Please use the monthly report form to summarize the actual work you performed the previous month at your field placement. A monthly report is due every month until a Certificate of Completion has been submitted. The “signatures” of both you and your supervisor are required on the form before this document is considered complete the form must be scanned and uploaded to safe assign. Do not email the monthly reports and be sure to scan all the necessary pages.

It is important to provide a detailed description of what you have been doing in these reports as it relates to your learning goals. It must be clear why you think the activity meets one of your learning goals. It isn’t enough to just state the activity but you must also provide some analysis as to how the activity has enabled you to meet the learning goal listed.

For example, if gaining group facilitation experience is one of your goals and you have the opportunity to run a group weekly, a detailed description would include your role and progress being made toward your learning goal.Your monthly reports should include the following:

• APA format. You may write in the boxes on the form or attach a separate page. Aim for 1- 2 pages for each report.
• Include your hours for the month and your total hours to date.
• A report of your monthly activities
• An explanation of how those learning activities support one or more of your goals
• A connection to the academic or counseling theory behind the activity. For example, if you are using CBT as a counseling technique, you might make a connection to the theory behind this technique and if this technique has been demonstrated to be effective with your population. In other words, make connections to the “why” behind the techniques or activities.
• Cite scholarly literature (textbooks, journal articles, etc.) to help support that connection from theory to professional practice. Your monthly report must have 3 scholarly references in each report.
• Your personal reflections on the activities. It is acceptable to use “I” and write in the first person on your reports.
• Each monthly report must be original. If you find yourself engaging in similar activities each month, then try to focus on exploring an aspect of the activity you did not summarize in the previous report.
• It is acceptable to also include your personal reflections and use “I” when describing the activities, but personal reflection should not be substituted for the academic connections from theory to practice.

Monthly Report Grading Guidelines

• Entries are completed monthly and submitted on time.
• Entries respond to the relevance of the designated activity to learning goal.
• Entries present facts, analysis, and reasoned interpretation.
• Monthly reports are legible, typed, clearly written using standard grammar, spelling and APA format.
• 3 scholarly references are included, making a solid connection and demonstrating scholarship.
• Monthly Report and Log for Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Alcohol and Drug Counseling, and Forensic Mental Health Counseling Students:
• PDF Monthly Report and Log for Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Alcohol and Drug Counseling, and Forensic Mental Health Counseling Students Monthly Report and Log for Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Alcohol and Drug Counseling, and Forensic Mental Health Counseling Students – Alternative Formats

Notes:

• field experience site:
  • Name of Agency: Serenity Recovery Centers
    • Full address: 1094 Poplar Avenue Memphis TN 38105
    • Website: serenityrecovery.org