College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

74 filed, or who obtain the license during their doctoral program, may petition the program to waive some of the required 1000 direct client contact hours. However, waiving part of this client contact hour requirement does not release a student from completing all of the practicum or internship requirements of the program. In order for a waiver request of client contact hours to be approved, the student must also provide a copy of their supervisor’s vita and credentials. In order for their supervision to count, these credentials must indicate that the previous supervisor was licensed in the mental health field AND had appropriate credentials for supervision If a waiver request is approved, students still are required to document a minimum of 100 in-the-room client contact hours with individuals, couples, and/or families during their time as a student in the program before beginning clinical internship. At least 50 of these hours must be accrued at the Brief Therapy Institute (BTI) Practicum hours may be included in the total. In order to count, all 100 direct client contact hours must be supervised by AAMFT Approved Supervisor, who will sign and document that the hours submitted are accurate. Students must follow all BTI policies and procedures. For client contact hours obtained outside of BTI, documentation of client contact and supervision hours must include the date, type of session (i.e., family, couple, or individual), length, and location of each session. Students must have written case notes for all sessions listed. The necessary forms are available online at the CAHSS student resources website. Students must submit their completed forms to the Internship Coordinator at the end of EACH term to ensure progress is recorded and the student file remains updated. Students must submit to the Internship Coordinator the ORIGINAL SIGNED copy of the completed forms with all hours totaled and with all signatures in BLUE. Students must keep a copy of all completed and signed forms during their entire program and for future licensure needs. Client Confidentiality and Use of Client Information (DVDs and/or flash drives) Clients seen at the Brief Therapy Institute’s Family Therapy Clinic sign a Therapy Agreement that gives student clinicians permission to record sessions for educational purposes. BTI provides students with the necessary materials to record their sessions. Students may NOT use their own DVDs and/or flash drives for recording sessions and all recordings must remain at BTI, on the premises, to ensure confidentiality. Viewing rooms are available at BTI for students to review their own work; they may not view another student’s work without his or her prior written consent submitted to the BTI Clinic Office Manager for final approval. If students wish to show a recorded session in a class, or use them for their Clinical Portfolio requirements, they may sign out for a specified amount of time. This must be coordinated through the BTI Clinic Office Manager to ensure proper authorization. At no time is case information to be taken off campus nor downloaded onto personal computers/flash drives. If students wish to write about a case seen at BTI and have obtained proper approval, they may schedule times to transcribe materials in the editing suite coordinated through the Clinic Office Manager. No identifying client information can appear on transcripts or written materials or be shared with others. If students wish to show a recorded session to a professional audience outside of NSU, they must either have written consent or re-contact the clients seen on the recording and explain their request to present the case, when and where and for what purpose. The student must have each adult client sign a release, Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Information for Educational and Related Purposes, in advance of the presentation. DVDs and the use of portable hard drives are supplied to students. All DVDs and/or hard drives assigned during a student’s time at BTI must be stored at BTI. The Practicum