DPSY 885 - Case Conference III: Intensive Oral Preparation

3 Credit(s)

This internship case conference, open only to fifth year (and some fourth year) students, provides practice and guidance in preparing for the clinical oral examination. It provides exposure to assessment case data and will address issues of instrument choice, administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and consultation. It gives special consideration to diversity issues, ethical practice, assessment as therapy, and effective recommendations. In addition, students are exposed to various clinical therapy theories and will practice explaining and defending their own rationales for treatment.