Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

5 Students must attain the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certificate indicating that they have successfully completed a course in Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams. Students carry out the doctoral proposal with any modifications that were deemed necessary at the time of the initial proposal. Students carry out their statistical analyses and write-up a results and discussion section under the supervision of a faculty advisor and consultant. Students must present results from this project in a workshop format (PSY 835) and obtain advisor/consultant signatures that the project is complete. Goal #2: Ethics and Legal Standards: Application of ethical concepts and awareness of professional guidelines. Objectives for Goal #2: a. Application of ethical concepts and awareness of professional guide- lines as well as local, state, and national legal issues regarding profession- al activities with individuals, groups, and organizations. Competencies related to Objectives for Goal #2 Readiness for Practicum Competencies a. Students have a basic knowledge of ethics associated with professional practice. b. Students have sufficient knowledge of APA and NASP ethical guide- lines to begin practicum experiences. Readiness for Internship Competencies a. Students identify ethical issues within their placements. b. Students have a comprehensive knowledge of ethical principles. c. Students can utilize an ethics based decision model to address ethical dilemmas. Readiness for Program Completion Competencies a. Students have incorporated ethical principles into their internship ex- periences. b. Students have conducted research consistent with codes of ethics. Goal #3: Individual and Cultural Diversity: Providing psychological services in a way that includes awareness, sensitivity, and skills. Objectives for Goal #3: a. Providing psychological services in a way that includes awareness, sen- sitivity, and skills required to work professionally with diverse individu- als, groups, and organizations. Competencies related to Objectives for Goal #3 Readiness for Practicum Competencies a. Students will demonstrate beginning awareness and recognition of how their own backgrounds influence their attitudes and assumptions about others. Readiness for Internship Competencies a. Students demonstrate awareness and recognition of how their back- grounds influence interactions with clients/patients, supervisors, and colleagues. b. Students recognize the importance of Cultural and Individual Diversi- ty issues in professional practice. c. Students demonstrate sensitivity and skills necessary to work profes- sionally with diverse individuals and groups. Readiness for Program Completion Competencies a. Students not only recognize but incorporate their own cultural back- grounds and knowledge of similarities/differences among individuals and groups into the professional provision of psychological services, in- corporating CID issues into every aspect of professional practice, and consistently demonstrating sensitivity and skills required to work profes- sionally with diverse individuals and groups. How Outcomes are Measured and Minimum resholds for Achievement for these Objectives/Competencies: Readiness for Practicum III.RP.a. Students master readings related to CID issues and integrate readings regarding CID into an integrative paper which explores the cen- tral importance of CID issues as they relate to a professional practice issue in the field (PSY 876). Students are required to write papers and pass final first year examina- tions that incorporate literature regarding diversity and multicultural perspectives (PSY 710; PSY 725; PSY 737). Readiness for Internship III.RI.a. Students are rated by faculty with respect to the degree that they recognize CID issues and address them in their interactions, case formu- lation, and practice behavior. Minimal competency is defined as "meets minimal expectations" (EDU 701; EDU 702; PSY 750, PSY 751). III.RI.b. Students must conduct a case presentation in the school setting (PSY 751) and clinical settings (PSY 822) which addresses the impor- tance of CID issues in case formulation and selection of appropriate in- tervention strategies. III.RI.c. Students are rated by their field supervisors in school and clini- cal settings with respect to the degree that their work indicates sensitivity and skills regarding an understanding of multicultural and diversity is- sues. Minimal competence is defined as a rating of "3" (Beginning Pro- fessional Competence), (EDU 701; EDU 702; PSY 750; PSY 751). Readiness for Program Completion III.RPC.a. Students are rated by their internship field supervisors as rec- ognizing and incorporating multicultural and diversity issues into every aspect of professional practice. Minimal competence is defined as a rat- ing of "4" (Beginning Professional Competence) on the Field Supervisor Rating Form. Goal #4: Professional Values, Attitudes, and behaviors: Attainment of a stable professional identity marked by concern for others and com- petencies for reflective practice, self-assessment, and self-care.

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