ART THERAPY CLINICAL PLACEMENT A

PHE4ACA

2015

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students will complete 200 hours of clinical placement based at a mental health or other health care setting in the community under the supervision of an onsite clinical practitioner. This placement is the first of three over the course of Master of Art Therapy and designed to meet the registration requirements of the Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association (ANZATA). Students will undertake a period of orientation, develop an entry level art therapy case load and experience clinical supervision. They will have an entry level experience of being a member of a clinical team and will be expected to enter case notes, and as appropriate to educate placement colleagues about art therapy via, for example, a presentation.

School: School of Psychology & Public Health

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Libby Byrne

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in HMART - Master of Art Therapy.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Employ a variety of art therapy and interpersonal skills to develop therapeutic relationships with potential clients.

Activities:: Plan of art-based activities appropriate for placement setting as 'taster' experiences.

02. Develop a caseload of art therapy clients in collaboration with fellow clinicians.

Activities:: Ability to document the system of referral.

03. Prepare for and actively engage in clinical supervision with on-site clincal supervisor.

Activities:: Documented preparation for placement supervision sessions.

04. Participate as an entry-level art therapy trainee within a clinical team such as in case meetings, in treatment planning and related activities.

Activities:: Attendance at clinical meetings and documentation of occasions, or cases where an art therapy could be included in a client's treatment regime.

05. Documented case notes according to the norms of the placement site which describe session planning and therapy outcomes.

Activities:: Systematically written case notes from client work, identifying assessment, treatment and outcomes.

06. Communicate the aims and pratice of art therapy as relevant to the placement setting.

Activities:: Presentation to staff on the role of art therapy.

Melbourne, 2015, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Libby Byrne

Class requirements

Seminar
One 2.0 hours seminar per week and delivered via face-to-face.

Seminar
One 2.0 hours seminar other recurrence and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
200 hours clinical placement	HURDLE REQUIREMENT	0	01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06
Case note reports x 2		40	05
Detailed log of placement activities		10	03
Placement supervisor's report		50	01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

Melbourne, 2015, Semester 2, Day