CAHSS Graduate Catalog 2018 - 2019

78  SFTD 5300: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues  SFTD 6520: Diversity and Psychosocial Issues  SFTD 7311: Human Sexuality and Gender  SFTD 7301: Assessment in Marital and Family Therapy  SFTD 7302: Personality Theories & Psychopathology  SFTD 5311: Substance Abuse/Addictions and Critical Issues in Systems Theory Requirements for Work in the On-site Clinic, Clinical Practicums Before entering Internal Practicum I, students are required to complete the following courses:  SFTD 5006: Introduction to Systems Theory  SFTD 5300: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues  SFTD 5008: Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy All students must take and pass the following requirements within the first month of enrollment:  Two HIPAA certificate courses  Level two background check with photo badge (prior to orientation)  CITI course  Students must also be familiar with the Practicum Handbook and Brief Therapy Institute Policies and Procedures, both available on the website. Internal Practica Details regarding Practica and the department clinic, the Brief Therapy Institute (BTI), are available in the Policies and Procedures Manual. Policies and Procedures are distributed each term to students attending practicum and are available online at http://cahss.nova.edu/departments/ft/resources/btipoliproc-2016.pdf . Students must make themselves familiar with the Practicum Handbook, also available on the website. Nova Southeastern University and the Department of Family Therapy require that all students complete two HIPAA course requirements found on Blackboard before seeing clients in the clinic. Also, all students are required to complete Background checks which include fingerprintingprior to orientation. Contact the Internship Coordinator for more information. HIPAA Nova Southeastern University and the Department of Family Therapy require that all students successfully complete the two NSU HIPAA certificate requirements during their first term in the program, prior to seeing clients. These programs are uploaded on each student’s on-lineat the beginning of the first term. Certificates must be printed, name entered in BLUE, and submitted to the DFT Internship Coordinator. Background checks and fingerprinting are required of ALL students and must be completed during the first two weeks of enrollment. Students will contact the DFT Internship Coordinator for detailed information on these procedures. Client Contact Hours In order to graduate, all students must document that they have a minimum of 1000 hours of direct client contact hours. At least 500 of the 1000 required hours must be with couples and/or families present in the room.