Child-Adolescent Psychiatry Unit

14 weeks - 40 hr/wk
13 weeks - clinical practice
1 week - orientation

Wake Forest Baptist Health Requirements -
Adolescent/Child Psychiatry Unit

• 14 weeks - 40 hours per week
• Daily schedules
• Complete patient evaluations, develop treatment goals
• Document daily group participation and weekly progress notes
• Active participation in Treatment Team Meetings daily
• Weekly Productivity sheets
• Weekly written reports summarizing articles that are unit specific - (14 total)
• Three special projects - one patient related per unit and one department specific
• Weekly meetings with Recreation Therapy Internship Supervisor
• Weekly meetings for Recreation Therapy Psychiatry Staff
• Active participation in weekly outings
• Assume leadership role as primary therapist in planning and leading groups
• Monthly Reports of Productivity
• Two Case Studies - one per unit
• Required Oral Presentation
• Observations with other Recreation Therapy Units and other Unit Team Members
• Two Video Taped Assessments (one for each unit)
• CPR Certification Required and maintained throughout internship
• Required Non-violent Crisis Intervention Certification - obtained during internship
• Meet University Requirements
• Mid-term Evaluation
• Final Evaluation
• Complete Internship Evaluation