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Specifications:
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The mentorship experience will begin in your second semester in the program.
It will last a minimum of 10 days
(80 hours), divided into two sessions.
(We try to accommodate the needs of students. However, we cannot
guarantee a specific site.)
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The first segment of the mentorship experience must be a minimum of
5 consecutive days onsite at a FIRST YEARS
mentoring site. Participants cannot use their place of employment
as a mentorship site. It is an important facet of learning for the
student to observe and participate in a program that provides a model different
from
the one in which they participate every day. The student is responsible
for all expenses incurred for participation in the mentorship experience.
The student, in coordination with the mentoring site, must arrange housing
and transportation.
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The second mentorship segment for the remaining 5 days can be completed
in these ways:
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The mentor can observe the program participant in his/her work setting.
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The program participant may return to the mentor’s site.
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A combination of both of the above (to be decided by the mentor and student
partcipant).
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To create a record of competency development across the course of the program,
the participant must provide 3 videotapes of intervention sessions: the
first, submitted following admission; the second, submitted after the the
first week of mentored experience; and the third during the last course.
The objectives of requiring three videotapes include:
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obtaining a baseline record of intervention skills;
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evaluating changes in intervention over time;
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providing written feedback and suggestions; and
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ensuring that skills reflect FIRST YEARS minimal competencies upon
completion of the certificate.
FIRST YEARS is developing a list of auditory-oral and auditory-verbal
centers and schools willing to act as mentorship
sites for students in the certificate program. The mentorship
site will be responsible for identifying a mentor for the student.
Orientation to effective mentoring will be provided by FIRST YEARS.
Students will be required to attend the site for up to 10 days over the
period of one year. They will be expected to have an opportunity
to apply the knowledge acquired through the FIRST YEARS courses
during that time.
To learn more about the student's mentorship requirements, see Participating
in the Mentorship Experience.
If your school or center is interested in hosting one or more students
during their mentorship experience, please fill out this form below and
return it to Laurie Cochenour, Project Director,
either by mail or as an email attachment.
 Mentorship
Site Application (Word, 300KB)
The application is designed to be completed online using Word.
Laurie Cochenour
Project Director, FIRST YEARS
CB# 7190, Wing D
Medical School
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7190
lcoch@med.unc.edu
(919)966-0103
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