PSYC 574

Credit: 2 hours.

This year-long course covers professional standards and ethics, which emphasizes applied skills for the practice of Clinical and Community Psychology. Students will learn basic skills in rapport-building, including initiating the first contact or session, reflective listening, and paying attention to affect, body language, and interpersonal process in session or interactions. Instruction in professional ethics, supervision, and consultation. Students may practice some of the learned skills by developing relationships with gatekeepers of local organizations and providing consultation and supervision or engaging in collaborations to improve the quality of life of community members.

Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 4 hours. Prerequisite: Clinical/Community Psychology graduate students only; or consent of instructor.