MART 472 - Basic Intervention & Assessment Skills

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This course teaches basic relationship, intervention, diagnostic, and interviewing skills working with role-plays and other experiential activities to prepare students for clinical work in practicum. The course covers clinical interviewing, mental status exams, treatment planning, and providing client feedback. Students are introduced to case conceptualization, the therapeutic relationship, stages of treatment, common factors in the change process, and diversity issues. Students will be exposed to the elements of theoretical models to show the relationship between theory, data gathering, hypothesizing, treatment planning, and note-taking. Microskills will be taught and practiced including: active listening; question asking; paraphrasing; summarizing; etc. A brief introduction to self-care will be provided including practices to assist students to access clinical supervision at the most beneficial level possible.