This subject contains a 2.5 day Compulsory Residential School.
This online residential school is intended to serve a number of functions:
" to introduce staff and students;
" to orient students to the academic requirements, support services and technical facilities available to them;
" to familiarize students with the detailed placement requirements of the professional psychology programs;
" to commence provision of information regarding core foundational knowledge components of the professional psychology programs;
" to undertake the counselling skills training and assessment component required by accreditation guidelines;
" to demonstrate the application of skills in diagnosis and case formulation;
" to engage the students in case analysis and discussion.
Activities include:
" Introduction to program;
" Orientation to the Interact2 site;
" Provision of information regarding the academic and placement requirements of the programe;
" small-group learning activities, case discussions, role-plays, and self-evaluation tasks;
" demonstrations of specific psychological skills.