PERSONALIZED SUPPORT FLEXIBLE LEARNING
Students must purchase liability insurance prior to starting in their placement. This insurance can be obtained by joining the American Counselors Association or at a nominal fee from other sources like HSPO and CPH. The Clinical Coordinator will help the student with finding appropriate liability insurance if needed. INSURANCE If a student does not pass any clinical course on the second attempt after failing the first attempt, the student will be dismissed from the program. Finally, students who leave the site without the permission of the faculty instructor, the Clinical Training Coordinator, and the Program Chair; or are dismissed from a site by the site supervisor prematurely, with just cause, will earn an F and are at risk for being dismissed from the program. If the site supervisor identifies ethical issues with the student’s behaviors and the program faculty confirm such issues, the student will earn an F and may be dismissed from the program.
having to complete all hours from the beginning. There are two main components to fieldwork courses (MHS6800 Practicum, MHS6855 Internship 1, or MHS6886 Internship 2), classroom and fieldwork. The classroom component covers weekly online synchronous Zoom consultation groups with the class and also assigned work online. The fieldwork component consists of providing mental health services in an approved and vetted placement. A student must successfully complete both components, classroom and fieldwork duties in order to pass the course. Considering that fieldwork courses are structured to be a combination of classwork and fieldwork duties, a student can pass the classwork component and still fail a course due to unsatisfactory work at their placement site, and vice versa. As such, all fieldwork duties include, but are not limited to, providing client care and documentation, following agency policies, following ACA 2014 Codes of Ethics and a student’s state’s laws and rules, and properly documenting all direct and indirect hours spent at the field placement, among other duties.
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
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