Associate ProfessorLeesa Van Niekerk

University of Tasmania

University of Tasmania

University of Tasmania

Sarah Jane Peart

Sone Wai Li

This placement unit is the first of three placement units which begin to orient students to the complexities of integrating and applying theoretical and content knowledge to practice as a clinical psychologist. Through use of the CYPRS (Clinical Psychology Placement Rating System), student progress towards both accreditation competencies and associated ILOs is assessed. The CYPRS has an inherent, inbuilt scaffolding of achievement from Stage 1 (skills commensurate with an entry level, provisionally registered psychologist working under high levels of supervision) through to Stage 4 (skills commensurate with an entry level, fully registered psychologist), with each level of achievement required at various stages of the placement experience.

This placement will involve engaging in clinical psychological practice with clients presenting with a range of psychological and neuro-developmental concerns. Students will work at their designated placement to provide clinical psychological assessment, diagnosis and intervention to clients presenting with a range of issues as relevant to the specific placement context. This placement will promote a scientist-practitioner model with opportunities to develop competencies and increase level of independence in psychological assessment and intervention with clients from a range of settings.

This placement will involve engaging in clinical psychological practice with clients presenting with a range of psychological and neuro-developmental concerns. Students will work at their designated placement to provide clinical psychological assessment, diagnosis and intervention to clients presenting with a range of issues as relevant to the specific placement context. This placement requires engagement with the scientist-practitioner model of practice, with opportunities to develop competencies and increase level of independence in psychological assessment and intervention with clients from a range of settings equivalent to Stage 4 of competency development as assessed by the CYPRS. Upon completion of this placement students will have met competencies required to commence independent practice as a psychologist with general registration.

This placement will involve engaging in professional psychology practice. This placement will promote a scientist-practitioner model of the professional psychologist with opportunities to develop competencies and increased independence in psychological assessment and intervention with common psychological presentations across the lifespan. Students will be expected to consider psychological theory and research in the selection and application of assessment and intervention, and to tailor this to individual client presentations.