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PSY 3561 Preliminary Practicum Training to Work With Special Populations. What is the Preliminary Practicum?. AKA Pre-Prac A 1 credit, 7 week required pre-requisite course to the Basic Practicum at Croyden Avenue School
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PSY 3561Preliminary PracticumTraining to Work With Special Populations
What is the Preliminary Practicum? • AKA Pre-Prac • A 1 credit, 7 week required pre-requisite course to the Basic Practicum at Croyden Avenue School • A course designed to train skills in Discrete Trial Training and to make students feel more comfortable before working at Croyden Avenue School
Why Take Pre-Prac? • To gain the necessary training before taking the Basic Practicum • To receive individualized training • To be given one-on-one feedback • To visit the practicum site (Croyden Avenue School) before taking the Basic Practicum • Because it is a REQUIRED course to the Basic Practicum
What Will We Do in Class • Learn about • The Practicum Site’s curriculum and classroom procedures • Detailed info on Discrete Trial Training • We Will • Observe current practicum students at Croyden Avenue School • Role play common scenarios encountered at Croyden • AND work with some of the children at Croyden!
Non Pre-Prac (n=11) Pre-Prac(n=13) Not At All Very
Seminar Times • Seminars will take place on Wednesdays OR Thursdays from 6-7:30 P.M. beginning March 8, 2010 • Wednesday seminars will be in 2902 Wood Hall. • Thursday seminars will be in 2908 Wood Hall.
Interested? • If you are interested in taking the Basic Practicum course next semester you need to either • Register for Pre-Prac for this semester OR • Just show up to the Pre-Prac class on the first day • The instructors will register you for the class on the first day • If you are not planning on taking the Basic Practicum until the Spring, wait and take Pre-Prac in the Fall semester
Questions or Comments? Contact us at prepracticum@gmail.com