Please use this assignment submission page to upload a MS Word file containing your Reflective Journal work for this Seminar.
Reflective journaling at this stage in your career development is a very important part of becoming a competent counsellor. Set up a reflection journal file on your computer to store your journal reflections. Reflection journals are scheduled to be submitted 5 times during the practicum course. Students will be expected to submit three to four page reflective journals each time highlighting their practicum learning experiences from their practicum site, during the seminars (specifically, seminar learning outcomes), and during faculty instruction. Students will be expected to produce deeply reflective, highly professional, and relevant journal reflections. It is important to know the line between deep reflection of personal growth and revealing too much information about your personal life. Be cautious about what you share as it pertains to your personal life and attempt to focus the reflection on who you are as a therapist. The person of the therapist is a very important developmental process for beginning therapist. It is a time for students to go deep and get to know themselves and how “the selfâ€Â impacts and is impacted by the counselling experience. If you are not sure how to write a reflective journal, research it. There is a great deal of good information on the internet that will help guide you.
Feel free in your journal to combine learnings from your seminars, supervisions, personal reflection and client session (remembering to leave out any client identifiers). ***For both of your reflective journals also please use the resources listed in the Skills learning Lab. This is accessed in the course Syllabus in the required materials area which also lists text books. Review the videos titled: "Safe and Effective Use of Self"; "Developing Self-Awareness" and "Advanced Reflection and Awareness" (practicum level) in the Building and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship Module***
Your journal has a purpose that is three-fold:
Confidentiality: it is important to note that as with all your assignments at Yorkville University, journals are considered private documents however, should something be noted in your journal that creates concern that either you or a client could be in harm's way we have an obligation to ensure safety. If it is necessary to disclose information found in a student’s journal, the student would be informed (the exception being where the disclosure could cause further harm to the student or another person). In every case the utmost discretion will be used in revealing as little as possible while still ensuring safety. You should also be aware that journals and assignments can be read by faculty instructors, practicum coordinators and any other university official who requires access for university business including the Dean, should you appeal your grade.
Please use this assignment submission page to upload a MS Word file containing your Reflective Journal work for this Seminar.
Reflective journaling at this stage in your career development is a very important part of becoming a competent counsellor. Set up a reflection journal file on your computer to store your journal reflections. Reflection journals are scheduled to be submitted 5 times during the practicum course. Students will be expected to submit three to four page reflective journals each time highlighting their practicum learning experiences from their practicum site, during the seminars (specifically, seminar learning outcomes), and during faculty instruction. Students will be expected to produce deeply reflective, highly professional, and relevant journal reflections. It is important to know the line between deep reflection of personal growth and revealing too much information about your personal life. Be cautious about what you share as it pertains to your personal life and attempt to focus the reflection on who you are as a therapist. The person of the therapist is a very important developmental process for beginning therapist. It is a time for students to go deep and get to know themselves and how “the selfâ€Â impacts and is impacted by the counselling experience. If you are not sure how to write a reflective journal, research it. There is a great deal of good information on the internet that will help guide you.
Feel free in your journal to combine learnings from your seminars, supervisions, personal reflection and client session (remembering to leave out any client identifiers). ***For both of your reflective journals also please use the resources listed in the Skills learning Lab. This is accessed in the course Syllabus in the required materials area which also lists text books. Review the videos titled: "Safe and Effective Use of Self"; "Developing Self-Awareness" and "Advanced Reflection and Awareness" (practicum level) in the Building and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship Module***
Confidentiality: it is important to note that as with all your assignments at Yorkville University, journals are considered private documents however, should something be noted in your journal that creates concern that either you or a client could be in harm's way we have an obligation to ensure safety. If it is necessary to disclose information found in a student’s journal, the student would be informed (the exception being where the disclosure could cause further harm to the student or another person). In every case the utmost discretion will be used in revealing as little as possible while still ensuring safety. You should also be aware that journals and assignments can be read by faculty instructors, practicum coordinators and any other university official who requires access for university business including the Dean, should you appeal your grade.
Reflection Journal Rubric
The following rubric indicates those areas you should be focusing on in preparing for your reflective journals and how the instructor will weigh these components relative to one another.
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Criteria Content Reflection |
Unsatisfactory 0-19 |
Developing 20-28 |
Accomplished 29-32 |
Exemplary 33-40 |
/40 |
Reflection lacks critical thinking. Superficial connections are made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples. |
Reflection demonstrates limited critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating professional progress. Minimal connections made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples. |
Reflection often demonstrates critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating professional progress.  Connections made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples. |
Reflection always demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and evaluating professional progress. Insightful and relevant connections made through contextual explanations, inferences, and examples. |
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Professional Growth  |
0-19 |
20-28 |
29-32 |
33-40 |
/40 |
Conveys inadequate evidence of reflection. Expresses few ideas, with limited support by relevant evidence or rationales. Professional growth and awareness are not evident. Lacks inferences, examples, personal insights and challenges. Future implications are overlooked. |
Conveys limited evidence of reflection. Expresses some ideas supported by relevant evidence or rationales. Demonstrates limited professional growth and awareness through few or simplistic inferences . Undeveloped examples, insights, and/or challenges. Minimal demonstration of future implications of current experience(s). |
Often conveys evidence of reflection. Expresses ideas, supported by relevant evidence or rationales. Demonstrates satisfactory professional growth and awareness through inferences, examples, insights, and challenges.  Frequent demonstration of future implications of current experience(s). |
Conveys strong evidence of reflection. Expresses many ideas, supported effectively by relevant evidence or rationales. Demonstrates significant professional growth and awareness of deeper meaning through inferences made, examples, well developed insights, and substantial depth in perceptions and challenges. Synthesizes current experience into future implications. |
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Writing Quality  |
0-10 |
11-15 |
16-17 |
18-20 |
/20 |
Writing is not at the graduate level. Writing is unclear and disorganized. Thoughts ramble and make little sense. Numerous spelling, grammar and spelling errors. Frequent use of colloquial language |
Average and/or casual writing style that is sometimes unclear and/or disorganized. Thoughts are not expressed in a logical manner. There are more than three errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. Limited use of colloquial language |
Above average writing style. Writing is mostly clear, concise, and well organized with good sentence/paragraph construction. Thoughts are often expressed in a coherent and logical manner. Organized presentation of information with no more than three errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. 1 inclusion of colloquial language |
Written at the graduate level. Writing is clear, concise, and well organized with excellent sentence/paragraph construction. Thoughts are always expressed in a coherent and logical manner. No errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, or spelling No colloquial language used. |
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Timeliness Journals must be submitted no more than 1-2 days prior to the deadline |
Journal receives a grade of 0 |
Deduct 50 points |
Deduct 25 points  |
Deduct 0 points |
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Journal reflection is submitted more than 5 days before or after the deadline |
Journal reflection is submitted 3-4Â days before or after the deadline |
 Journal reflection is submitted 1-2 days after the deadline  |
Journal reflection is submitted on or 1-2 days before the deadline |
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/100 |
 Instructor comments about trainee learning experience and skills development:  |
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