interns must also
re-examine themselves, their beliefs, attitudes, prejudices, and "unfinished
business" while working within the theoretical
framework of the internship site. We believe that conscientious
and capable school and agency counselor supervisors are essential
to the success of the counseling internship experience. We
believe that only when people grow personally and professionally
will they become the exemplary mental health professionals
required in the twenty-first century.
Throughout the
counselor education program, students are encouraged to become
practitioners who utilize reflective thinking and sound
decision-making skills well-founded in established research
regarding effective, efficient practice of counseling. The
counseling internship is a time for synthesizing information and
refining skills through supervised application.
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