The Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook: A Guide for the Helping Professions

by Baird, Brian N.

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9780134750880

ISBN10:

0134750888

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

4/1/1996

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Prentice Hall

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Acknowledging, anticipating, and addressing the everyday questions, anxieties, fears, and concerns of interns, this practical handbook bridges the gap between academic coursework and the knowledge, skills, and emotional challenges that are found in the "real world" of the helping professions. Organized both chronologically and topically, it begins with practical suggestions for how one finds an internship and concludes with how one terminates cases and looks ahead to career options. Includes exercises for self-exploration and easily-removed forms for evaluations, critical information, ethics and other essential tasks. Draws upon the latest research and information from psychology, psychiatry, social work, counseling, and other helping professions -- as well as extensive personal experience. Covers: Preparation; Getting Started; Ethical and Legal Issues; Internship Classes and Peer Groups; Supervision; Working with Diversity; Clinical Writing; Records and Progress Notes; Stress and the Helping Professions; Self-Care; Assault and Other Risks; Closing Cases; Finishing the Internship; and Frustrations, Lessons, Discovery, and Joy. Provides a variety of "tear-out" forms/checklists: Internship Selection Checklist; Placement Information Form; Internship Learning Agreement Record Form; Intern Evaluation: Supervisor Form; Intern evaluation: Intern Form; Emergency Contact Information; Ethical Guidelines; and Treatment Agreement and Informed Consent. A reference for interns, instructors, and supervisors involved in Internship, Practicum, and Field Placements in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, and related disciplines.

Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preparation	p. 1
Theory into Practice	p. 1
Terminology	p. 2
Finding and Selecting a Placement	p. 2
Meeting with Your Instructor	p. 3
Peers and Campus Resources for Locating Internships	p. 3
Community Resources	p. 4
Choosing a Placement	p. 4
Portfolios, Interviews, and Letters	p. 8
The Rights of Applicants	p. 10
Internship Agreements	p. 10
Evaluation	p. 11
Making the Most of Your Internship	p. 12
Get Help When You Need It	p. 13
Using This Book	p. 14
Introduction to Journal Work	p. 14
References	p. 16
Getting Started	p. 18
First Impressions	p. 18
Enthusiasm Meets Experience	p. 19
The Role of the Intern	p. 20
The Role of the Professional	p. 20
Meeting Clients	p. 21
Age and Experience Issues with Clients	p. 21
Time Limits	p. 22
Fees for Service	p. 23
Is Treatment Effective?	p. 23
Altruism versus Money	p. 24
Clinical and Ethical Issues Pertaining to Fees	p. 25
Inoculation: What Not to Learn	p. 26
References	p. 27
Ethical and Legal Issues	p. 29
Ethical Guidelines of the Helping Professions	p. 29
Competence	p. 31
Informed Consent	p. 33
Confidentiality	p. 34
Exceptions to Confidentiality	p. 36
Confidentiality with Minors	p. 41
Dual Relationships	p. 42
Liability and Insurance	p. 48
Technology and Ethics	p. 49
Summary	p. 50
References	p. 50
Internship Classes and Peer Groups	p. 55
Forming Internship Peer Groups	p. 55
Models of Peer Group Learning	p. 55
Elements of Successful Classes and Groups	p. 56
Video or Audio Recordings of Sessions	p. 59
Role Plays	p. 59
Ethics in Classes and Groups	p. 61
References	p. 62
Supervision	p. 63
Hopes and Fears	p. 63
Clarifying Expectations	p. 65
Frequency and Timing of Supervision	p. 65
Content of Supervision	p. 66
Didactic Supervision	p. 67
Case Discussions	p. 67
Tapes and Role Plays	p. 68
Live Supervision	p. 69
Observing the Supervisor in Therapy	p. 70
Theoretical Orientation	p. 70
Supervision and Therapy--Differences and Similarities	p. 72
Transference and Countertransference	p. 75
Suggested Guidelines for Therapy and Supervision	p. 76
Conflict in Supervision	p. 77
Evaluation	p. 78
Planning for Future Supervision	p. 80
References	p. 81
Working with Diversity	p. 84
Reasons for and Resistance to Diversity Training	p. 84
Steps toward Working with Differences	p. 87
Knowing the Diversity within Us	p. 87
Confronting Our Biases and Acknowledging Our Ignorance	p. 89
The Historical Context Must Be Acknowledged	p. 90
The Current Context Must Be Acknowledged	p. 91
Strengths Must Be Recognized along with Problems	p. 91
Ethnic Identity Development	p. 92
One's Own Prejudices and Biases Must Be Acknowledged	p. 93
A Model of "White" Identity Development	p. 93
Assumptions, Models, and Techniques of Treatment	p. 94
The Culturally Sensitive Counselor	p. 95
Culturally Sensitive Intervention Approaches	p. 96
Resources	p. 97
References	p. 98
Clinical Writing	p. 100
Writing Can Be Learned	p. 100
Focusing Reading to Learn Writing	p. 101
Practice and Feedback	p. 101
Rewriting	p. 102
Common Writing Problems	p. 102
Keys to Good Writing	p. 103
References	p. 107
Records and Progress Notes	p. 109
The Function and Maintenance of Records	p. 109
What Goes into Records	p. 110
What Stays Out of Records	p. 111
Progress Notes	p. 113
Structured Note Formats	p. 114
DART Notes	p. 114
SOAP Notes	p. 116
Time-Sequenced Notes	p. 117
Process or Progress Notes	p. 117
Signing Notes	p. 117
Dictation	p. 118
Progress Notes and Supervision	p. 118
Using Your Notes	p. 119
Other Guidelines	p. 119
References	p. 120
Stress and the Helping Professions	p. 121
Client after Client, Day after Day	p. 122
How Common Is Stress among Helping Professionals?	p. 122
Sources of Stress	p. 123
The Effects of Stress	p. 125
Burnout	p. 128
References	p. 132
Self-Care	p. 134
Time Management	p. 134
Closing Sessions	p. 136
Cognitive Self-Care	p. 136
Physical Self-Care	p. 139
Emotional Self-Care	p. 141
Support	p. 142
Multimodal Self-Care	p. 142
Personal Therapy	p. 143
Positive Effects on Therapists	p. 144
Financial Self-Care	p. 144
References	p. 145
Assault and Other Risks	p. 146
The Risks of Assault	p. 147
Coping with Aggression	p. 147
Strange Behavior and Strange People Are Not Necessarily Dangerous	p. 148
Understand Developmental Differences	p. 148
Understand and Recognize Motivational Factors	p. 148
Situational Factors and Violence	p. 149
Recognize Potentially Dangerous Individuals	p. 151
Early Prevention of Violence	p. 152
Institutional Responses to Threats of Violence	p. 153
Prevention of Imminent Violence with Clients	p. 153
Responding to Assault	p. 154
Assault Response Training	p. 155
Aftereffects	p. 156
References	p. 156
Closing Cases	p. 158
Client and Intern Response to Termination	p. 158
Common Problems in Termination	p. 160
Toward Successful Termination or Transfer	p. 160
Issues to Address in Termination	p. 163
Techniques for Termination	p. 163
Transferring Clients to Other Therapists	p. 164
References	p. 166
Finishing the Internship	p. 167
Concluding the Supervisory Relationship	p. 167
Letters of Recommendation	p. 169
Procedures for Those Seeking Letters of Recommendation	p. 170
Concluding Relationships with Staff	p. 170
Letters of Thanks	p. 171
Looking Ahead	p. 171
Professional and Political Involvement	p. 172
References	p. 172
Frustrations, Lessons, Discoveries, and Joy	p. 173
Learning from Whatever Happens	p. 173
Lessons We Wish Were Not True	p. 173
Lessons about the Lessons	p. 175
Discoveries and Joy	p. 175
Closing Comments	p. 176
Internship Selection Checklist	p. 179
Placement Information Form	p. 183
Internship Learning Agreement Record Form	p. 185
Intern Evaluation: Supervisor Form	p. 187
Intern Evaluation: Intern Form	p. 191
Emergency Contact and Procedures Information	p. 195
Ethical Guidelines	p. 197
Treatment Agreement and Informed Consent	p. 199
Supervisor Evaluation Form	p. 201
Clinical Activities Record Sheet	p. 205
Indexes	p. 207
Author Index	p. 207
Subject Index	p. 210
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