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Successful Internship Transformation and Empowerment in Experiential Learning

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ISBN-10: 0534558798

ISBN-13: 9780534558796

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: H. Frederick Sweitzer, Mary A. King

List price: $72.95
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THE SUCCESSFUL INTERNSHIP offers students more than just a resource on how to find a position or how to interview; it addresses the concerns, emotions, needs, and unique personal challenges that are the essence of an internship or field experience. The authors describe in detail the path of change students will find themselves embarking on and the challenges they will face along the way, and they provide clear, concrete tools that build the foundation for students' successful field/practicum experience. The book's five-stage model of the internship process?anticipation, disillusionment, confrontation, competence, and culmination?places the material in a meaningful framework that lends…    
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Book details

List price: $72.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 7/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.462

H. Frederick Sweitzer is Associate Provost and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Fred has over 30 years' experience in human services as a social worker, administrator, teacher, and consultant. He has placed and supervised undergraduate interns for 20 years and developed the internship seminar at the University of Hartford. Fred brings to his work a strong background in self-understanding, human development, experiential education, service learning, civic engagement, professional education, and group dynamics. He is on the editorial boards for the journals Human Service Education and Human Services Today, and has published widely in the field.

Mary A. King, Ed.D. is Professor Emerita at Fitchburg State University where she was faculty and coordinator of field placements in Behavioral Sciences, supervised graduate and undergraduate interns in professional studies and liberal arts programs, and instructed service-learning. She has over 30 years experience working with interns in the field and on campus and brings to her academic work backgrounds in teaching, criminal justice, consultation and counseling psychology, holding several professional licenses. Mary has published in the fields of experiential and human service education and has served on national and regional boards, most recently that of the National Society for…    

Foreword
Preface
Beginning the Journey
Laying the Groundwork
Framing the Experience: The Developmental Stages of an Internship
Understanding Yourself
Understanding Yourself as an Intern
Discovering the Field
Experiencing the "What Ifs": The Anticipation Stage
Getting to Know the Clients
Getting to Know Your Colleagues
Getting to Know the Placement Site
Getting to Know the Community
Facing New Frontiers
Taking Stock and Facing Reality: The Disillusionment Stage
Breaking Through Barriers: The Confrontation Stage
Going the Distance
Riding High: The Competence Stage
Considering the Issues: Professional, Ethical, and Legal
Traveling the Last Mile: The Culmination Stage
Index