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on how to become a preceptor.
What is a preceptor?
A preceptor is an advanced degreed professional clinician who provides
clinical supervision and mentoring to alcohol and drug counselors.
The word "preceptor" is synonymous with "mentor".
Each preceptor works as an expert consultant and typically provides weekly
support to his or her assigned counselors. The preceptor offers staff
development, training, technical assistance, and quality control through
the development of an individualized tutorial relationship with each counselor.
It is a unique program of professional growth and development for each
counselor being supervised.
What is the Clinical Preceptorship Program?
The Clinical Preceptorship Program (CPP) is a multi-site service
of clinical supervision and on-the-job training for alcohol and
drug counselors. Under contract with the U.S. Navy, Danya International,
Inc. (Danya), brings this service to the Navy to over 50 facilities throughout
the world. The CPP provides counselors an opportunity to achieve
their maximum effectiveness through on-the-job mentoring and ongoing
clinical consultation. The program provides in-depth clinical supervision
and training to each counselor by offering a unique opportunity
for a close working relationship and learning experience with a
high-level clinician in an atmosphere of trust and exchange.
In the counseling programs throughout the Navy , the
Preceptorship provides clinical supervision to counselors at any level,
but it especially affords entry-level counselors the opportunity to develop
counseling skills immediately after the completion of their initial counselor
training. Counselors in the Navy are trained at the U.S.
Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School (NDACS), where they learn the basic
skills and competencies needed to function as drug and alcohol counselors.
The CPP operationalizes the NDACS training
with further skill development for counselors once they are assigned
to a counseling facility. The Preceptorship enables counselors to
receive professional consultation and training onsite, thus avoiding
the inconveniences and costs associated with sending personnel away
from their duty stations for extended periods of time.
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Counselors who benefit from the CPP
receive training and supervision designed to address individual
needs, while focusing on the unique needs of the local facility.
Whereas Preceptorship provides consistency throughout a multi-site
system, such as those in the Navy, it is consistently
tuned in to the immediate, local, and individual needs of the facility
and of each counselor.
The CPP also provides the type of intensive
internship supervision often seen in formal academic settings. As a component
of the certification process, an internship period of 1 year is required.
Preceptorship provides the venue for the intern counselors who would otherwise
have insufficient opportunities to receive the intensive supervision required
to prepare them for certification.
For all counselors, interns, or those who have reached initial or advanced
certification, the Clinical Preceptorship Program provides in-depth supervisory
training following an educational model consisting of individual and small
group clinical tutorials. The program deals with needs identified by each
counselor and addresses skills best learned outside of a classroom setting,
such as clinical competencies that are more readily developed through
direct client involvement. During training sessions, the preceptor conducts
case studies that may require the counselor to present videotapes of sessions,
as well as verbatim and case reviews of client progress. It is a client-focused
learning process of enrichment through application and "learning
by doing", as well as observation by the preceptor.
The overall mission of the CPP is to ensure
continuous improvement and quality of the services provided by the counselors
being supervised. This is accomplished by meeting the primary goals of
the program:
- To build counselor skills through assessment, observation, and
curriculum planning for each individual being supervised;
- To provide interpersonal tutorial relationships centered on
the individualized goals of skill development and professional
growth via learning and practicing;
- To provide each intern counselor with training and supervision
for the duration of the internship;
- To prepare counselors for certification as alcohol and drug counselors;
and
- To provide supervision and advanced training for certified counselors.
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Attainment of these goals is enhanced through the use of
all resource materials developed specifically for the CPP.
These materials include the Counselor Workbook and the
Clinical Preceptorship Guidelines. Having developed a means to structure
clinical supervision throughout the Navy treatment
systems, the Counselor Workbook helps counselors structure their
skill development through a variety of learning sources, such as
on-the-job experiences, resource materials, activities, readings,
and self-tests on each skill area. The Clinical Preceptorship Guidelines,
the companion guide for preceptors, provides the recommended concepts,
methods, exercises, and assignments for clinical supervision, and
the instructions for each activity found in the Counselor Workbook.
In summary, the CPP is an integrated,
comprehensive, skill-oriented training program delivered by Danya
and is continuously updated with training innovations and adaptation
for changing needs. Each component fits carefully into the overall
training program, resulting in a better trained counselor with positive
professional growth and reduced burnout, and, ultimately, better
served clients.
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The 2008 Clinical Preceptorship Training Conference will take place from May 4
to May 6, 2008 at the Admiral Kidd Catering and Conference Center
in San Diego, California. Please login to view and click on the conference banner to
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