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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Philosophy of Counselor Education... 3

Introduction to Student Handbook For The LBC Graduate School Counseling Programs ... 4

Admission, Procedures, Retention, and Completion of Program ... 5

Curricular Worksheet for Master of Arts ... 9

National Counselor Exam - NCC-GSA. ... 10

Application for Candidacy In The MA Programs ... 11

Student Eligibility for Practicum... 13

Counseling Practicum Introduction... 14

MF/MH/SG 601 Counseling Practicum Course Syllabus... 15

Field Studies Contract ... 17

Agreement Between LBC and Field Study Agency... 18

Assignment of the Student Advisor and Field Supervisor ... 19

Rapid Assessment Case Study Form... 22

FIELD SUPERVISOR EVALUATION ... 23

GROUP SUPERVISION EVALUATION... 27

MF/MH 602 Counseling Internship Course Syllabus ... 30

Counseling Internship Assignment Form: Part I... 32

Counseling Internship Assignment Form: Part II... 33

MF/MH 603 Field Services Course Syllabus... 34

Practicum, Internship, and Field Services Sites ... 37

CN 699 Research Thesis Course Syllabus ... 40

Thesis And Proposal Guidelines ... 42

Oral Defense... 49

Preparation And Presentation Of Your Final Manuscript... 50

Appendix A: Sample Title Page for Proposal ... 52

Appendix B: Sample Table of Contents for Proposal... 53

Appendix C: Sample Title Page for Final Manuscript... 54

Appendix D: Sample Copyright Page for Final Manuscript (Optional) ... 55

Appendix E: Table of Contents for Final Copy ... 56

Research Thesis Topic Submission Form ... 57

CN 698 ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION... 58

A Projected Comparison Chart of the National Board of the Counselor Certification Standards (NBCC)61 VITA ... 63 William R. Burrichter... 63 Freeman M. Chakara ... 65 Mark A. Deckard... 66 Jay D. Diller ... 68 Michelle D. George ... 70 Josef A. Passley... 72 John E. Pugh, II ... 74 David Tsai ... 76

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There are two graduate degrees in counseling at Lancaster Bible College: a Master of Arts (MA) with programs in Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling, and a Master of Education Degree (MEd) with programs in Elementary School Counseling and Secondary School Counseling. Both degrees with their respective programs were designed to provide four basic elements of instruction to the counselor in training: a reshaping of conceptual thought according to a Christian world view, a research emphasis to academic work, an integration of learning to the practical field setting, and training for the development of the student’s counseling skills.

An Academic Advisor will be given to each student at the start of his or her program. This person will manage the student’s academic matriculation of courses throughout the program. The Advisor will supervise the student’s fieldwork after candidacy is approved and they will assist students through practicum, internship and field service courses. The Advisor will also be the student’s Capstone Professor to assist the student in the development of his or her Thesis or Oral Comprehensive Examination. It is possible that the Advisor for field service courses and the Capstone Professor the will remain the same; however, it is not guaranteed. Students will be encouraged to develop and refine their skills through small group discussion, reading, lecture, class discussion, role-play, interaction with research literature, and through in-depth academic advisement during practicum and internship experiences.

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Welcome to the counseling programs here at Lancaster Bible College Graduate School and the Biblical Counseling Department. The college is pleased to offer two programs from which you may choose: Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling. The programs are designed to develop the personality, the vision and the professionalism associated with the person aspiring to fulfill the role and function of the professional counselor. When you receive this handbook, you have already been accepted into the program and may eventually apply for candidacy to receive the M.A. degree. It is at that time that you also may enter a practicum of your field. You may also elect to take a 60-credit licensure tract that requires an additional field service course. This also involves taking two additional required courses and adding an elective option. There is also the possibility of choosing your capstone project from two options: one is to conduct a Thesis by registering for CN 699 Research Thesis or by taking the prerequisite credit through the elective CN 581 Evaluation Writing for Counseling Casework and then substituting CN 698 Oral Comprehensive Examination for the capstone of thesis.

This HANDBOOK is a guide for the counseling graduate student throughout the program. It provides a curriculum worksheet, important checklists, syllabi for Practicum, Internship, and Thesis, forms and information that will help to ensure better planning and progress as you matriculate through the programs. It is a useful guide through the important decisions that you will make concerning the choice of program and the filing of the necessary administration forms that you should submit to the departmental offices and to your respective advisor and/or professors.

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A. Admission

1. See Graduate School catalog for all Admission requirements.

2. After the submission of all Admission requirements, the faculty member overseeing the student’s program will schedule an admission interview with the student. At this time, the student will be assigned a faculty advisor to meet with throughout the program to see what manner of progress the student is making.

B. Procedures

1. Before being permitted to register for 12 credits, including transfer credits, the student will need to obtain a personality evaluation, comprising of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) and a minimum of 2 visits to a qualified clinician to discuss the results. The student will not be permitted to register for any more courses until this has been

completed. The clinician will also present a written evaluation to the Counseling & Social Work Departmental office to be placed in the student’s file. The results of the personality evaluation may verify the student’s continuation within the program and/or evidence a need for additional counseling, or may show evidence that another area of pursuit would be in the student’s best interest. Failure to complete this requirement will result in the student’s inability to take additional courses.

2. The student must have a passing score of 70% on the Bible Entrance Exam or remediate a failing score by taking the appropriate Bible Entrance Courses offered by the Graduate School, in the areas of Old Testament, New Testament, Hermeneutics, and Systematic Theology. There are four areas of counseling prerequisites which include general psychology, abnormal psychology, group experience and academic math. The criteria for completing these four counseling prerequisites would be determined during the admission interview. All prerequisites must be completed before the student will be approved for candidacy. 3. Admission into the program does not guarantee candidacy for a degree. The student must

apply for candidacy after the student has taken 12 credits. And candidacy must be approved by the time the student has taken 18 credits. Students will not be permitted to register for classes beyond 18 credits until candidacy is completed and approved. The first two years of training or the first 24 credits taken through Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School must include CN 501, CN 502 and CN 530 in the first year and CN 510 and CN 531 in the second year. CN 501 would be transferred only rarely when the courses being transferred are most similar to the CN 501 course offered at LBC.

4. To be considered for candidacy, the student must submit an application (found in the student handbook), a criminal record check, a child abuse history check and complete a career guidance assessment before the student will be scheduled for an interview. The faculty members who taught the classes that the prospective candidate has attended will be surveyed for a recommendation regarding the student’s candidacy. In some cases candidacy approval may be provisional, such as a recommendation for additional personal counseling based on

evaluations of faculty and advisors of the programs. The candidacy interview will consider these matters along with the future practicum site arrangement. The student’s advisor will guide the student through their field experience after candidacy is approved. In some cases candidacy may be denied, this would be thoroughly discussed with the student at that time. C. Retention

1. Following candidacy approval and upon completion of 18 credits, the student will make arrangements and register for MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum. The Advisor of Practicum/Internship will meet with the student in a manner prescribed in the syllabus to discuss his/her experiences in practicum as well as internship. A satisfactory practicum grade of B or higher is essential for retention in this field service program. A grade lower than a “B” will require that the student repeat MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum. Practicum is limited to 2 semesters. If Practicum is not fulfilled in the allotted time frame the student will receive a failing grade and the student will have to retake the course.

2. The student may apply for MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship after the completion of MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum and a total of 30 credits are completed including the majority

number of the student’s respective program’s general and professional core. The application for an internship is found within the MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship syllabus. A satisfactory internship grade of “B” or higher is essential for retention in this field service program. A grade lower than a “B” will require that the student repeat MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship. Internship is limited to 2 semesters. If Internship is not fulfilled in the allotted time frame the student will receive a failing grade and the student will have to retake the course.

3. Anytime after the completion of practicum near the student’s last year in the program, the student may submit the Thesis Topic Form found in the CN 699 Research Thesis syllabus. CN 502 Research Statistics for the Social Sciences and CN 503 Research Design and Methods are prerequisites to the registration of CN 699 Research Thesis. The student may opt to wait near the end of the academic program to complete CN 699 Research Thesis. The student may choose to take the alternative CN 698 Oral Comprehensive Examination near the end of their degree program instead of CN 699 Research Thesis. CN 698 Oral Comprehensive

Examination has a prerequisite: CN 581 Evaluation Writing in Counseling Casework. Each course is three credits, whereas CN 699 Research Thesis is 6 credits. The student may also choose to take three electives course as a capstone that should reflect the student’s goals for future study.

4. In the case that a course extension needs to be requested, the appropriate form is located on the LBC website; click on Graduate School, Student Portal, forms and “Course Extension Form”. Your student login and password will be needed to access the Student Portal. Forms are available at the graduate office as well.

D. Academic Probation and Dismissal Policies

1. Academic probation – students will be placed on academic probation whenever their GPA falls below 3.00 following either the fall, summer, or spring enrollment periods.

2. Academic dismissal – students will be academically dismissed after being on probation for two consecutive enrollment periods as a registered student. Students will be notified by letter from the Graduate School Dean.

3. When students are academically dismissed, they have the right to appeal for reinstatement if they believe there were extenuating circumstances involved with their poor performance. The appeal must be written and submitted to the Graduate School Dean within 30 days of receiving the letter of dismissal. The appeal will be considered by the Graduate Student Appeals

Committee. The decisions by the Committee are final. E. Completion of the Master’s Degree

1. The student must choose an academic program and fulfill the requirements of 60 academic credits. A curriculum worksheet for both programs and each of its two respective program emphasis are found in the following pages. Each program involves candidacy approval, practicum, internship, and capstone requirements. The curriculum worksheet for the licensure preparation tract is found in the following pages as well.

2. The student is expected to complete the program within 5 years. See the Graduate School Catalog for information about obtaining an extension.

3. If a student wishes to take a leave of absence from the program, the student must notify the program Director of the MA programs and the Graduate School Office in writing. Official approval for leave of absence will come from the Graduate School Office. A student may take no more than 2 leave of absences not to exceed a total of two years; this would not count as part of the 5 year policy for program completion.

MATRICULATION TIMELINE

Time Line for M.A. Students

(Prior to Practicum) 1. Approved site

2. All Prerequisites Completed 3. Candidacy approved

Choose from 2 capstone-options (Prior to Research Thesis)

1. Completion of Practicum 2. CN 501, CN 502 & CN 503

(Prior to CN 581)

1. CN 501, CN 502, CN 525

(Prior to Candidacy)

1. Criminal and abuse history are submitted to the department.

2. Complete the 16 PF and discuss results with Chair 3. Recommendations from faculty and work history. 4. 3.0 GPA – undergraduate and gradate

(Prior to Graduation)

1. Capstone options completed 2. 3.0 GPA or higher

3. Recommendations of faculty

(Prior to 9 credits)

1. Complete MMPI-2

2. Meet with qualified clinician to discuss results Candidacy Preparation MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship MH/MF 603 Field Services Graduation (30 credits) Completion of MMPI-2 Admission (18 credits) (12 credits) Before 12 credits

(Within first 18 credits)

1. Complete CN 501, CN 502, CN 530, CN 531 and CN 510

Capstone options completed

(48 credits)

Candidacy approved

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NAME OF COURSE CREDITS INSTITUTION LBCEQUIVALENT

PROFESSIONAL CORE –27 CREDITS (Check off after completing the course)

____ CN 501 Biblical Counseling Orientation

____ CN 502 Research Statistics for the Social Sciences ____ CN 503 Research Design and Methods **

____ CN 510 Developmental Issues Related to Counseling Theory ____ CN 525 Counseling Assessment Techniques I *

____ CN 530 Professional Ethics in Counseling ____ CN 531 Counseling Assessment Categories ____ CN 520 Applied Counseling Methodologies** ____ CN541 Group Counseling Leadership Skills PROGRAM COURSES –15 CREDITS (Choose one)

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PROGRAM MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

____ MF 552 Marriage and Family Issues ____ MH 553 Counseling the Individual** ____ MF 540 Marriage Counseling** ____ MH 546 Theories of Personality

____ MF 550 Family Counseling** ____ MH 551 Counseling Assessment Tech II* ____ MF 601 Counseling Practicum* ____ MH 601 Counseling Practicum * ____ MF 602 Counseling Internship ** ____ MH 602 Counseling Internship **

CAPSTONE OPTIONS– 6 CREDITS

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

CN 699 Research Thesis – (6)*** CN 581 Evaluation Writing- (3)* Elective – (3) CN 698 Oral Comprehensive – (3)*** Elective – (3)

Total – 48 credits

Licensure course requires 12 additional credits ____ CN 583 Cross Cultural Counseling

____ CN 588 Vocational & Financial Counseling ____ MF/MH 603 Field Services *** ____ Elective

Prerequisite 18 credits and candidacy approval *

Prerequisite 30 credits and 3.0 or greater in Practicum ** Prerequisite 48 credits and 3.0 or greater in Internship ***

List of Elective Options

When choosing Option 3 for capstone, please follow the instructions on page 39!

FOR ALL STUDENTS

____ CN 514 Pharmacopsychology

____ CN 515 Church Counseling Ministry ____ CN 517 Biopsychology

____ CN 572 Counseling Addictions

____ CN 575 Counseling Youth in Educational Contexts ____ CN 577 Human Sexuality

____ CN 581 Evaluation Writing for Counseling Casework Additional Electives For:

Marriage & Family Emphasis Mental Health Emphasis

____ MH 546 Theories of Personality ____ MF 540 Marriage Counseling ____ MH 553 Counseling the Individual ____ MF 552 Marriage and Family Issues

____ MH 551 Counseling Assessment Techniques II ____ MF 550 Family Counseling

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Students may take the National Counselor Examination (NCE) in their academic year of graduation or take the NCE after their post-graduate 3600 field hours are completed. In order to take the NCE in the academic year of graduation, students must also have completed the listed courses of their respective program. This option is designated as the NCC-GSA, an identical form of the NCE. Applications for the NCE must be submitted by December 15th for the April exam and June 15th for the October exam. The NCE is scheduled on the campus of LBC if the minimum number of participants has applied. The student must take the NCC-GSA within approximately 6 months of their graduation date before or after their graduation date. The student must take one of the national certification exams for the counseling field to become licensed in PA; however, it is not necessary to be certified by the National Board for Counselor Certification (NBCC) that offers the NCE or by any other national certification agency exam in order to be licensed. Scores of the NCC (NCE) may be directed to the state for licensure when taking the exam.

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(Must be submitted by the student seeking candidacy to the Chair of the Counseling & Social Work Department after the completion of a minimum of 12 and prior to 18 credits with 3.0 GPA.)

DATE: ______________

1. Name of Student _________________________ 2. Program

_____ Masters of Arts - Marriage and Family _____ Masters of Arts - Mental Health

3. List any and all prerequisite work required at time of admission.

Required Prerequisite Work Date Completed

4 List the courses you have completed in the LBC Counseling Masters Program or attach a copy of current transcript.

Course Grade Received

5. List any approved transfer credit with a course title, institution giving credit and grade received: Course Title From Institution Grade Received

6. Identify and describe your potential practicum site?

7. What goals would you like to accomplish through this field experience?

The space below is to be used by the administration of the Counseling & Social Work Department and will be returned to you for your instruction.

1. _____Verification of the above information

Signature ___________________________________________ 2. _____Acceptance of candidacy for the degree

_____Provisional acceptance (explanation below)

3. Recommended Practicum Site: __________________________

4. Times for Campus Practicum Observation next semester:

5. Name of Field Supervisor: ____________________

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1. The student must be distinctively Christian in their orientation to the counseling process, and must have a ministry orientation toward the counseling profession.

2. The student must have completed the MMPI-2 before 12 credits. The student must also have conformed to all recommendations based upon their MMPI –2 evaluation. Failure to comply with additional testing or counseling sessions if suggested by the evaluator or advisor will result in the student being denied access to practicum, internship or field placement. The student may request to discuss these recommendations with the advisor. The director of the program along with the advisor will make the final decision about the student’s status.

3. The student must complete the 16 PF and process the results with the Academic Advisor as a part of the candidacy interview.

4. The student must maintain a 3.0 cumulative average in courses taken at LBC Graduate School (refer to page 7).

5. A minimum of 18 credits and candidacy approval are required before registering for the MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum.

6. The student must cooperate with the Advisor of Practicum/Internship, coordinator, and field supervisor in the assignment of and the program for practicum and internship.

7. The student must demonstrate a willingness to pursue the information and skills that would enable the student to be effective in counseling—observation, supervised counseling experience responsibilities. 8. For students with a positive criminal background and or child abuse check, candidacy may be denied

to the student, or the student may be restricted from various practicum, internship or field placement sites and will need to work with their faculty advisor to determine an appropriate placement.

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1. The MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum will be made available through the counseling practicum program on the campus scheduled approximately in the same time frames as the course offerings. The student group meetings will involve meeting of 2 ½ hours in length on semi-weekly basis during the academic year of both Fall and Spring semesters. The meeting will involve a review of counseling activity and student presentations with both peer and advisor feedback.

2. The student must counsel assigned clientele continuously through the assigned counseling center, church, para-church ministry or workplace. Pastors or supervisors must be informed and approve of the activity. Clients must be informed that this is a course requirement, sign an informed consent form, and give feedback from student/advisor interactions. There may be some exceptions to the need for a signed consent form (discuss each situation with your professor).

3. The student’s activities will involve attending staff meetings and/or student observation groups with the counseling staff or professor to discuss counseling observations and receiving personal supervision from the professor and field supervisor as delineated in the MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum syllabus. 4. Outside of the observation of counseling, the student should develop a Rapid

Assessment Case Study for three counselees. The student should evidence the pursuit of research regarding the problem and/or method in each case study. 5. Students will maintain at least one supervised counseling session per week or

two-weeks through the field supervisor associated with the counseling center, church or para-church ministry during their enrollment in MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum.

6. The student may also arrange to do their observation of counseling on an off-campus location. The advisory hours would remain the same.

7. The student must contact the American Counseling Association (ACA) or the American Association for Christian Counselors (AACC) to purchase student professional liability insurance. Information is on the Internet at

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This course applies the principles and methods taught in the classroom to specific counseling situations and problems. It involves the student in case studies, observation of counseling sessions, limited counseling experience and a literature search. Prerequisites: minimum 3.0 GPA in a minimum of 12 credits of the core counseling courses.

II. Course Objectives A. General

Provide the graduate student with counseling observation experience by observing the clinical work of an experienced counselor.

B. Specific

1. Provide the student with a focus on aspects of the Practicum experience that pertain to a given student’s program emphasis.

2. Direct the student to seek research literature that gives the student greater understanding of a given client’s issues.

3. Direct the student to attend to important data and record this information immediately after the observation session.

4. Consider other sources of information about a counselee during debriefing sessions with the counselor.

5. Observe the practical application of religious principles and theological implications for counseling work.

6. Give opportunity for the student to make valuable contributions to the practicum site.

7. Observe how professional standards of conduct are exhibited by a given practicum site.

III. Procedure

A. The student will be advised at the candidacy interview about a possible practicum site and will be approved for a site through the candidacy interview in collaboration with the student’s Academic Advisor.

B. The student will check the schedule of counseling observation provided by the college in order to obtain a minimum of 200 hours of field experiences or obtain the same number of hours through a public or Christian counseling center.

1. The student should minimally accomplish 4 hours of individualized supervision by the advisor of Practicum/Internship reviewing observation and/or counseling experience under supervision. Appointments or

teleconference must be arranged and paid for by the student with the

student’s assigned professor. With permission, some sites may afford to the student the necessary hours for individualized supervision.

2. Throughout the field experience, there will be a minimum of 20 hours of group supervision through weekly student meetings with the professor, possibly with other students, or, if it can be arranged, the student may use the counseling center staff meetings to meet this requirement. Continuous individualized and group advisement is required until the completion of the field assignment.

3. The student must participate or counsel through a minimum of 50 hours in group dynamics/ or individualized counseling and/or counseling observation and meet with field supervisor regularly to review field experiences.

4. Students will receive a mid-term and final evaluation by the field supervisor. Length of any given field service course will be completed in 1 semester or a maximum of 2 semesters.

5. Review literature applicable to the professional discipline of counseling with the field supervisor. The student should attach an annotated bibliography, test results, other relevant material or a journal article to the Rapid Assessment Case Study (RACS). Three RACS are required for the Practicum.

6. Time logs will be prepared by the student at the end of the course detailing categories of administration of records, counseling, observation, consultations with staff/field supervisor, consultations with the professor and miscellaneous activities.

C. The student will be able to ask the field supervisor for insights and receive feedback from the field supervisor as well as from the Advisor and student peers where students have their practicum simultaneous with other advisees with the same professor.

D. The MA student must convert the information from hand-written records to word processed responses to the items enlisted by the attached RACS form. The RACS should be turned in to the professor by the fifth or final session of counseling with given client(s).

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(Complete for each semester of Practicum, Internship and Field Service)

General Information

Name: ____________________

Phone number (home): ___________________ (work) _____________________ Program: ________________________

Advisor: ________________________

Practicum ___ Practicum C ___ Internship ___ Internship C ___

Field Study Location

Name of Agency: ____________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Agency Phone #: _____________________________________________ Title of Student’s Position: _____________________________________ Field Supervisor’s Name: _______________________________________ Position of Field Supervisor: _____________________________________ Contact #: ___________________ E-Mail Address ___________________

Student’s Goals

General Description of the Field Study:

_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Goals to be accomplished through this Field Study:

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________

Dates of Field Study

Beginning Date: ___________ Estimated End Date:___________________

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1. The field supervisor, through group and/or individual conferences, will provide supervision to the student on the weekly basis.

2. The supervisor will complete an evaluation of the student’s performance at midterm and at the completion of the Field Study.

3. The field agency will utilize the student in the process of the agency and according to the contact agreement. The agency will recognize its own status as a training agency for the LBC Graduate student, and will seek to be sensitive to the student’s questions and needs. 4. This agreement cannot be terminated prior to the completion of contract except by mutual

agreement of the parties involved and the student’s faculty advisor.

5. The student’s practicum or internship is not to be equated as employment or falling under any employment policies, unless the site has otherwise employed the student to work in another human service field. If the student is also an employee of the site, please check in the “yes” box.

Yes No

6. LBC will require that the student submit to the supervision of the college advisor and be responsible to submit to the institutional guidelines of the college syllabus. The student must also cooperate with the field site supervisor to advance to the goals and standards of that human service provider setting. While there is no set amount of time that the student must spend in supervision with field site supervisor, the student must comply with the standards and requirements that the field supervisor sets to ensure the essential quality of the service that the student provides to clientele at that site.

7. The student must present medical records or other documents that give reasonable assurance that the student is free of communicable diseases where that student is required by a given field site to present such records or documents.

8. Students must also present current record of student liability malpractice insurance coverage, unless the site provides liability coverage for the student.

9. The student must complete their practicum, internship, or field service within a minimum of two semesters and shall not terminate service to clients until all clients reach closure or are ethically referred to other personnel of that site. Please fill in below the expected start date and the end of program date. If the program is to be extended beyond the projected date, another field studies contract must be completed and signed:

__________________________ __________________________ Start date End program date

This agreement is accepted and approved by:

________________________________ _________________ Student Date

________________________________ __________________ Field Supervisor Date

________________________________ __________________ Faculty Advisor Date

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1. Must be willing to administer the standards of the practicum/internship/field services as stated by the standards of the respective syllabi and must uphold all legal codes and ethical standards required by state law and professional associations.

2. Have obtained a Masters degree in the field of counseling or related field, and serve in some official capacity in a human service setting in a manner that would supply the student with ample opportunity to counsel under supervision in the internship and field service setting and observe counseling along with limited counseling opportunity under supervision in the practicum setting.

3. Be amenable to the principles of Christian Counseling and comply with the student’s Professor of Practicum/Internship to insure that the standards of the LBC graduate school are maintained while the public counseling center field supervisor is supervising the student.

B. Responsibilities for the Field Supervisor

1. The field supervisor must commit to a semester or academic year in length to supervise the student’s practicum or internship and provide the hour requirement for the student to fulfill the standards for both practicum and internship.

2. The field supervisor must meet individually with the student on a regular basis during the course of the practicum or internship.

3. The practicum/internship should provide staff support meetings that meet regularly during the course of the practicum /internship/field services. Where this is not available or conflict in scheduling for the student does not permit that student’s attendance, the student may meet with on-campus student groups with the Advisor of Practicum/Internship.

4. The field supervisor must provide a minimum of 50 total hours of counseling and observation for the student during the MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum with a total of 200 hours in counseling activity. A minimum of 100 hours of the student counseling clients and supervised by the field supervisor is required during the MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship and MH/MF 603 Field Services courses with a total of 300 hours of counseling activity. Total hours include time that student uses to prepare administrate files for counselees, and the hours also include time spent with the Professor of Practicum/Internship

5. The field supervisor must evaluate the student midway and at the end of the student’s practicum or internship using the form in this handbook.

programs. If the student would wish to have a field supervisor of their choosing whom the Director has not enlisted, the student must submit the appropriate information in order to have the counseling center approved by the Director. C. Advisor/Student Relationship

1. The advisor, in collaboration with the student, will assign the student a field supervisor.

2. The student, in cooperation with the advisor, must obtain a clientele or make arrangements with a counseling center in order to complete the required hours of counseling activity as delineated in the syllabi for practicum and internship.

3. The advisor will be a faculty-level person who has significant background and training in the field of the student’s program emphasis.

4. The practicum/internship may be in the public setting or in a Christian counseling center. On-campus practicums will provide student group meetings as well as some counseling observation and will be led by Advisor.

5. The advisor will meet individually with the student 4 times for 2 hours sessions throughout the practicum internship and field services courses. As well, groups of students in the practicum and the internship will meet with their advisor or his/her representative for 20 hours per semester. Absences will be assessed on the student’s grade unless other arrangements are made.

D. International students in Practicum and Internship need to process appropriate INS forms and regulations and receive approval to be placed in an off-campus practicum/internship setting.

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CONSENT TO USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION

This form is an agreement between you, ___________________ and me, ___________________, a student counselor. When I use the word “you” below, it will mean your child, relative, or other person if you have written his or her name here ______________________________.

When I counsel or refer you, I will be collecting what the law calls Protected Health Information (PHI) about you. I need to use this information to decide on what approach is best for you and to provide counseling for you. I may also share this information with others such as my college professor or with the practicum student-counseling group with your permission.

If you do not sign this consent form agreeing to what is in your Notice of Privacy Practices, I cannot counsel you.

If you are concerned about some of your information, you have the right to ask me not use or share some of your information. You will have to tell me what you want in writing. I will try to respect your wishes. After you have signed this consent, you have the right to revoke it (by writing a letter telling me you no longer consent) and I will comply with your wishes about using or sharing your information from that time on but I may already have used or shared some of your information that I cannot change.

______________________________________________ ___________________ Signature of client or his or her personal representative Date

______________________________________________ ___________________ Printed name of client or personal representative Relationship to client

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The following form should be finalized and submitted to the supervising professor for each person(s) being counseled in both Counseling Practicum and Counseling Internship.

Name_______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle______________________________________________________________________ A Case Study

1. Background Information

a. Particular relevant memories of childhood

b. Present relevant job/school/church circumstances: c. Physical condition/age/sex/relevant information: d. Family, marital relationships issues:

2. Current Counseling Need a. Past history of counseling: b. Spiritual status or condition:

c. Presenting problem and goals expressed by the counselee:

d. Comments made by the counselee that demonstrate/describe the problem:

e. Observations made by the counselor that were confirmed later in the process that go beyond the initial understanding of the counselee:

3. Counselor Methodology

a. Counselor’s principles/ideas about the counselee used to develop the method for change:

b. Data gathering methods including test materials and drawings: c. Pertinent questions that enabled the counselor to formulate strategy:

d. Homework assignments according to numbered session including the objective: e. Important confrontations/points of information/statements/instructions used to

process change:

4. Response of the Counselee

a. Important feedback on assignment/instructions/statements/confrontations made to counselee:

b. Follow-through on agreed-to assignments or ideas established in counseling: c. Termination and closure of counseling experience:

5. Attachments (test results/letters/journal examples/drawings/etc.)

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DEPARTMENT Name:________________

Program:______________

FIELD SUPERVISOR EVALUATION

(Complete at midterm and at the end of field)

Name of Student:_______________________________________________________

The above Lancaster Bible College Graduate School student has been serving with you this semester in a practicum/internship for Professional al Counseling. It is our desire that this experience be a worthwhile part of his/her training. Your honest appraisal will aid us in training our students more effectively in their educational development. Please evaluate this student’s competencies in the following specific areas relative to other students at this stage of training. Please return this evaluation to our office within one week of his/her last day in order that the student may meet all the requirements for receiving a practicum/internship grade for this semester. Thank you.

Field Service Site: ________________________________________________________ Field Supervisor: _________________________________________________________ Student’s Responsibility(s): _______________________________________________

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Circle the appropriate number or n/a if not applicable or if you have inadequate basis for judgment. 1= significant weaknesses relative to other students at this stage of training

2= some weaknesses relative to other students at this stage of training 3= meets expectations for this stage of training

4= significantly exceeds expectations for this stage of training

Interpersonal Skills n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student create a good working alliance with

clients or co-workers which facilitates meaningful communication, intervene effectively?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Openness to Supervision n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student come prepared, communicate openly,

make constructive use of feedback, implement supervisory guidance?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Written Reports n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., are written reports including progress/case notes,

clear, coherent, well-organized, well-written?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Testing and Assessment n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student skillfully select, administer,

and interpret psychological tests?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Professionalism n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student conduct self in a professional

manner with clients, supervisors, peers, outside professionals?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Professional Ethics n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student show sensitivity to ethical

issues, maintain professional boundaries, protect confidential information?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Theoretical Foundation n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does the student utilize sound theory for

conceptualizing and developing a treatment plan, and provide ongoing intervention strategies?)

Please state various theoretical models used: ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Case Conceptualization n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does the student accurately and logically

conceptualize the problems of the client presented to him/her?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Intervention Strategies n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., how creative is the student in utilizing various

intervention strategies such as art, talk, role play, drama, diagrams, charts, illustrations, metaphors, etc.?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ Overall Therapeutic Effectiveness n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., across all domains of the therapeutic process,

how effective is the student at the overall task of therapeutic intervention with clients?)

Comments: _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Signature:___________________________________________Date: ______________

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GROUP SUPERVISION EVALUATION

Presenters Name:______________________________________________________ Interpersonal Skills n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student create a good working alliance with clients or co-workers which facilitates meaningful communication, intervene effectively?)

Openness to Supervision n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student come prepared, communicate openly, make constructive use of feedback, implement supervisory guidance?)

Written Reports n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., are written reports including progress/case notes, clear, coherent, well-organized, well-written?) Testing and Assessment n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student skillfully select, administer, and interpret psychological tests?)

Professionalism n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student conduct self in a professional manner with clients, supervisors, peers, outside professionals?)

Professional Ethics n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does student show sensitivity to ethical issues, maintain professional boundaries, protect confidential information?)

Theoretical Foundation n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does the student utilize sound theory for conceptualizing and developing a treatment plan, and provide ongoing intervention strategies?)

What theoretical models were used?___________________________________________ Case Conceptualization n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., does the student accurately and logically conceptualize the problems of the client

presented to him/her?)

Intervention Strategies n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., how creative is the student in utilizing various intervention strategies such as art, talk, role play, drama, diagrams, charts, illustrations, metaphors, etc.?)

Overall Therapeutic Effectiveness n/a 1 2 3 4 (e.g., across all domains of the therapeutic process, how effective is the student at the overall task of therapeutic intervention with clients?)

Comments:______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

COUNSELING INTERNSHIP INTRODUCTION

1. Students must submit Part I of the Counseling Internship Assignment Form a semester in advance and wait for a response from the professor of the respective degree program before registering for the course.

2. The student must complete 30 credits, including the MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum before submitting the MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship Assignment Form.

3. MA students must be placed in a field internship related to their respective emphasis: Mental Health Counseling or Marriage and Family Counseling. 4. The student’s activities will involve the attendance at staff meetings and the

student counseling individuals, couples, families and/or group leadership. The professor will discuss with the student the student’s counseling experience and receive personal supervision from the professor and field supervisor, and the student will continue to meet with the professor and student groups as delineated in the Counseling Internship syllabus.

5. The student should develop a RACS for three counselees. The student should evidence the pursuit of research regarding the problem and/or method in each case study.

6. Students will maintain at least one supervised counseling session per week or two-weeks through the professor and other supervision through the counseling center, church or para-church ministry during their enrollment in Counseling Internship.

7. The student must also arrange to do their internship in counseling on an off-campus location. A list of these possible sites may be found later in this handbook. The student may arrange for an alternative site with the permission of the professor and the Director of the MA programs.

8. The student must contact the American Counseling Association (ACA) or the American Association for Christian Counselors to purchase student professional liability insurance. Information is on the Internet at www.counseling.org or

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This is the practical capstone course of the graduate student’s training. Regular consultations will be conducted with the student’s advisor and written reports of sessions will be submitted according to the format suggested in the course syllabus. The student will be evaluated qualitatively as to their performance and their professional development. The student must have a minimum of 30 credits completed before taking MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship including MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum.

II. Course Objectives A. General

Provide the student with experience in counseling and clinical work. B. Specific: The student will:

1. Apply ethical and religious principles to the supervised counseling setting. 2. Make arrangements to do counseling with several clients while being observed

by an experienced counselor in a setting approved by the Counseling & Social Work Department.

3. Consider various systems of record keeping.

4. Consult with the observing counselor concerning issues raised during each session.

5. Prepare in consultation with the Professor of Practicum/Internship concerning tentative agenda for each session.

6. Develop personal growth, professionalism, and social skills essential for effective counseling.

7. Participate in an interdisciplinary team of counselors, administrators and advisors to prepare for the counseling role.

8. Establish a pattern of good write-ups for counseling sessions including other extended involvement in record keeping.

9. Develop possible specializations that will direct the student to future vocations. 10. Gain experience in administration of tests, financial records, conducting

III. Procedures

A. The student will be assigned counselees to counsel under supervision or guidance counseling activity in the school setting. The student will counsel under supervision for at least 300 hours of field experience.

B. The intern counselor will meet with field supervisor periodically to review counseling responsibilities. The advisor will also meet individually with the counseling intern 2 hours per semester during the course of the Counseling Internship. Evaluations by the field supervisor will be submitted to the professor mid-way and at the end of the term.

C. The intern counselor should read relevant literature related to the counseling activity in order to assist an individual counselee, couple or family in a timely and in an appropriate manner. The supervisor will ask the intern counselor about the intern’s preparation and goals for counseling or guidance responsibilities and make further recommendations when needed.

D. The advisor will meet with the counseling student and interns through group meetings. They will meet 20 hours per semester with the student group during the length of the internship. The student should also meet with the staff in the field setting during their periodic staff meetings and may substitute hours in staff support meetings for student group meetings. Continuous attendance in both individualized as well as student group advisement is required until field assignment is completed unless other arrangements are specified.

E. The intern counselor will counsel a minimum of 100 hours and will close each relationship in an appropriate and ethical manner. The 100 hours may be accomplished within the minimum time frame of a semester or within the maximum time frame of a year (2 semesters) after the fall, spring, or summer registration.

F. The intern counselors will be evaluated for their skill in the counseling, their analysis as evidenced by their written case study at the end of semester, as well as for the follow-through in essential research preparation.

G. The MA intern counselor will submit a minimum of three RACS forms for individual clients or family of clients attaching relevant annotated bibliography or journal articles.

H. A time log will be turned in by the student near the end of the internship course and will detail hours spent in administration of records, counseling, consultation with staff/field supervisor, consultation with professor, and miscellaneous counseling activity.

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2. How many credits have you taken including the credits successfully transferred into the program? ___________________

3. How many credits are you presently taking? ___________________

4. GPA (excluding transfer credit)? ___________________

5. Practicum site? _______________________________________________________

6. Grade in Practicum ___________________

9. Advisor ________________________________________

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Confirmation of the above information: ______________________________________ Signature: ________________________________________________________

Internship: Approved ___________________ Denied ___________________

Explanation: _______________________________________________________

Supervising Counselor: ____________________________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________________________

Contact # _____________

Initial hours set for intern work: _____________________________________________

If your Internship assignment is approved, you must confirm the initial hours with your supervising counselor.

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(optional for the licensure preparation program) I. Description

This is the practical capstone course of the graduate student’s training. Regular consultations will be conducted with the student’s capstone professor and written reports of sessions will be submitted according to the format suggested in the course syllabus. The student will be evaluated qualitatively as to their performance and their professional development. The student must have a minimum of 48 credits completed before taking the Field Services course including the MH/MF 601 Counseling Practicum and MH/MF 602 Counseling Internship.

II. Course Objectives

A. Provide the student with experience in counseling and clinical work. B. Apply ethical and wisdom principles to the supervised counseling setting. C. Make arrangements to do counseling with several clients while being observed

by an experienced counselor in a setting approved by the Counseling & Social Work Department.

D. Consider various systems of record keeping.

E. Consult with the observing counselor concerning issues raised during each session.

F. Prepare in consultation with the Capstone Professor and Field Supervisor concerning tentative agenda for each session.

G. Develop personal growth, professionalism, and social skills essential for effective counseling.

H. Participate in an interdisciplinary team of counselors, administrators and advisors to prepare for the counseling role.

I. Establish a pattern of good write-ups for counseling sessions including other extended involvement in record keeping.

J. Develop possible specializations that will direct the student to future vocations. K. Gain experience in administration of personality inventories, financial records,

III. Procedures

A. The student will be assigned counselees to counsel under supervision on the field services site. The student will counsel under supervision for at least 300 hours during the MH/MF 603 Field Services course including the following elements.

B. The intern counselor will meet with field supervisor periodically to review counseling responsibilities as the field supervisor requires. The Field Services counselor should read relevant literature related to the counseling or guidance activity in order to assist an individual counselee or family of counselees in a timely and appropriate manner. Evaluations by the field supervisor will be submitted to the advisor mid-way and at the end of the term.

C. The supervisor will ask Field Services counselors about their preparation and goals for counseling responsibilities and make further recommendations when needed. The counseling intern should spend adequate time on administration of records for each session of counseling conducted by the student.

D. The advisor will confer with the field supervisor to assess the student’s activity during the MH/MF 603 Field Services course. The student should also meet with the staff in the field setting during their periodic staff meetings and may substitute hours in staff support meetings for student group meetings.

E. Field Services counselors will conduct supervised counseling for a minimum of 100 hours and will close each relationship in an appropriate and ethical manner. The 100 hours may be accomplished within the minimum time frame of a semester or within the maximum time frame of a year starting in the fall, spring, or summer registration.

F. Field Services counselors will be evaluated for their skill in the counseling, their analysis as evidenced by their written case study or evaluations at the end of semester, as well as for the follow-through in essential research preparation.

G. The MA in counseling field services student will submit 3 RACS forms for counseling clients or family of clients attaching relevant annotated bibliography or journal articles to each one by the fifth or final session of counseling. A minimum of three RACS should be conducted and written by the counseling intern. The student will present a case study before the advisor and the student group that would include a formal or an informal assessment of a given client(s), elements of the counseling process that provided insight into the client(s) and his/her difficulty that resulted the therapeutic alliance, and the outcome of these sessions. Presentations should be prepared in order to cover an hour of presentation and discussion.

H. A time log will be turned in by the student near the end of the MH/MF 603 Field Services course and will detail hours spent in administration of records, counseling, consultation with staff/field supervisor, consultation with capstone professor, and miscellaneous counseling activity.

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Preparation for Contact with Client………...70 hours

Individual Supervision by Field Supervisor………..10 hours

Individual Supervision by College Professor………..5 hours

Student Group (On-campus)………..30 hours

Staff Functions and Meetings on Site………20 hours

Research………...5 hours

Phone Contact………..6 hours

Writing Reports and RACS………12 hours

Clinical Observation………22 hours

Direct Contact with Clients……….70 hours

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Cornerstone Counseling (Gap)

Family Resource & Counseling Center

Hershey Evangelical Free Church - Family Center Holy Spirit Hospital – Camp Hill

Lancaster Bible College (Student Development) Lebanon Veteran’s Administration Hospital

Penn State Hershey Hospital and Outpatient Services Philhaven Hospital (Psychiatric Hospital)

Providence Behavioral Healthcare Naaman Center (Drug and Alcohol) New Life Psychological Services New Life Counseling

Northwestern Human Services (Edgewater Psychiatric Center) Psychological Health Affiliates

Sundquist Mid-Atlantic Counseling Centers Summit Quest Academy (Drug and Alcohol) Shepherd’s Touch (General Counseling) Tom Ponessa

Students have utilized the above list of possible sites or sites that have made a contract with the graduate school to provide hours for internship students.

Students may seek to make arrangements for a different practicum/internship site in their own home area; they should contact The Graduate School at LBC for approval.

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CN 699 Research Thesis (6 credits and one elective) involves writing a research project and an oral defense. The research project will include 5 chapters as outlined in the enclosed syllabus that is also based on the student’s field service experiences. The purpose of writing a thesis and giving an oral defense is to enhance ones knowledge about a particular topic.

CN 698 Oral Comprehensive Examination (3 credits, CN 581 prerequisite and one elective) involves the elements of a written examination, a written literature review and verbatim account of counseling sessions and an oral defense of the student’s knowledge in assessment, ethics and theory/techniques in application to the student’s particular field experience.

Two electives (3 electives total for licensure) – Electives would be 3 credits each and selected according the instructions of the next page. Each program has 3 groups of electives that the student may choose out of four possibilities.

CAPSTONE OPTIONS METHOD OF CHOICE

Option 1 – The capstone choice of one elective and a 6-credit Research Thesis is for the student who aspires to greater proficiency in writing and for the student who anticipates doctoral work that would involve a doctoral dissertation such as a Ph.D. program. While not all students anticipating doctoral work would be required or limited to this option, it does give the student a good foundation for dissertation writing skills that would facilitate a future step with dissertation in most Ph.D. programs. It also helps the student to formulate their ideas about counseling theory and professional practice in a coherent manner. The option exists as the best form of an independent study.

Option 2 – The choice of one elective, a course in evaluation writing and the oral comprehensive examination is an option that assists the student in a career that requires skill in writing evaluations for clients for the purpose of helping the client to obtain services for developmental, medical and/or psychiatric needs, and for purpose of assisting clients by giving professional court testimony. It is an option that also advances the student into preparation to write client evaluations where intelligence and psychological inventories are used. This capstone would also prepare students if they would choose to prepare for application into a doctoral program such as the Psy.D. (However, some Psy.D. programs discourage transfer of credits from a different institution).

Option 3 – The capstone choice of three electives would be a choice that would prepare the student in areas of information and skills development that various elective options would provide in a manner that would reflect the student’s education goals as indicated below. It also would be a good choice for the foreign student whose country of origin may vary in its required skill necessary to practice in their region of the world. Students who view their program at LBC as their terminal program may also wish to choose from a broadened range of elective options rather to be limited to one elective. Choosing this option would not prevent the student from being accepted in a doctoral program.

Mental Health students: (Select one group and choose 3 from 4 options)

Biopsychology electives Marriage and Family electives Church and Family Counseling ____ CN 517 ____ MF 552 ____ CN 515 ____ CN 514 ____ MF 540 ____ CN 575 ____ CN 581 ____ MF 550 ____ MF 552 ____ CN 572 ____ CN 577 ____ MF 540

Marriage and Family students: (Select one group and choose 3 from 4 options)

Biopsychology electives Mental Health electives Church and Family Counseling ____ CN 517 ____ MH 546 ____ CN 515 ____ CN 514 ____ MH 551 ____ CN 575 ____ CN 577 ____ MH 553 ____ CN 577 ____ CN 572 ____ CN 581 ____ CN 572

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