THE UNIVERSITYofTENNESSEE College of Education, Health & Human Sciences Educational Psychology & Counseling 525 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex 1122 Volunteer Blvd Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3452 COUN 659 SYLLABUS Internship in Counselor Education Fall 2013 Thursdays 2:10-3:25 Claxton 210 Dr. Joel F. Diambra 448 Claxton Complex jdiambra@utk.edu 865 974-8774 Office hours by appointment Course Description CE 659 Internship in Counselor Education (1-6) Supervised experience in departmentally approved counseling, teaching, supervision or consultation internship sites. Prereq: Admission to counselor education doctoral program and consent of the instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. S/NC only. Internship Goals The internship provides doctoral students with experience in advanced counseling, teaching, and/or supervision practice. The student develops and refines these advanced skills and conceptually links clinical, teaching, or supervision practice to theory and research. The clinical internship allows the student to: (1) Apply advanced theories and techniques in counseling, teaching, and/or supervision. (2) Demonstrate counseling, teaching, and/or supervision skills consistent with ethical and professional standards. (3) Practice while receiving supervision provided by a group faculty supervisor and a credentialed counseling professional or faculty member. CACREP Guidelines The Doctoral Program in Counselor Education uses the following CACREP standards to guide internship instruction. The Counselor Education Internship addresses and/or reinforces the Council for Accreditation of Counseling Related Educational Programs (CACREP) 2009 Doctoral Standards in Counselor Education and Supervision, Section II Professional Identity, Section III Professional Practice and Section IV Learning Outcomes: 1
Section II: Professional Identity Learning experiences beyond the entry level are required in all of the following content areas: 1. Theories pertaining to the principles and practice of counseling, career development, group work, systems, consultation, and crises, disasters, and other trauma causing events. 2. Theories and practices of counselor supervision. 3. Instructional theory and methods relevant to counselor education. 4. Pedagogy relevant to multicultural issues and competencies, including social change theory and advocacy action planning. 5. Design, implementation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative research. 6. Models and methods of assessment and use of data. 7. Ethical and legal considerations in counselor education and supervision (e.g., ACA Code of Ethics, other relevant codes of ethics, standards of practice). Section III: Professional Practice B. Doctoral students are required to complete doctoral-level counseling internships that total a minimum of 600 clock hours. The 600 hours include supervised experiences in counselor education and supervision (e.g., clinical practice, research, teaching). The internship includes most of the activities of a regularly employed professional in the setting. The 600 hours may be allocated at the discretion of the doctoral advisor and the student on the basis of experience and training. C. During internships, the student must receive weekly individual and/or triadic supervision, usually performed by a supervisor with a doctorate in counselor education or a related profession. Group supervision is provided on a regular schedule with other students throughout the internship and is usually performed by a program faculty member. Section IV: Doctoral Learning Outcomes Programs must provide evidence that doctoral students will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practices beyond the entry-level program requirements in all of the following areas. Programs may choose to emphasize one or more of the following areas congruent with program mission. Supervision A. Knowledge 1. Understands the purposes of clinical supervision. 2. Understands theoretical frameworks and models of clinical supervision. 3. Understands the roles and relationships related to clinical supervision. 4. Understands legal, ethical, and multicultural issues associated with clinical supervision. B. Skill/Practices 1. Demonstrates the application of theory and skills of clinical supervision. 2. Develops and demonstrates a personal style of supervision. Teaching C. Knowledge 1. Understands the major roles, responsibilities, and activities of counselor educators. 2. Knows instructional theory and methods relevant to counselor education. 3. Understands ethical, legal, and multicultural issues associated with counselor preparation training. D. Skill and Practices 2
1. Develops and demonstrates a personal philosophy of teaching and learning. 2. Demonstrates course design, delivery, and evaluation methods appropriate to course objectives. 3. Demonstrates the ability to assess the needs of counselors in training and develop techniques to help students develop into competent counselors. Counseling G. Knowledge 1. Knows the major counseling theories, including their strengths and weaknesses, theoretical bases for efficacy, applicability to multicultural populations, and ethical/legal considerations. 2. Understands various methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness. 3. Understands the research base for existing counseling theories. 4. Understands the effectiveness of models and treatment strategies of crises, disasters, and other trauma-causing events. H. Skills and Practices 1. Demonstrates a personal theoretical counseling orientation that is based on a critical review of existing counseling theories. 2. Demonstrates effective application of multiple counseling theories. 3. Demonstrates an understanding of case conceptualization and effective interventions across diverse populations and settings. Academic Honesty UTK Honor Statement and Pledge An essential feature of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a commitment to maintaining an atmosphere of intellectual integrity and academic honesty. By registering for this course, you are responsible for upholding this pledge. The pledge reads, As a student of the University, I pledge that I will neither give knowingly or receive any inappropriate assistance in academic work, thus affirming my own personal commitment to honor and integrity. Special Accommodations If you have a disability that prevents you from performance according to class requirements, please fill out a release form from the Office of Disability Services so that appropriate accommodations can be made. Additional Resources Writing Center. The Writing Center (HSS 211) offers assistance in preparing written materials for all classes. Tutors will help any student, graduate or undergraduate, decide on topics, revise drafts, find grammatical errors, and prepare outlines. Students must be actively involved in the tutoring and be willing to write better English. Students may self-initiate a visit to the Center or may be referred by their instructors. Appointments are not necessary, but they can eliminate the risk of coming to the Center and finding all tutors busy with other students. Questions? Contact the Writing Center, 211 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 974-2611. 3
Internship Requirements Liability Insurance Purchase counseling liability insurance prior to the beginning of the internship through the UTK Risk Management Office by contacting Synthia Clark in EPC main office. You must have proof of counseling insurance before providing counseling to client, or teaching or supervising students. YOU MUST PROVIDE INSTRUCTOR WITH EVIDENCE OF YOUR LIABILITY INSURANCE BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PLACEMENT. Professional disclosure statement The purpose of the professional disclosure statement is to provide the recipient of services information about your current status as a doctoral intern, past experience, competence, licensure, commitment to code of ethics, and guidelines for confidentiality. Ethics Pledge A copy of the ethics pledge is in the Practicum and Internship Handbook. The purpose of the ethics pledge is to document that you have read and studied the professional ethical standards related to the internship activity and are committed to upholding those standards. Internship Contract The internship contract represents an agreement among you, your site supervisor, and your internship supervisor focused on your goal, task, and outcome commitment for the semester. These may be adjusted at any time during the semester. Develop Permission to Tape Form and Obtain Permission to Tape Obtain permission to tape from counselees or students. Taping, Written Notes, and Supervision The amount of taping is to be negotiated with site and group supervisor and depends upon setting, responsibilities, and goals of the internship. Fill out the Report of Counseling, Supervision, or Teaching Session form. There is a specific form for each of the internship activities (counseling, supervision or teaching). The teaching form is a class planning and evaluation document. Turn in these reports each week to the site supervisor; turn these forms in to the group supervisor at the full group internship meetings. Attendance and Participation It is extremely important that you attend group supervision sessions, contribute to class discussions, and complete assigned activities. Failure to attend two scheduled sessions will result in an NC. It is also important that you fulfill your commitments to your internship site and provide appropriate notice when you are unable to attend. Your attendance and participation in class are critical. We will use much of our time in group internship to review, critique, and develop your counseling, supervision, and teaching skills. Your skill development will come from the feedback you receive from your peers, site supervisor, and group instructor, as well as from the process of giving feedback to help your 4
peers develop their skills. Please be on time for class (and for your internship work as well). If you must miss or be late due to a highly unusual and seemingly unavoidable circumstance, please contact me in advance or as soon as possible afterward. Taping Be prepared to play a 10-12 minute segment of your recent work for discussion and feedback on designated days. In preparation for this group supervision, review your selected session tape and set it to the section that you would most like feedback. An occasionally understandable reason for not pre-reviewing your tape before internship class would be if you have just finished a clinical, teaching, or session/class shortly before class about which you have strong feelings and would like feedback. For the rare, pre-approved clinical internship sites in which taping is not allowed, provide a comparable, well thought-out case process description with questions/decisions with which you would like the group s help. Written Project and Presentation Each intern will prepare the following: Written Project Clinical Internship You will become an expert on at least one client and will develop a case study that includes the following information: Description of the client (age, grade, affect, behavior, and academic performance) Description of developmental, cultural, special needs issues General impression of the client including your personal thoughts/feelings Goal Strategy of client progress Evaluation Ethical issues Research that reflects your case The case study needs to be articulated through a theoretical framework or research perspective. Supervision Internship You will prepare an Assessment of Supervision that includes the following: Supervision philosophy and theoretical orientation Articulate how this philosophy informs your practice Highlights at least two students and describes an assessment of their progress in practicum/internship and your role in their progress Description of developmental, cultural, special needs issues Your evaluation of your performance as a supervisor (strengths and challenges) Ethical issues Research that reflects your work Teaching Internship You will prepare an Assessment of Teaching that includes the following: 5
Teaching philosophy and theoretical orientation Highlights at least two students and describes an assessment of their progress as related to teaching assignments, classroom discussion, activities, and teaching strategies Description of developmental, cultural, special needs issues Records strengths and weaknesses of teaching Provides a plan for improvement of teaching Ethical issues Research that reflects your work If you are in your second or third clinical, supervision or teaching internship, please prepare an advanced special project. This is a project of your choice that demonstrates or addresses one of the issues, challenges, or interests related to experiences during the clinical or teaching internship. This project needs to be negotiated between you and the instructor and includes components related to professional experience, research, theory, and counselor education. The project culminates in a written project and a presentation. Presentation Each student will orally present their written project. Internship Forms Complete the Internship Log. Turn in the internship log as required. Complete the Mid term and Final Evaluation form. Complete the Placement Evaluation form. Complete the Internship Summary form. Note: The site supervisor will meet with the intern once each week for individual supervision. The formal evaluation will be an assessment of the intern s clinical knowledge, skills, values, and practice along with self-awareness, ethical principles, and responsiveness to clinical issues. 6
Evaluation Evaluation is based upon completion of the required assignments and evaluations. An integral component of the internship is the evaluation procedure. It is essential that clinical and teaching interns learn to think critically about their professional performances. Interns must have individual supervision meetings with the site supervisor on a regular basis. Interns should periodically evaluate themselves identifying both strengths and weaknesses. Evaluation is continuous throughout the internship and the professional career. Mid-term and final evaluations Students and site supervisors must meet in the middle of the semester and at the end of the semester to formally evaluate intern performance using corresponding evaluations from the Practicum and Internship Handbook. Site-visits for Clinical Supervision You will need to work with me to arrange a site visit this semester to see your work place, meet your site supervisor, discuss strengths, weaknesses, and any difficulties encountered Professional disclosure for counselors (A) A doctoral intern with clinical, instructional, or supervision responsibilities is required to review a professional disclosure statement (or information contained in the statement) before providing services to a counselee, student, or supervisee. The doctoral intern may provide the counselee, student, or supervisee with a copy of the professional disclosure statement and/or asked the recipient to indicate that he or she has read the statement. The intern may also make a copy of that statement available. (B) The professional disclosure statement shall contain: (1) The name, title, and contact phone number of the intern. (2) The intern s current status as a doctoral student in counselor education and responsibility as a doctoral intern in clinical, teaching, or supervision. (3) The formal professional education of the intern, including his or her academic degrees related to counseling. (4) The intern s area of experience and competence in counseling. (5) The type of license(s) held by the intern. (C) The following legal and ethical principles apply to services provided: (1) Name of Code of Ethics being followed. (2) Mandates of Confidentiality (list exceptions, danger to self and others, danger to another person, best interests are at stake, required by law to disclosure confidential information). Note that in any of these situations minimum amount of information will be disclosed and client, supervisee, or student will be informed of the disclosure. 7
Class Schedule Thursday, August 21 August 28 September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 Introduction to the Internship Experience in Teaching, Supervision, Counseling, and Counselor Education and Supervision Introductions Syllabus Review o Assignments o Presentation Sign-up Sheet Discussion of Internship Sites: Issues, Challenges, and Questions Best Practices in Teaching Pre-internship Supervision Assessment Written Vignette (hypothetical) and ethical standard Documentation o Professional disclosure statement o Liability insurance o 1 st draft of contract o Permission to tape form o Ethics Pledge (in handbook) Ethical and Legal Considerations Assignment 1: Bring one possible situation/vignette (written) that might arise and the code of ethics you will follow in your internship. Please cite the specific standard that pertains. Bring enough copies for everyone. Assignment 2: Supervision interns submit their Pre-Internship Supervision Assessment. Bring the following forms to class: Professional disclosure statement for my files Liability Insurance 1st copy of contract Copy of Permission to Tape Form Discussion of Internship Sites Supervision/Teaching/Counseling/CES Plans Writing goals and objectives Theoretical framework Methodology Evaluation Supervision Interns only Assignment 1: Two supervision presentations Assignment 2: Submit your final contract Teaching Interns only Assignment 1: Two teaching presentations Assignment 2: Submit your final contract Counseling/CES interns only Assignment 1: Bring your contract and your plan to class Assignment 2: Submit your final contract 8
October 2 Supervision Interns only Assignment: Two supervision presentations ALL INTERNS SUBMIT THE MID-TERM EVALUATION WITH SIGNATURES October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 NO CLASS - SACES CONFERENCE NO CLASS FALL BREAK Teaching interns only Assignment 1: Two teaching presentations Counseling/CES Interns only Assignment 1: Presentations of counseling case study (with tape) Supervision interns only Assignment 1: Two supervision presentations Teaching interns only Assignment 1: Two teaching presentations LAST CLASS (all interns Discussion of Internship Sites All Paperwork due (Logs, final evaluations, etc.) NO CLASS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 9
Check List for Internship Notebook Building your notebook is an ongoing process and by the end of the semester will include the following: Liability insurance Professional disclosure statement Ethics Pledge Contract of goals and corresponding activities Philosophy statement Report of Counseling Session forms/report of Supervision Forms or Teaching Plans Case Study OR Special Project Internship Log with Signatures Mid-term and Final Evaluation forms with signatures Placement Evaluation Form Internship Summary Form 10