Assignment: Counseling Worksheet
Details:Complete all four parts of the chart listed below. Include in-text citations properly formatted in APA style as needed, as well as a reference note below.
Part 1: Pre-Practicum and Practicum
Directions: Include in-text citations from the Graduate Field Experience Manual and your state board as needed.
Pre-Practicum and Practicum
Question
1. How and when would you begin to search for your pre-practicum and practicum site?
2. What steps would you take to secure a pre-practicum and practicumsite?
3. What are the top two questions you would ask a supervisor interviewing you?
4. After reviewing your state board licensing requirements, do the following:
• Identify the number of required practicum hours.
• List how many pre-practicum and practicumhours are required by your state.
• List how many pre-practicum and practicum hours are required by GCU.
5. What is the difference between direct and indirect hours? How many will you need of each during the pre-practicum and the following practicum/internship course?
6. What documentation do you need to have in place before you begin your pre-practicum and practicum?
7. Summarize your goals that you would like to achieve by the time you complete the practicumexperience.
8. List at least three of the largest behavioral health resources in your area. Do any of these offer practicumfor counselors?
Part 2: Licensure
Directions: Cite the appropriate state board website information. Please do not contact your state behavioral health board.
Licensure
Question
1. What licenses does your Behavioral Health Board cover for counseling?
2. What are three main differences between two of these licenses covered by the board?
3. What are the levels of certification or licensure available in your state for addiction counselors?
4. What does it take in your state to be a specialist in your field?
5. What is anendorsement/reciprocal license? Briefly discuss endorsement/reciprocal licensure in your state.
Part 3: Personal Professional Plan
Question
1. What have you learned as it relates to your own pursuit of being an addiction counselor? Use specific examples in your response from Parts 1 and 2.
2. What are your 1-year and 5-year plans? What have you learned in regards to the requirements to being an addiction counselor?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.