ADCN 693 Addiction Counseling Internship I

This Counseling Internship course involves participation in a planned clinical experience in an approved agency or other setting under an approved supervisor. The internship is the culminating experience of MA licensure programs. The purpose of the Counseling Internship is to provide a supervised, field-based work experience that allows the student to:

• Further continue to integrate and synthesize counseling theories and techniques.
• Develop more fully the personal qualities, characteristics, and behavior of a professional counselor.
• Develop more advanced clinical reasoning and conceptualization skills.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Meet Hour Requirements

Complete 300 total hours of a supervised clinical training experience, with a minimum of 150 hours required for direct client contact; 25 hours required for individual supervision (IS); 25 hours required for group supervision (GS) and all other hours counted as Related Activities (RA).

1. Individual supervision is a time for the student to meet and go over clients directly with his/her supervisor and only his/her approved supervisor.
2. Group supervision will be when a student meets with his/her approved supervisor and other colleagues at his/her site discussing clients.
3. Related activities can be office work, telephone calls to clients, writing progress notes, and billing insurance companies. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
4. The student can keep track of his/her hours each week using the Liberty University Internship Log provided in Canvas and on the Practicum/Internship website. The student will provide the logs to the onsite supervisor in order for the supervisor to fill out the number of hours completed on the evaluations due at the 4 quarter marks of the semester. It is highly recommended that the student keeps a personal copy of his/her logs in his/her home records so they are available if requested in the future by the internship office or a state licensure board.

Practical Chapter Review Assignment

For the Practical Chapter Review Assignment of the assigned chapter, the student will follow the directions laid out in the “Instructions for Practical Chapter Reviews” document posted in the assigned Module: Week. Those guidelines serve as the primary instructions for this assignment; the module will also provide clarification for its specific chapter. The student must remember to address all four sections: Summarize, Respond, Reflect, and Act. Each section should be kept to 300 words. This assignment must be submitted as a Word document attachment in the link provided. 

The student will provide 2 taped 8-10-minute segments of recorded counseling sessions and type a verbatim transcript of each segment, (note: verbatim means word for word, so it includes “umm,” “err” and other filler words). Faculty will provide feedback on this portion of the session.

Case Presentation Assignments (2)

Each student will complete at least two recorded counseling sessions with case conceptualization papers and verbatim transcriptions (The video and verbatim transcription template will be submitted during a different module then the written case presentation). The first presentation and video and verbatim will focus on basic counseling skills. The second presentation and video and verbatim will include a treatment plan, an ethics section, and a multicultural section. 

Case Presentation Paper: Skills Building Assignment

At least 4 academic sources are utilized. APA headings are applied effectively, and title page, etc., are mastered. At least 1 citation per paragraph is offered. The paper is 6-8 pages of content in length, not including the title page.

Case Presentation Paper: Case Conceptualization Assignment

There is no page length for this assignment, but each section must be fully developed. Correctly referenced 5-7 peer-reviewed pieces of literature in APA format must be included in the Case Presentation Summary Statement and Theoretical Orientation and Research/Evidence-based Treatment section.  An APA-formatted reference page is required. A title page and abstract are not needed.

Note: Each case presentation must be a unique case, meaning that you may not present a case you have already presented.

Quiz: Video Informed Consent Confirmation

This quiz must be completed and the form submitted. This quiz will have 1 file-upload question and have no time limit.

Quizzes: Liability Insurance Face Sheet (2)

The student must submit copy of liability insurance at the beginning and end of the semester. Both quizzes contain 1 file-upload question and have no time limit.

Quiz: ACA Code of Ethics

This quiz will cover the American Counseling Association (ACA) code of ethics. The student will have no time limit to choose the correct answer for 20 multiple-choice questions.

Quiz: Policy

This quiz will test the student’s knowledge of the Addiction Counseling Internship Fieldwork Manual. The student must pass the quiz. This quiz will contain 1 multiple-choice question and have no time limit.

Quiz: Site and Supervisor Information

This quiz will cover the Learn material from the assigned Module: Week. This quiz is open-book/open notes with 2 short-answer questions and no time limit.

Quiz: Suicide Risk Assessment and Article

The student will review a specific journal article from the assigned Module: Week and respond to the questions based on the article. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 multiple-choice questions, and have no time limit.

Quiz: Dispositions Reflection

The student will rate himself or herself on the nine dispositions required for this program by the School’s accrediting bodies using the provided scale. The final question on the quiz is a self-reflection essay question. This quiz is open-book/open notes with 10 multiple-choice and essay questions. There is a 1-hour time limit.

Quizzes: Jungers & Scott (5)

These quizzes will cover the assigned chapters of the Jungers & Scott textbook. The student will choose the correct answer for 5 multiple-choice questions. There is no time limit.

Quiz: State Requirements Checklist

The student will upload a file of the State Requirements Checklist. This quiz contains 1 file-upload question and has no time limit.

Quizzes: Thomas (3)

These quizzes will cover the assigned chapters of Thomas, et al. textbook. The student will choose the correct answer for 5 fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and true/false questions. There is no time limit.

Quizzes: Supervisor Evaluations (2)

The student will download the “Midterm/Final Evaluation” forms found in Course Content and give them to his or her supervisor(s) to complete. The student will then scan the evaluation forms and submit them through the quizzes. The student who does not receive passing evaluations during the course will work with the supervisor and Liberty University internship faculty to develop a plan to correct any deficits. An “F” in the practicum/internship due to unethical or improper behavior at a site results in expulsion from the Center for Counseling and Family Studies. These quizzes will each contain 1 file-upload question and have no time limit.

Quiz: Kaltura Videos

The student must delete any and all videos from Kaltura prior to taking this quiz. This quiz contains 1 true/false question with no time limit.