Report of an internship conducted at Menihek High School Labrador City, Newfoundland including a research component on the implementation and evaluation of a solution-focused brief counselling program

This report describes a thirteen week internship completed at Menihek High School, Labrador City, Newfoundland to fulfill the requirements for the completion of a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. Chapter 1 outlines the internship proposal, which includes the rationale for the internsh...

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Main Author: Adams, Viva
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1998
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Online Access:https://research.library.mun.ca/9308/
https://research.library.mun.ca/9308/1/Adams_Viva.pdf
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Summary:This report describes a thirteen week internship completed at Menihek High School, Labrador City, Newfoundland to fulfill the requirements for the completion of a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. Chapter 1 outlines the internship proposal, which includes the rationale for the internship, a description of the setting, duration of the internship, supervision, and the internship objectives. Chapter 2 provides a description of the activities participated in during the internship. These activities included: individual and group counselling, attending workshops, career counselling and development, consultation with community professionals, case conferences, psycho-educational assessments, computer activities, research and reading, and supervision activities. Chapter 3, the research component, consists of a report of the implementation and evaluation of a Solution-Focused Brief Counselling program. The purpose of the study was to measure the effect of the program on goal attainment and self-esteem. Results indicated that there was significant progression towards goal attainment and an increase in the students' self-esteem. Chapter 4 concludes the report with a summary and recommendations.