PSYC 495 Lecture 1: The Successful Internship All Lectures
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The big 4: engaged learning, experienced education, predictable stages, self-understanding. Essential attitudes and values: open minded, flexible, receptive, open to diversity. Essential skills: reflection, communication skills, active listening, giving feedback, using i statements. Essential personal resources: learning style, life context, support systems. Essential knowledge: cultural competence, what is expected, onsite resources, campus resources, liability insurance, professional, ethical, and legal issues, personal safety. Essentials for empowerment: positive expectations language, perspective, discussion, honor, mindfulness. The task at hand: examining and critiquing assumption, acknowledging concerns, clarifying your role, purpose and goals, developing key relationships, working with coworkers. Supervisor roles: personal safety, personal info, disclosures and boundaries, assessing and minimizing risk, self- knowledge, client development, motivation, current/historical situation, organization communication. Evaluation: proactive vs reactive, setting goals, mutual understanding. Be consistent with boundaries and know why you are setting them. Interacting with supervisors: a focus on learning, performance v education.
