CPSY 8001 - First-year Colloquium

Credit Hours 1
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling Psychology PsyD program
Description: Designed to orient students to the Counseling Psychology PsyD program at APSU and foster their identification with the profession of Counseling Psychology. Weekly meetings will provide an orientation to program learning objectives, procedures, curriculum, program of study, practicum sites and other training experiences. Specific concepts and topics emphasized as they relate to program learning objectives and competencies include: The concept of Deliberate Practice, feedback informed treatment, consideration of both evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence. Students will be introduced to the Partner for Change Outcome Management System (PCOM) in support of training with respect to above learning objectives and competencies. This colloquium will provide a forum for students to begin preliminary preparations for dissertation including identifying a general topic, establishing a dissertation committee, and developing a timeline for their project. Students will be provided an opportunity to identify their individualized goals for training.