School Counseling List of Acceptable Practicum and Internship Activities

School Counseling

List of Acceptable Practicum and Internship Activities

Direct Hours:

*Counsel your friends and family’s children

*If your school allows it, do telehealth counseling (either online or by telephone) with students. Before you do telehealth with clients watch this short training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teRe3WwjAk4

*Create guidance lessons and support group curriculum - consider ways in which this can be translated to online activities and present it to children you know. Topics for guidance lessons include: study skills, career exploration, testing prep, college planning, career exploration, resilience, suicide prevention)

* Create a 30-minute interactive Facebook Live guidance lesson. Do a test run of the activity with children you know

* Collaborate with school social worker for home/school visits

* Make phone calls to check in with high needs families

* Join Facebook Groups, read questions and comment when you can, consider ways in which you can build your own support network

Consultation with other school staff

Indirect Hours:

* Search for grant possibilities for guidance programming

* Create a community resource list for families at home

* Reach out to community agencies to see their response to this situation

* Read and discuss with your fellow classmates- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry

* Watch and discuss the movie Paper Tigers

* Make Calm Down Books or Calm Down Bottles

* Explore ASCA website and resources

* Partnering with teachers, administrators, parents and community stakeholders to advocate for all students. (e.g., SIT, SST, resources sharing, joint presentations, committees, school boards,)

* Organizing and maintaining the factors that fall under the foundation and management components of the National ASCA model (e.g., mission and vision, data analysis, action plans, calendars, etc.)

Online Trainings for Indirect Hours:

Online Trainings for indirect hours.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Injury Prevention and Control: Division of Violence

Prevention

Connecting the Dots: Introduction to the Links between Multiple Forms of Violence

https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/connecting-the-dots/node/4

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences

https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/aces-training/#/#top

Principles of Prevention

https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/principles-of-prevention/

STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere

https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/stryve/

What is Prevention?

https://preventchildabusenc-lms.org/

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

https://training.sprc.org/

Locating and Understanding Data for Suicide Prevention

https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=35

A Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention

https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=31

Preventing Suicide in Emergency Department Patients

https://training.sprc.org/enrol/index.php?id=30

US Department of Health and Human Services

Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals (4 courses):

https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/education/behavioralhealth?gclid=CjwKCAjwmKLzBRBeEiwACCVihrCTf-z-ciTbHQqhHxk7UZQYs_taiL7OAZOF8mw5X9Yy950CAtmbhoC368QAvD_BwE

UNC Behavioral Health Springboard:

Children and Adolescents Affected by Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

https://bhs.unc.edu/node/248

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

https://bhs.unc.edu/FASD-free

Introduction to the Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with

Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Web-Based Provider Training Curriculum

https://bhs.unc.edu/introduction-mental-health-needs-children-and-young-peopleintellectualdevelopmental-disabilities

www.sprc.org Suicide Prevention Resource Center (under trainings)

www.samhsa.gov

https://learn.nctsn.org/ The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (required to create an account but no charge to access webinars)

ACEs Training

https://www.acesonlinelearning.com/

https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/aces-training/#/#top

CMHC Counseling

List of Acceptable Practicum and Internship Activities

Direct Hours:

*Conduct teletherapy sessions (via computer or telephone, not from your personal cell phone), if your site allows. Here is a short training on conducting telehealth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teRe3WwjAk4

*Lead psychoeducation via Facebook live. Examples: guided meditation, coping strategies for dealing with anxiety.

*Create a consultation group with colleagues from your class. Meet virtually to discuss cases (without identifying information), your current mental health, your experience as a counselor in training, etc.

*Remember that class time counts as direct hours per our Handbook.

*Research a topic and create a group curriculum. Examples: grief/loss group, military spouse group, improving interpersonal relationships group.

Indirect Hours:

*Keep a reflective journal about your self-care practices and ways in which you are maintaining your mental wellness

*Explore the ACA website

*Check in with healthcare and mental healthcare workers. (Note: not to provide therapy, but as an informal source of support)

*Read the book “I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me” and discuss with colleagues

*Read the book “What Made Maddy Run” and discuss with colleagues

*Create a list of community resources that clients may benefit from accessing

*Explore the BSRB website including Kansas Statutes and Regulations that pertain to licensed counselors

*Complete Online Trainings:

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