1. The Developmental Stages of Practicum

2. Quiz One (Worth ten points.)
What are the 4 developmental stages of an internship or practicum?

3. Quiz Answers
Anticipation
Exploration
Competence
Culmination

4. Anticipation Mixed feelings Excitement Apprehension
Level of task accomplishment usually low (shadowing versus doing)
Clear and realistic expectations and goals (of self, clients, agency, helping field)

5. Exploration Increased responsibilities and independence Apprenticeship
Assessing and improving
Growing through challenges
Incongruency between expectations and reality of the practicum experience.
Disappointment and discouragement leading to self-doubt (Is this the career for me?)

6. Exploration continued
Working through the discouragement
Reviewing expectations and goals
Do you have a support system in place? * family * friends * practicum seminar
Interpersonal difficulties
Personality (the need to be proactive)

7. Competence Increased self-confidence in abilities
Being able to trust self and others in the workplace
Excellence versus perfectionism
Being able to be a great “juggler”

8. Culmination Ending of the practicum experience Mixed feelings
The need to say goodbye
The need to review and evaluate
Where do I go from here?

9. Other important things to remember about the developmental stages:
Rate of progress affected by: * hours spent at agency * previous practicums * student’s personality * personal issues * level of support * style of supervision * nature of work and emotional issues stimulated by the client population