Practicum: 144 hours
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Seminar: 15 hours
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities. Practicum experience in Mental Health Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) settings includes supervised practice settings, group discussions, seminars, and self-study.
• Application of MHSU program theoretical concepts:
- PSR approach and Recovery Model of mental health care
- Trauma informed practices
- Therapeutic relationships
- Therapeutic communication
- Caring client-centered practice
• Experience with utilizing/following agency policies and procedures
• Maintaining client confidentiality
• Conducting holistic assessments and developing a client-centered recovery plan
• Experience with working within the MHSU practice roles and responsibilities of the students’ role
• Clinical documentation
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply the MHSU course theory into clinical practice;
- Implement PSR approach and Recovery Model of mental health care;
- Recognize trauma informed practices;
- Demonstrate therapeutic relationships;
- Apply the stages of a therapeutic relationship;
- Illustrate caring therapeutic relationship;
- Implement therapeutic communication skills:
- Listening and attending;
- Nonverbal communication;
- S.O.L.E.R.;
- Empathy, warmth, respect, and genuineness;
- Develop beginning skills of confrontation and immediacy;
- Build caring client-centered practice;
- Recognize behavioural manifestations, interventions, and treatments for common mental health disorders;
- Recognize addictions, substance use disorders, and harm reduction theories;
- Demonstrate safety, respect, and accountability in adherence to Douglas College and agency policies and procedures;
- Illustrate and support clients' rights and responsibilities while following ethical standards of practice;
- Demonstrate the importance of client confidentiality;
- Demonstrate self-awareness through use of a clinical practice self-evaluation tool;
- Collaborate and practise within the multidisciplinary team.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a MASTERY course.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials will be provided for students at the beginning of the semester.