ATC 678 - Practicum and Internship III

3 Credit Hours
Students attend their practicum experience 32 hours per semester to engage and learn about different treatment settings. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults for the first 2 weeks of each clinical semester. Students attend internship 18 hours per week for 14 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for an average minimum of 9 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, inservice conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults. A minimum of one placement in a mental health (psychiatric) facility is required.