Remediation for Professional
Behaviors
Explanation of Difficulties
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Students may have trouble with
interpersonal communication
They may unknowingly convey
aggression, helplessness,
intolerance, or stubbornness
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Ways to Improve
Professional Behaviors
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Make students aware of issues and help them make
efforts to change by dealing with stresses
Record observations of students’ attitudes,
inappropriate behaviors, and communication
Meet with students in private spaces about these
behaviors
Be supportive, yet firm; offer help
If students need professional counseling, contact
Lisa Tekell, UTHSC Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
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(901) 448-8072
ltekell@utmem.edu
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Activities for Improving
Professional Behaviors
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Ask students to:
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Read FISH by Stephen Lundin;
ISBN 0-7868-6602-0-51995
Write list of professional behaviors (not
skills) expected from therapists and
choose areas in which they need to
improve; identify resources and strategies
Read articles on stress management and
implement some strategies
Make one-page lists of positive
affirmations and post in visible areas
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Activities for Improving
Professional Behaviors
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Ask students to:
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Make lists of outcomes if students become more
positive versus if they retain old attitudes; place stars
next to desirable outcomes. Ask students to reflect
upon Who Moved My Cheese and their current
attitudes.
List professional behaviors they admire in specific role
models; describe difficult incidents these people
handled well.
Write reflections of observations of role models with
positive attitudes.
Describe typical behaviors of students who take
responsibility for their own learning; list what actions
are taken to demonstrate positive attitudes.
Underline actions they demonstrate; place stars next
to those upon which they need to improve.
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Activities for Improving
Professional Behaviors
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Ask students to:
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Write personal, measurable objectives that
identify changes they want to make and include
timelines and necessary resources for
accomplishment; track progress.
List feedback they have received from
supervisors, therapists, patients, peers, and
family during past few weeks on two-column
sheet with positive and negative; examine sheets
and draw conclusions about needs for change.
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Keep feedback logs and review weekly to
determine progression.
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Keep journals to express themselves and their
responses to different situations.
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Constructive Criticism
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If students have difficulty accepting
feedback, they probably go into
defense mechanisms (denial,
regression, rationalization, etc.)
Constructive criticisms help identify
needed changes
Ask students to listen intently to givers
of constructive criticisms and thank
them
Ask students to check with others
about their opinions and make every
effort to learn from criticisms
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