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

63 The committee will consist of members of the full time family therapy faculty, selected on a random, rotating basis. Once selected, the members of the committee will receive all portfolio materials for review. The clinical portfolio will be open to DFT students and faculty only and scheduled for a maximum of one and one half hour. As a professional presentation, it is important that the student allocate the time for presentation and questions accordingly. Punctuality, time keeping, and facilitation are important parts of professional presentations. The review will be publically announced to the Department of Family Therapy community, and open for only DFT faculty and students to attend. These events are not only a review of the student’s portfolio of clinical work, but also an opportunity for active conversation with, and about, the clinical work of their colleagues of the dissertation. Care should be taken regarding appropriate dress, professional demeanor, clarity of presentation, and respect for clients and colleagues. Upon completion of successfully passing the public presentation, the faculty review committee considers all of the materials presented in light of:  The evaluation rubrics attached to those materials;  The manner in which they were presented;  The overall professionalism of the presenter, including dress, manner, tone, etc.; final defense, and  The manner and substance of the ways in which the presenter handled questions, criticisms, theoretical disagreements, or ethical concerns raised by reviewers or members of the audience during the course of the review. 2. Academic/Research Portfolio The Academic/Research Portfolio is considered a capstone experience assessing the student learning outcome associated with research, scholarship and academic development. As a matter of professional development and career building, students are strongly encouraged to participate in a number of academic publishing and professional presentations before local, statewide, national, and international audiences. All students are required to demonstrate that they possess doctoral level competency in both writing and professional presentation skills. There are 2 components to the Academic/Research Portfolio: There are the presentation component and the written component. Presentation Component In order to satisfy the presentation component of the Academic/Research Portfolio, a student must be a part of one or more professional presentations before local, statewide, national or international audiences. To be considered as equivalent experiences, such presentations should occur in settings where submission is subject to a peer review process, and the length of the presentation is greater than 45 min. Because of the wide variety of professional presentation options available, students will need to submit a brochure where their name appears and copies of all relevant presentation materials to a committee of full time family therapy faculty reviewers. Any such presentations must be based on materials, projects, or research that the student has been involved in since they were enrolled in the family therapy program. Panel presentations will not be accepted. Students must demonstrate they had significant input to the preparation of the presentation. Alternate presentation: Many doctoral students obtain additional training or experience in areas related to the field of Couples and Family Therapy. Students with