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Sep 24, 2024
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PSY 684 - Field Experiences in Applied Experimental Psychology Description: Short term, supervised (non-internship) field experiences in professional settings in experimental psychology. May include observational and professional activities directly supervised by faculty and site supervisors. No more than 6 credits may be on the master’s degree course of study. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: admission to graduate study in psychology, and permission of the program director.
Credits: (1-6)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and familiarity with the variety of clients, settings and behaviors where professional psychologists practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge and familiarity with relationship building skills necessary for practicing psychologists to use with other professionals.
- Demonstrate competence using pretreatment standardized/normed assessment skills appropriate for the specific field. Assessments may be mock assessments conducted in the field or using video records. Examples: functional behavioral assessments for behavior problems, neurological assessments for TBI patients, sample discrete trials, observational field notes, sample ADOS assessments for autism, data collection, animal behavior/husbandry field notes, counseling intake questionnaires, etc.
- Demonstrate knowledge of familiarity with pre-treatment individualized assessments. Assessments may be mock assessments conducted in the field. Examples: client interviews, teacher or staff interviews, significant other interviews, case history summaries, educational record reviews, etc.
- Demonstrate ability to practice basic/elementary treatment skills under direction and concurrent supervision of the site supervisor. Examples: discrete trials training, group therapy supervision, curriculum based assessments, etc.
- Demonstrate knowledge and familiarity with professional collaboration venues and techniques, including teacher/consultant meetings, IEP meetings, lab staff or zoo staff meetings; professional workshops, etc.
- Demonstrate the ability to link field experiences to course content in area of study.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 1/17/2013
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