EDCP 619 Practicum In Counseling - Term I-2

Marion D. Grothus-Magee, Ph.D., CPC, NCC

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Email: mgrothus@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

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EDCP 619 Practicum in Counseling is designed to accompany the student's initial supervised field placement at an approved practicum site. The course serves two related functions: it addresses the need for on-going group supervision during practicum and provides additional instruction on counseling skill acquisition and ethics to enhance practicum learning outcomes. In addition, it is a pre-requisite for EDCP 888 Internship in Counseling, and together, 619 and 888 complete the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) specified sequence for Clinical Instruction.

The student is expected to be able to:

1. Facilitate understanding of and adjustment to a supervised practicum field site.
2. Receive on-going group supervision during practicum placement.
3. Evaluate counseling skill acquisition necessary for Internship.
4. Assess clients' needs, discuss and determine counseling focus and goals, be familiar with procedures for intake assessment, treatment planning, case consultation and termination and/or referral.
5. Improve and refine one's counseling skills: Attending behaviors, active listening empathy,confrontation, goal setting, conflict resolution,and appropriate response patterns.
6. Be familiar with a variety of adjustment concepts, including; stress, frustration, aggression, conflict, decision making, and self-image.
7. Be familiar with Ethical Standards and professional and legal concerns.
8. Constructively critique not only one's own work but also that of a peer.
9. Understand how one's attitudes, personality, and self-growth impact on the counseling process.

Group Supervision

The effectiveness of the counseling process depends on the relationship between the counselor and client. One can only have an effective relationship if one is aware of one's own unfinished business, hooks, and resistances. Therefore a group process experience will be used to explore personal and interpersonal growth issues, and will be a significant part of each class. The development of group trust, self-awareness, and effective communication, to include appropriate critiquing of skills, will be major goals within the group. Expect to be challenged and to further challenge your peers, to be models and to teach each other with sensitivity and purpose.

--Alle-Corliss, L., & Alle-Corliss, R. (1999). Advanced practice in human service agencies: Issues, trends, and treatment perspectives. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

--American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.).Washington, DC: Author.

--Corey, G., Corey, M., & Callanan, P. (1998). Issues and ethics in the helping professions. (5th ed.). PacificGrove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

--Egan, G. (1998). The skilled helper: A problem-management approach to helping (6th ed.). Pacific Grove,CA: Brooks/Cole.

--Egan, G. (1998). Exercises in helping skills (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

--Sweitzer, H. F., & King, M. A. (1999). The successful internship: Transformation and empowerment. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole

*DSM-IV

**In addition, supplemental readings on assigned topics may be required. These readings will be handed out in class.

**An extensive film and book library will be available weekly for checkout. It is expected that students review as many as possible.

Welcome to one of the most rewarding classes of your life. It will be exciting, painful, frustrating, interesting and rewarding. There will be pain as you begin to stretch your abilities to meet your clientsneeds, but also there will be incredible reward as you begin to transition from student to counselor. You will experience not only the growth of your clients but also your own personal growth. I promise to be there with you at every step of the way. See you in class.

1. ATTEND: All class sessions. You must notify the professor prior to any absence in order to make arrangements for makeup work. A student who misses more than one class will receive a 1/2 letter grade deduction unless appropriate arrangements have been made. The student is responsible for scheduling with the professor and completing make-up work.

2. FIELD PLACEMENT: Make a commitment to complete a minimum of 300 total clock hours of supervised practicum experiences on site and in the classroom including a weekly Log documented by clinical supervisor.

3. JOURNAL: A weekly journal of your clinical practice experiences. This will include, but is not limited to, reactions to site placement, staff interactions, client experiences, personal and professional

insights. Expect to share parts of your journal with the class. You will hand in a summary of your weekly journal entries, biweekly, following the format provided for this purpose.

4. READ all assigned material and handouts and do workbook exercises as assigned.

5. TAPES/Transcripts: You will do 2 audio taped sessions with a 3 page transcript and a critique with a client. A standard size audio cassette recorder and blank cassette tapes are needed for this purpose.

MICRO AND MINI RECORDERS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. Tapes will be reviewed by your peers in the seminar class and/or by the professor in the individual sessions. Information on the format of the transcripts will be provided. SHOULD BRING A TAPE RECORDER TO CLASS EVERY WEEK.

7. CASE STAFFINGS: Expect to conduct an extended case discussion, with taped samples (at least 20 min in length) and case summary handouts at least two times during the semester. Plan to brief the class on the client, the nature of the problem, and bring relevant questions and focus for the class to address during your demonstration.

8. ROLE PLAYS/CLASS TAPES & CRITIQUES: Students are expected to participate in experiential activities that will enhance their counseling ability and insight. You will team up in and outside of class for peer counseling sessions (approx. 30 min). You will tape your sessions, taking turns at being client/counselor. Together you will critique your work, evaluate your effectiveness at demonstrating the basic counseling skills according to what you have learned, and share your experiences with the class. Additionally you will each hand in a 1 page critique on your counseling skills as exhibited on the tape. As the counselor some questions that should be answered are: Did you hear the client¹s problem? What was frustrating for you? What did you do well? What areas could you improve in?

9. SITE VISITATIONS/EVALUATION: Each on-site supervisor will be asked to evaluate the student towards the end of the semester. Additionally, the practicum instructor will be visiting your placement site and will be in close contact with your site supervisor.

It is important that all client information be shared only with appropriate classmates, clinical instructor, site supervisors and staff, and within the confines of the practicum site and practicum classroom.

Audio/Video taping of all sessions will be done only after the client release form has been completed and signed, and the client has been briefed on the use of the information in class supervision. Paramount to the counselor's ability to help others is an understanding of one's own issues and how they affect one's counseling ability. Therefore, the right of privacy of practicum students must also be protected regarding personal information shared during peer counseling sessions and during class discussions.

NOTE: All written work should be typed, double-spaced, APA format (unless otherwise specified by the Professor), and carefully proof-read. Please keep a copy of all work submitted.

*Egan: Workbook exercises may be discussed in class and/or role played.

**Corey: complete ALL Pre-Chapter Self-inventories for assigned chapters

Sessions

1---Introductions and Course Overview; Personal Goals.

Review Course Goals & Practicum Guidelines.

Assign Case Staffings. What is Helping all about .... Our hopes/fears.

HW. GOALS

2---Overview of Helping Model and Stages; Values; Self Efficacy.

GOALS DUE...EGAN WKBK * 1-7...... Peer Counseling Begins.

3---Identifying Experiences, Actions, Emotions.

Corey - Ch. 1,2........EGAN WKBK *8-10.

Egan Book: p.94 VIP Questions on Attending; p.104 Questions on Listening.

DUE: 1st set of Egan workbook exercises.

4---Basic Empathy.

EGAN WKBK *11-15.

5---Empathy & Probes.

Corey - Ch.2........EGAN WKBK *16-22.

6---Assessment; Identifying the Problem.

EGAN WKBK *23-27.

7---Probing and Challenging Skills.

Corey - Ch. 3.

DUE: TAPE TRANSCRIPT #1 for peer review.

8---Advanced Empathy; Immediacy; Self Disclosure.

EGAN WKBK *28-33.

DUE: Tape Transcript #1 for professor review.

2nd set of Egan workbk exercises.

9---Focusing; Being Concrete.

Corey Ch. 4.........EGAN WKBK *34-42.

10--Helping Clients Construct the Future.

EGAN WKBK * 43-49.

11--Setting Goals.

Corey Ch. 5.......EGAN WKBK *50-55.

12--Brainstorming & Commitment.

DUE: Tape Transcript #2 for peer review.

3rd Set of Egan Workbk exercises.

13--Strategy Development & Selection.

Corey Ch 6 .......EGAN WKBK *56-61.

DUE:Tape Transcript #2 for professor review.

14--Planning.

EGAN WKBK *62-68.

15--Follow Through.

Corey Ch. 7......EGAN WKBK *69-74.

DUE: 4th Set of Egan Workbook Exercises.

16--Review, Evaluation, Celebration; Goals for Practicum II.

Instruction

1st Hour Lecture and instruction (Theory)

- presentation of sequence of counseling skills

- review of ethics/Ethics case study

- integration of theory and practice issues

- role plays and new skills practice

Group Supervision

2nd Hour Case Discussions and Presentations

- review of peer counseling sessions/ site counseling sessions

- discuss placement site issues, relationship w/ site supervisor,peers,clients

- discussion of personal growth issues as they relate to professional effectiveness

- group process

3rd Hour Counseling Skills Laboratory (Practice)

- Peer Counseling Exercises

- Consultation with practicum instructor

**Individual appointments will be arranged with the practicum instructor

** Site Visitation will be made by the practicum instructor throughout the semester and will include a meeting with the site supervisor to discuss the students' progress.