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Contextual Impact of Family, School and Culture/Clinical Case Management Syllabus

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Contextual Impact of Family, School and Culture/Clinical Case Management

June 27-29 and August 9-10, 2008 at Roycemore School in Evanston, IL

Instructor: Karen A. Kass, PhD, MFT, BCET, FAET

Email:  kakphd@aol.com

Course Description

This course facilitates the process of establishing a professional private practice as an educational therapist who works with an individual client in a clinical setting from intake through termination. Topics include defining one’s practice, marketing, collaboration, office procedures, record keeping, fee structure, time management, and maintaining a balance between ones’ professional and personal life. The broader perspective of the role of the educational therapist as “Ombudsman” is defined as it pertains to assisting clients in determining needs and obtaining services within the psychosocial context of the client’s family, school, community and culture. Some of the concerns addressed are adapting interventions and goals to the values, beliefs, expectations, and practical constraints held by the client; assessing family, school, and community climates; and prioritizing the need for other services. Students will also explore the impact of the therapeutic process on the internal world of the educational therapist, the interpersonal dynamic between client and therapist, as well as the ethics of the profession.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Develop a plan to establish and maintain a practice in educational therapy based upon an increased knowledge of precursory and on-going procedures including, formulation and utilization of a business plan, identification of the financial and time investments, and determination of the day to day operational requirements.
  2. Describe the “developmental stages” of the educational therapy process and the concomitant skill sets required of the therapist.
  3. Describe the ways in which the client’s family, school, community, and culture impact the development and implementation of psychosocial interventions.
  4. Analyze clinical case material for techniques that develop trust, maintain confidentiality, and respect family values, beliefs, and the reality of daily routines and expectations.
  5. Demonstrate awareness of best practices regarding interventions, goals and  curricular materials relevant to each client.
  6. Identify the decision making process for making referrals and other changes that occur over time.
  7. Recognize the presence of ethical issues and delineate options for appropriately handling such occurrence.
  8. Design a practice in educational therapy to best suit personal goals, needs, and personal psychology based on increased awareness of self, other, and the interpersonal space within which the work occurs.