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Clinical Experiences for Counselor Education Students

� COAD 6409: Counseling Skills and Techniques (begin learning clinical skills which will be applied in practicum and internships)

� COAD 6405: Group Procedures (learn and apply group counseling skills through experiential practice)

� Service-Learning Project in COAD 6406 & Clinical Capstone Project in COAD 6415

� Practicum: COAD 6482 � Internship I: COAD 6991 � Internship II: COAD 6992

COAD 6406: Service-Learning Project

� Students work in pairs, find counselor with whom to partner

� Meet with school counselor to identify area of need � Plan an initiative to address need � Assess impact of initiative � Prepare MEASURE and Report Card to show

process and outcomes � Leave MEASURE, Report Card and artifact with

school counselor

COAD 6415: Community Counselor Assessment Clinical Capstone Project

� Students create, promote, and deliver a presentation to target population addressing an assessed need.

� Presentation addresses: � Description of need and assessment process � Potential programmatic solutions � Budgetary suggestions � Potential impediments � Promotional materials and evaluations

Practicum: COAD 6482

� 100 contact hours (60% direct service) � Focuses primarily on skill development � Courses completed prior to practicum:

COAD 6400: Intro, COAD 6404: Theory, COAD 6409: Skills & Techniques

Practicum: COAD 6482

How experience is typically set-up

What students are expected to do (other reqs listed in manual)

� Student finds site/counselor (supervisor) to work with

� Submits supervisor’s credential info and site info

� Department approves site and supervisor

� Letter sent to site supervisor and her/his administrator

� Ongoing counseling with at least 5 students

� Consultations as appropriate for site

� Public relations activity for site

� Make and present at least two videos of individual counseling sessions

Internships I & II: COAD 6991 & 6992

� 300 contact hours each (60% direct service) � Focuses on overall professional development

and engagement as appropriate for site � Students at this level are expected to fully

engage with all aspects of professional role of school counselors at site

Internships I & II

How experience is typically set-up

What students are expected to do (other req. listed in manual)

� Student finds site/counselor (supervisor) to work with

� Submits supervisor’s credential info and site info

� Department approves site and supervisor

� Letter sent to site supervisor and her/his administrator

� Ongoing counseling with at least 5 students

� Small group counseling � One professional dev.

activity � Assist with or develop

project based on assessed need

� Make and present at least two videos of individual counseling sessions

Basic elements… � Database of approved site supervisors

(supervisors not included on the list may also be submitted for review and approval)

� Online site supervisor training � All students must have liability insurance � 100 hour practicum, two 300 hour internships � At least 60% of hours must be spent in direct

service � Students meet weekly with site supervisors

Online Site Supervisor Training

� http://ecucounselorsupervision.wordpress.com

Our process right now…

� Student identifies site and counselor � Meet with counselor and secure agreement � Student submits application � Supervisor completes online training � Student, counselor and counselor’s

administrator are notified of placement � Supervisor completes evaluation of student at

the end of experience � ECU Faculty assigns grade for course

Kylie Dotson-Blake Program Coordinator blakek@ecu.edu

Allison Crowe Clinical Experiences Coordinator crowea@ecu.edu