A counselling internship completed at Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook with a report of a need assessment study

Gallant-Delaney, Marina (1983) A counselling internship completed at Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook with a report of a need assessment study. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Abstract

This internship report provides a comprehensive report of the professional activities of the intern during a thirteen week internship at Western Memorial Regional Hospital at Corner Brook, May 1981 to August 1981. This report also includes a detailed discussion of the results of the research study conducted during the internship period. -- Chapter I provides an introduction to the internship, outline of the report, internship setting, rationale, duration, supervision and objectives of the internship. Chapter II gives a detailed evaluation and analysis of the internship according to the professional goals and objectives for the internship as stated in the internship proposal which was submitted to and approved by the Department of Educational Psychology, Memorial University, April 1981. The chapter outlines the opportunities that the intern had to become aware of the many resources available and to utilize these in her helping interventi6ns with her clients. It presents in detail the many professional activities that the intern had the opportunity to become involved with during the internship such as individual counselling, group counselling, testing, parent consultation and so forth. Chapter III gives a final report on the research study, giving an introduction, the rationale, review of related Iiterature and the methodology. Chapter IV provides the analysis of data with descriptive statistics on the parents and children involved in the study. Also, it presents a table with the specific needs identified by parents in the study in descending order according to percentages, as well these needs identified by the parent are discussed under three headings: A. Universal Needs, B. Disability – Specific Needs, and C. Factors Related to the Differential Expression of Needs. Chapter V concludes the study with a set of recommendations. In particular, the study served to provide some insight into the needs of parents with disabled children and a number of recommendations as to how best these needs may be met. Following Chapter V there is the bibliography and appendix to conclude this report.

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