INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ENGAGING COOPERATION MANAGING CONFLICT
This includes a student’s interpersonal interactions with students, faculty, site supervisors and others involved with their academic progress. A student’s interpersonal skills in engaging others, asking for cooperation and in managing conflict all relate to a student’s future counseling ability. As well, a student’s classroom ability to demonstrate an appropriate level of counseling skill for their stage of development will be a factor in the evaluation. Finally, a student’s performance in their practicum placement and internship placements will continue this evaluation process. CMHC faculty will discuss the progress of each student at least once during each session. The emphasis is on progress rather than a fixed point of comparison, because each student starts in a different place based upon personality, previous experience and other factors. Students may receive feedback both formally in class and informally about areas of improvement the faculty observes. If after sufficient evidence has accumulated, the Progress as a professional counselor
student still has a significant need to improve despite prior feedback in their ability to relate to others in the program or through counseling skills, all full time faculty will agree on a Student Development Plan (located on the student MyHUgo portal at Student Development Plan) to recommend to the student. The student will be asked to prepare a list of their goals and objectives (specific actions which will help to meet the goals) prior to the first meeting. The CMHC Program Director and any faculty who have helpful feedback to share will meet with the student to review the student’s goals and objectives and to present the plan. The plan may include some combination of intensified supervision and contact in the classroom or placement sites, and a recommendation for the student’s own counseling or other form of self-care. If a student disagrees with the remediation plan after reviewing it with faculty, the student may request changes or indicate the reasons that they believe a remediation plan is not necessary or should be modified. If the student
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