Students
will cover an average of 150 hours of
clinical work with Clients at the practicum site. This involves engaging in
therapy with clients to facilitate them in the process of resolving their
problems. In addition, the students are required to participate in at least one hour per week of individual/group
supervision from the on-site supervisor. Students are supposed to exhibit
competence, professionalism and high level clinical skills during group and
individual supervision, engage
in clinical interview with adolescents, administer psychological tests, score, critically
interpret and write reports. They will be actively involved in psychological
report writing and intervention competently making use of informed consent form
for treatment. The learners will also practically present clients’ psychological
reports and recorded tapes for supervision by the peers and primary supervisor.
They will practice record keeping (log); setting goals; making treatment plan, closely
following the therapeutic process; dealing with issues of termination,
debriefing, evaluations and community service.
- Editing Teacher: Alice Munene