Fall 2017 Field Experience Courses

Are you looking for real-world hands-on experience in the mental health care field? Applications are beginning to open for Fall 2017 Field Experiences! These Field Experiences are open to undergraduates in ALL majors and ALL years of study.


PSY-X476 Practicum in Psychology (3 cr.): The class will meet infrequently (e.g., mandatory orientation). Students will primarily work on-site at the field experience under the supervision of qualified mental health professionals. The on-site time commitment will vary by site, so carefully review site-specific information. The field experience sites available this semester include:

•  College Internship Program: You will serve as a social thinking mentor to help young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with Learning Differences develop social skills and improve functioning.
• Centerstone Research Institute: CRI is the research lab situated within Centerstone. As part of the CRI team, you will contribute to one or more research projects, gaining skills relevant to clinical science along the way. Through this experience, you may gain exposure to interesting clinical populations (e.g., schizophrenia), settings (e.g., jails), and assessment tools (e.g., structured clinical interviews).
• Centerstone CCPE (Community Capacity for Prevention & Education): You will work as a provider of brief motivational counseling and community outreach intern within the CCPE team, using evidence-based practices to target and reduce risk of substance-related problems and HIV in adolescents and adults within the community.
• Aldrich Project: You will work as a mentor, in collaboration with students from the IU School of Nursing, to implement evidence-based group interventions within schools and other settings. Your work will target and reduce risk of substance-related problems and HIV in children and adolescents within the community.
• Meadows Hospital: You will work as a Unit Clerk within the inpatient unit of Meadows. You will assist staff with organizational and clerical tasks, as well as interact with patients and families via phone and in-person. Through this experience, you may gain exposure to group interventions and team meetings, if you are able to complete your tasks efficiently and show initiative.
• Milestones: You will assist therapists in group interventions for children and adolescents. You will learn about the type(s) of group therapy you will be assisting with, and then help to design and implement activities to meet specific therapeutic goals.

  
To learn more about each individual site, please visit: http://www.indiana.edu/~psyugrad/courses/field.php
Once the applications are open, you may apply here: https://iu.instructure.com/courses/1596665
(In order to get access to submitting applications, click “Join this Course” on the right side of the screen. Then, click “Enroll in Course” on the pop-up screen. Then, click “Go to Course” on the next screen. At this point, you are enrolled in the Canvas course, NOT the actual Field Experiences course.)

Note: These courses are in the process of being changed from PSY-P457 Topics in Psychology. They will now have a new course number (PSY-X476) and course title (Practicum in Psychology), and will be listed as its own course.


Please send any questions to Dr. Ke Anne Zhang (zhangka@indiana.edu).