ATP-512: Internship III

Department
Credits 1.00
Academic Level
Graduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Engages student in a continuation of professional competency development begun during the first academic year of graduate study linked to seminar courses Internship I and II. Within a new, second academic year placement, Internship III focuses on advancing skills in continued domains and supports the student toward advancing competency in: diagnostic formulation and informed, collaborative treatment planning; critically constructing, conducting, and evaluating outcomes of art therapy treatment; critical observational and listening skills; clear, professionally collaborative communication skills, including facilitation of art based dialogue, documentation and presentation; cultural considerations; and critical evaluation of the dynamics of the treatment milieu and maintaining the role of art therapy within the setting. Skill development in these areas is steadily promoted through continued on-site clinical supervision. Weekly, individual clinical supervision is provided directly at the internship site by a licensed art therapist (LCPAT) or related licensed mental health professional. On campus, students will benefit from further integration of knowledge and skills during the seminar course taught by art therapy faculty. Prerequisites: ATP-501, ATP-502, ATP-503,ATP-504 ATP-505, ATP-506, ATP-507, ATP-508, APT-509 and enrolled in the Graduate Art Therapy Program. Students will take ATP-514, Group Therapy Techniques in Art Therapy and ATP-513, Art Psychotherapy and Trauma prior or concurrently with course. [ 1 credit ]