College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

59 SFTD 6320 Supervision Practicum SFTD 6900 Dissertation SFTD 6900 Dissertation Dissertation Proposal Defense SFTD 6900 Dissertation Final Defense *Courses are prerequisite to the program and not included in the 96 credit requirement. Portfolios are completed by the end of the third year. Clinical Practica Students complete four internal practicum at the Family Therapy Clinic at the Brief Therapy Institute. During this practicum sequence students see their own clients and are supervised in teams and individually. Clients cannot be seen without approved supervision. Details regarding practicum and the department clinic are available in the Policies and Procedures Manual of the Brief Therapy Institute. Policies and Procedures are required reading and understanding of all policies is expected prior to commencing practicum are available online at http://hsss.nova.edu/Downloads/mtf.htm . In depth discussions of all policies will be a part of internal practicums. Students should also review and be familiar with the Practicum Handbook available on line. Students must maintain current their badge in order to see clients. 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 Blackboard at 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 should contact the DFT Internship Coordinator for detailed information on these procedures. They are also located at http://hsss.nova.edu/Downloads/mtf.htm 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. Doctoral students who have graduated from a COAMFTE approved Master’s program, or who had supervision from an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, can apply to have up to 500 client contact hours waived. Doctoral students who have a license in MFT or another mental health filed, or who obtain the license during their doctoral program, may petition the program to waive some of the required 1000 direct client contact hours. However, waiving part of this client contact hour requirement does not release a student from completing all of the practicum or internship requirements of the program. In order for a waiver request of client contact hours to be approved, the student must also provide a copy of their supervisor’s vita and credentials. In order for their supervision to count, these credentials must indicate that