Name: The Human Services Internship: Getting the Most from Your Experience 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1305087347
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The Human Services Internship: Getting the Most from Your Experience 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1305087347

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The Human Services Internship: Getting the Most from Your Experience 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1305087347

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Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 4th edition (May 26, 2015)
Language: ‎ English
384 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 9781305087347
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1305087347

An internship can be transformative, and this book helps you make sure that’s the case. With THE HUMAN SERVICES INTERNSHIP: GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, 4th Edition as your guide, you’ll make a meaningful connection between your classroom learning and fieldwork experience. This practical, hands-on text features a unique six-step model that guides you in enhancing self-awareness, integrating the knowledge and values of the profession, recognizing challenging and dissonant situations, decision-making, and follow-through. With exercises and activities designed to get you thinking reflectively about your day-to-day internship experiences right from the start, the author offers you tools to analyze and apply the lessons you’ve learned to your future career. Chapters focused on ethics, diversity, communication skills, stress management, and other key topics help you integrate your classroom knowledge with your experiences in the field. Supporting you through every stage of the internship process, the book explains what to expect at various points in the internship’s development, offers tips for avoiding potential pitfalls, and includes examples of other students’ experiences.

Table of Contents:

1. Getting Started.

2. Getting Acquainted.

3. Developing Ethical Competence.

4. Learning to Learn from Experience: Learning Styles and the Integrative Processing Model.

5. Using Supervision.

6. Communicating in Your Internship.

7. Developing Cultural Competence.

8. Writing and Reporting within Your Field Agency.

9. Taking Care of Yourself.

10. Ending Your Internship.

11. Planning Your Career. Appendices.