Practicum Experience 2
Curriculum guideline
Practicum: 144 hours
and
Seminar: 15 hours
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities. Practicum experience in Mental Health Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) settings includes supervised practice settings, group discussions, seminars, and self-study.
• Application of MHSU program theoretical concepts:
- PSR approach and Recovery Model of mental health care
- Trauma informed practices
- Therapeutic relationships
- Therapeutic communication
- Caring client-centered practice
• Experience with utilizing/following agency policies and procedures
• Maintaining client confidentiality
• Conducting holistic assessments and developing a client-centered recovery plan
• Experience with working within the MHSU practice roles and responsibilities of the students’ role
• Clinical documentation
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply the MHSU course theory into clinical practice;
- Implement PSR approach and Recovery Model of mental health care;
- Recognize trauma informed practices;
- Demonstrate therapeutic relationships;
- Apply the stages of a therapeutic relationship;
- Illustrate caring therapeutic relationship;
- Implement therapeutic communication skills:
- Listening and attending;
- Nonverbal communication;
- S.O.L.E.R.;
- Empathy, warmth, respect, and genuineness;
- Develop beginning skills of confrontation and immediacy;
- Build caring client-centered practice;
- Recognize behavioural manifestations, interventions, and treatments for common mental health disorders;
- Recognize addictions, substance use disorders, and harm reduction theories;
- Demonstrate safety, respect, and accountability in adherence to ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½and agency policies and procedures;
- Illustrate and support clients' rights and responsibilities while following ethical standards of practice;
- Demonstrate the importance of client confidentiality;
- Demonstrate self-awareness through use of a clinical practice self-evaluation tool;
- Collaborate and practise within the multidisciplinary team.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a MASTERY course.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials will be provided for students at the beginning of the semester.