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2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RHCN 686 - Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling


The purpose of the internship course to help students implement counseling skills into counseling practice.  This course is designed to provide a supportive, structured learning environment for acquiring clinical experience, developing and enhancing professional competencies. The internship is a time to build a framework of new professional counseling skills on a foundation of the material learned in the program courses. Over the course of their Internship experiences students are required to complete a minimum of 600 clock hours, of which at least 240 are direct client contact.  Course topics include but are not limited to counseling skills; record keeping; legal and ethical issues; collaboration techniques; developing and evaluating programs/interventions for clients
Credits: 3-9

Prerequisites: COUN 613 - Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice in Counseling  and RHCN 684 - Rehabilitation Counseling Practicum