Assignment 3: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry PRAC 6650

Assignment 3: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry (Continued–Submit This Week)
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Practicum Reminder
Time Logs

You are required to keep a log of the time you spend related to your practicum
experience and enter every patient you see each day. You can access your time log from the
Welcome Page in your Meditrek account. You will track time individually for each patient
you work with. Please make sure to continuously input your hours throughout the term.
Making Connections
This week, you:
 Assessed and developed diagnoses for clients presenting for child and adolescent
group psychotherapy
 Considered legal and ethical implications of counseling children and adolescent
clients with psychiatric disorders
Next week, you will:
 Explore group therapy with older adults
 Examine your own group therapy sessions with older adult clients and recommend
strategies for improving the effectiveness of therapy

Looking Ahead: Week 11 Discussion
In a standard Discussion thread, you will discuss an older adult group you have observed
and/or counseled during your practicum experience. Be sure to make arrangements with
your preceptor so you can fulfill the requirements of the Discussion. Refer to the Week 11
Discussion for additional guidance.

To go to the next week:
Week 11

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Learning Resources
Required Readings

Document: Group Therapy Progress Note

Required Media

Microtraining Associates (Producer). (2009). Leading groups with adolescents [Video file].
Alexandria, VA: Author.

The approximate length of this media pice is 140 minutes.

Psychotherapy.net (Producer). (2002). Adlerian parent consultation [Video file]. Mill Valley,
CA: Author.

The approximate length of this media pice is 117 minutes.
Optional Resources

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and
standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-
to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.

Assignment 3: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry PRAC 6650