Instructors:        Yousry Armanios, M.D., M.A.

                        E-mail: yarmanios@hotmail.com

                        Phone: 614-777-1251

            
Course Prerequisites:

Students who wish to join this course, “Practicum I”, can only be qualified after successful completion of all courses of Year One on the Program.
 

Required Reading:

THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-LOVE, SELF-IMAGE

Author:

JAY E. ADAMS
Publisher:

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS, Eugene, Oregon 97402
ISBN:

0-89081-553-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-080705
 

Course Description:
“Practicum I” provides actual counseling supervision and practice. It starts with 6 introductory clock hours of a face to face, on-site didactic class with the Instructor. Thereafter, supervision has to be completed telephonically and electronically as students begin counseling in their church or community. There will be no final exam for this course. However, passing the course requires a grade of at least 80 out of 100% according to what is detailed below. A reading resources’ list along with the Assigned Readings shall be announced just before the beginning of the course.

Course Objectives:
“Practicum I” should improve a student’s clinical skills of communication. Students start to familiarize themselves with the counseling process, so that by the end, they should know how to spot and differentiate feelings in a clinical setting, and how to detect manifestations of problems or erratic behaviors. “Practicum I” should train students to apply their basic learning experiences of the first year. By the end of this course of “Practicum I”, students should be acquiring all Skills shown below. They also will start to learn how to integrate spirituality as an empirical element into the counseling process.

Course Requirements and Grading:
1. During the must-attend face to face 6 clock hours’ class in the beginning of the course, students shall be prepared to learn the basic clinical tools that they will need to apply during the course as well as in their future practice. Role playing, helpful handouts and other important forms shall be presented during the class. The Instructor shall also have at least one individual meeting with each student. Failure to attend the class shall mean dropping this whole course.
 

2. Each student must complete 10 face to face contact hours of individual counseling over the course period. The student must produce a record for each counseling session, either in the form of a written verbatim or an audible recorded audio tape, VHS videotape or DVD. Students must keep a copy for their records and send the original by mail or electronically to the Instructor in a timely manner. It is the student’s responsibility to meet all legal and ethical requirements in regards to confidentiality, consent for release of information, and record keeping. For that purpose, students may use the special forms that will be available during the face to face, 6 clock hour’s class. Upon receiving the recorded material of a counseling session, each student must have one-half hour of telephonic supervision from the Instructor. The student must set up the appointment to call the Instructor for telephonic supervision. Other forms of electronic supervision also apply, based upon individual agreement with the Instructor. A written verbatim should be concluded by the student’s clinical perception of whatever the counseled individual might need to proceed with the case in terms of specific referrals, therapies, follow-ups or else. This requirement (Number2) represents 60% of the final grade.
 

3. Before the end of the course, each student must write and submit a 5 page paper to outline the student’s counseling experience and what has been learned from all their clinical interactions. This requirement (Number 3) represents 20% of the final grade.
 

4. Assigned Book Reading: “To Be Announced” Students must write and present a 5 page critique of the book before the end of the course. This requirement (Number 4) represents 20% of the final grade.

Client Selection and Case Presentation Guidelines and Format:

Students shall have a wide spectrum of individuals to undergo their counseling training with. This may include, but not restricted to, relatives, friends, church members, community members …etc. It is very important to abide by all ethical and legal requirements and restrictions before, during, and after having any session. All recorded material must be safely and completely deleted or destroyed at the end of the course, even when a student may have to repeat the same course.

Students may have more than one session with the same individual. Nonetheless, it is preferred to practice counseling with individuals belonging to different backgrounds or with different issues.

All written work must be typed to a near-thesis standard as defined below:

o One inch margin top, bottom and sides
o Double-spaced
o Indent paragraphs half an inch
o Underline section headings
o Staple papers sent by mail – no paperclips, folders, or fanfold, please
o Page numbers
o All papers sent by e-mail must include a title page as an attachment
o Written material must reflect at least a near-Master’s Level use of the English Language in terms of spelling, vocabulary, and grammar.



Any written verbatim should reflect the following besides all interactions with the client:

1. Student’s Name
2. Setting (Church; Home …etc.)
3. Client’s Name (select an assumed name, not the real name)
4. Session Number (out of a total of ten sessions)
5. All concerns presented by client
6. Recommendations for further steps: A written verbatim should be concluded by the student’s clinical perception of whatever the counseled individual or couple might need in order to proceed with the case in terms of specific treatments, referrals or follow-ups
7. Anticipated Outcomes of Counseling: How the student believes the client will or will not respond to interventions, treatments or referrals
8. Evaluation of whether a session has achieved any goals for client or not
9. The students’ view of their own need to improve counseling skills in any specific area
10. How far the spiritual element has played a role, if any, during the session



Audio or audio-visual records should also include the same ten points shown above, to be recorded before the actual session starts (# 1 through # 5), and after the end of the session (# 6 through # 10).


Skills to be and emphasized and acquired during Course 22, “Practicum I”:

1. Establishing the Therapeutic Rapport
2. Identification of Feelings
3. Active Listening
4. Empathy;
5. Respect
6. Genuineness
7. Self-Awareness