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BLUE. Students must keep a copy of all completed and signed forms during their entire
program and for future licensure needs.
Client Confidentiality and Use of Client Information (DVDs and/or flash drives)
Clients seen at the Brief Therapy Institute’s Family Therapy Clinic sign a Therapy
Agreement that gives student clinicians permission to record sessions for educational
purposes. BTI provides students with the necessary materials to record their sessions.
Students may NOT use their own DVDs and/or flash drives for recording sessions and all
recordings must remain at BTI, on the premises, to ensure confidentiality. Viewing rooms
are available at BTI for students to review their own work; they may not view another
student’s work without his or her prior written
consent submitted to the BTI Clinic Office
Manager for final approval. If students wish to show a recorded session in a class, or use
them for their Clinical Portfolio requirements, they may sign out for a specified amount of
time. This must be coordinated through the BTI Clinic Office Manager to ensure proper
authorization.
At no time is case information to be taken off campus nor
downloaded onto personal computers/flash drives
.
If students wish to write about a case seen at BTI and have obtained proper approval,
they may schedule
times to transcribe materials in the editing suite coordinated through
the Clinic Office Manager. No identifying client information can appear on transcripts or
written materials or be shared with others.
If students wish to show a recorded session to a professional audience outside of NSU,
they must either have written consent or re-contact the clients seen on the recording and
explain their request to present the case, when and where and for what purpose. The
student must have each adult client sign a release, Authorization for Use or Disclosure of
Information for Educational and Related Purposes, in advance of the presentation.
DVDs and the use of portable hard drives are supplied to students. All DVDs and/or hard
drives assigned during a student’s time at BTI must be stored at BTI. The Practicum
Supervisor at the end of each practicum session returns all related information to BTI for
placement in locked storage. DVDs or any client recordings or information are not allowed
off BTI premises.
Annual Review
As part of the graduation requirements, students must have an annual review at the end
of each of the first 3 years. This annual review will consist of an evaluation of the student’s
grades to date, the level of attainment of the program’s student learning outcomes,
student’s conduct, any concerns faculty might have, as well as their adherence to
ethical/legal and/or professional guidelines in the profession. The Annual Review is also
utilized for collection of feedback from students about the program. This review is
conducted in a manner needed for each individual student such as, but not limited to, a
meeting with a faculty committee, program director, or via email. The student will have
successfully passed the annual review once documentation from the department has been
received by the student. Students must register for the Annual Review during the summer
of each of the first 3 years.
Portfolios and Evaluations
As a requirement for completing the Ph.D. program in family therapy, a student must
submit for faculty evaluation two separate performance based portfolios. Each of these
portfolios is designed to help assess how they met various aspects of the program’s
learning objectives and outcomes. The portfolio requirements are also designed to help
students become better able to present their work in professional contexts, such as
