InternshipField Experience Orientation

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Internship/Field Experience Orientation

• Spring, 2008

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Application Process

• 1. Submit application materials to Tamara.
  Application packets MUST include
• Current resume/vitae
• Current transcript (informal ones from online are
  OK)
• Proof of liability insurance
• HIPAA Training Certificate
• COMPLETED applications (NO BLANKS OR UNANSWERED
  QUESTIONS!)
• ? INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED ?
• 2.  Once the packet is complete, Tamara will pass
  it on to the student's advisor.  They will
  approve the site and supervisor.  After approval,
  the advisor will send the packet back to the
  office to put in student's file.
• 3.  The student will then be released for
  enrollment.

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Approving Sites and Supervisors

• Site Requirements
• Allows for adequate client contact for counseling
  (40 of time direct counseling contact)
• Provides a minimum of 1 hour of individual
  supervision per week
• Supervisor willing to engage in supervisor
  training
• Trainee not asked to do things they are not
  qualified to do

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Approving Sites and Supervisors

• Supervisor Requirements
• Appropriately licensed/certified (i.e., LPC for
  agency interns certified school counselor for
  field experience)
• 3 years experience (post degree)
• Willing to participate in training

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Forms

• Internship/Field experience forms now on
  departmental website

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Forms - Application

• The application should be COMPLETE NO blanks
  (or it will be returned)
• Then follow application process described above

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Forms - Agreement

• The agreement is between you (and the University)
  and your site supervisor (and the sponsoring
  agency/school)
• Should specify
• Contact information
• That you will receive a minimum of 1 hours of
  individual supervision every week
• What their expectations are of you
• What your expectations are of them
• (We would also encourage, if possible, to specify
  your schedule so that expectations are as clear
  as possible)

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Forms Weekly Log

• Your weekly log is both a way to keep track of
  how you spend your time and a means of
  communication between your site supervisor and
  your Internship/Field Experience instructor
• Also note any diversity experiences on your log!

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Forms Counselor-Trainee Progress Assessment

• Your site supervisor will complete a midterm and
  final Counselor-Trainee Progress Assessment on
  you (assessing your skills and dispositions)
  which they should review with you
• After the Spring, 2008, no other midterm or final
  assessment will be used (except by instructor
  digression)

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Video Taping

• You must (at least periodically) video tape your
  work for use in supervision
• The counseling programs has equipment that can be
  checked out from Tamara if the site doesnt have
  adequate equipment
• It is OK to film JUST YOU, if your site is
  somewhat hesitate to let you film
• Use the permission forms for filming kids
  (agencies often have their own forms to use)