Fall 2019 Course Syllabus
Course: DAAC-1164- Section: 71 Practicum (or Field Experience) - Substance Abuse-Addiction Counseling |
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Instructor | Linda White | ||||||||||
whitel@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||||
Phone | (409) 984-6307 | ||||||||||
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Description | Practical, general workplace training supported by an individualized learning plan developed by the employer, college, and student. | ||||||||||
Prerequisites |
Technical Certificate: A minimum of 9 hours DAAC courses need to be completed prior to starting Practicum work. Exceptions are permitted to students already holding a counseling license or otherwise acceptable degree related experience. Associate Degree: A minimum of 21 credit hours is preferred. Exceptions are based on a student’s previous degree, experience, or if a student current holds a counseling license. |
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Learning Outcomes |
The student will complete a minimum of 20 hours in each of the following KSA Dimensions • Clinical Evaluation • Screening • Assessment • Treatment Planning • Referral • Service Coordination • Implementing Treatment Plan • Consulting • Continuing Assessment and Treatment Planning • Counseling • Individual Counseling • Group Counseling • Families, Couples and Significant Others • Client, Family and Community Education • Documentation • Professional and Ethical Responsibilities |
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Core Objectives |
Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. * Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. * Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. * Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making. |
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Program Student Learning Outcomes |
1. Assist delivering supervised mental health/addiction care to patients/clients on site. 2. For each of the eight (8) KSA practice dimensions I will observe treatment delivery and treatment services. 3. I will attend required on campus practicum and practicum meetings and present training experiences from my clinical site experiences as requested by my instructor. 4. I will become more knowledgeable about mental health/addiction through my involvement of treatment resources, clinical observations and supervision by my site supervisor. 5. I will register with the Texas Department of State Health Services as a Counselor Intern. |
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Textbooks | None | ||||||||||
Lecture Topics Outline |
1. Instructor Appraisal 2. Site Supervisor Evaluation Weekly Attendance Practicum Logs 3. Class Participation Class Leadership 4. Extra Curricular Related Learning Experiences |
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Major Assignments Schedule |
See Above |
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Final Exam Date | May 9, 2019 - 5:00 PM Through May 9, 2019 - 8:00 PM | ||||||||||
Grading Scale | 90 - 100 = A 80 - 89 = B 70 - 79 = C 60 - 69 = D Below 59 = F | ||||||||||
Determination of Final Grade |
Attendance Students are expected to intern for a total of 320 hours at the selected practicum site for the duration of the semester. Practicum schedules are to be arranged with your site supervisor. All students must attend the scheduled on-campus meetings with the course instructor. Your practicum attendance is to be treated as a job. If you are not able to keep your schedule, you Must contact the site supervisor in a timely manner, and email your instructor to inform that you will be on site during your scheduled time. The student is ultimately responsible for his/her own learning and professional growth, what you put into it is what you will get out of it! It is your responsibility to conduct a realistic self-appraisal of what you personally need to master and how you can best attain it. Challenge yourself to grow as an individual and a professional. Grading: Students are expected to keep a time log of their practicum activities in which weekly KSA domains and times are noted (see form provided). The site supervisor must sign completed entries every week. These practicum logs will become part of the student's experience record to document completion of practicum requirements for state counselor intern status. Students are required to keep these logs up to date and may be asked by the instructor to produce these logs at any time during the semester. Completion of the required hours for each of the KSA domains will be one of the major components of your grade. Lamar State College clearly recognizes that the practicum site is in charge of client care, and all services provided. At the request of the practicum site, the college will immediately withdraw any student whose conduct or work may have a detrimental effect on the facility. If a student is withdrawn from an practicum site, a grade of W (withdrawal) will be placed on the student’s transcript. A student’s removal from a practicum site may disqualify the student from enrolling in other practicum courses. |
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Course Policies | |||||||||||
Instructor Policies |
I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person. |
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Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Students with more than three absences from the course will receive an academic penalty (which is spelled out by the instructor). |
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Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||||
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Important Information | |||||||||||
ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||
MyLamarPA | Be sure to check your campus E-mail and Course Homepage using MyLamarPA campus web portal (My.LamarPA.edu). When you've logged in, click the email icon in the upper right-hand corner to check email, or click on the "My Courses" tab to get to your Course Homepage. Click the link to your course and review the information presented. It is important that you check your email and Course Homepage regularly. You can also access your grades, transcripts, and determine who your academic advisor is by using MyLamarPA. | ||||||||||
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HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. |