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An Examination of the Clinical Preparation of School Counselors
Author(s) -
Akos Patrick,
Scarborough Janna L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2004.tb01863.x
Subject(s) - internship , syllabus , psychology , accreditation , medical education , capstone , diversity (politics) , counselor education , teacher preparation , exploratory research , practicum , content analysis , qualitative research , pedagogy , higher education , teacher education , medicine , sociology , social science , algorithm , computer science , anthropology , political science , law
Clinical training is considered the capstone experience (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, 2001) for preservice counselors. This exploratory study examined pedagogical practice for clinical preparation in a purposeful sample of 59 school counseling internship syllabi. A qualitative analysis revealed wide diversity in content regarding supervision, student assignments, and, in particular, on‐site requirements.