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Apr 30, 2024
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Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BHAV 421 Field Practicum II5 credits
Field Practicum 2 continues to expose students to new clients, professionals, and services, building upon Field Practicum 1 by providing opportunities to participate in behavioral healthcare services. In collaboration with practicum supervisors and agency staff, students will work on new skills. The objectives of the three-quarter sequence of practicum courses are to provide learning opportunities which support students’ individualized professional goals through exposure, practice, and service.
Prerequisites: BHAV 411
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Gather client information, listen to client concerns, and assist behavioral healthcare professionals
Assess potential clients’ eligibility for services
- Use a resource directory to refer clients to needed services
- Defend the rationale for client-specific treatment recommendations based on the individual’s particular behavioral health concerns
- Formulate appropriate methods of positive behavior re-enforcement as well as crisis management
- Document services provided in an agency-approved manner
- Demonstrate professional work habits, including punctuality, reliability, maintenance of a clean appearance, dressing within the expected dress code, and completion of assigned duties
- Prepare for supervisory meetings
- Identify the organization’s scope of practice, strengths, weaknesses, staff positions, funding, and clientele
Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:
- demonstrate knowledge of the structures, functions, and organizations which comprise the local healthcare system, with a particular focus on behavioral healthcare organizations
- demonstrate abiding hope in recovery for each and every person
Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcomes of communication, intercultural appreciation, and teamwork.
Total Hours: 110 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 90
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