ACES2013

Supervisors frequently report students' inability to conceptualize client issues from a theoretical perspective, and to articulate how that helped to inform the client's treatment plan. Students seem to have the pieces, but lack the ability to bridge them into conceptualization. What else besides practice integrating knowledge was missing? The answer seemed to be that students were not thinking critically. According to the classical philosophers, to know others we must first know ourselves (Levy, 1997). Discussion will prompt strategies to promote critical thought.