Advantages and Drawbacks of Employing Full-Time (Internal) Psychologists or Part-Time (External) Psychologists [microform] / Roger L. Hutchinson and Raiman K. Johnson
- Bib ID:
- 5552125
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Hutchinson, Roger L
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992
- 15 p.
- Summary:
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This article relates observations about working as a full-time internal psychologist versus a part-time external psychologist in a residential treatment center. In the summary these advantages about employing external psychologists are given: (1) the external psychologist has the opportunity to function as an outside arbiter; (2) the opportunity exists for providing increased openness regarding discipline or employment concerns; (3) institutional staff may feel more comfortable making referrals to an external psychologist; (4) in-service training has the potential for being enhanced by the availability of an external psychologist's expertise; (5) the availability of an external psychologist allows in-residence, institutional caregivers the opportunity to maintain a more pragmatic, real-world oriented goal when working with students; and (6) the external psychologist has the opportunity to provide full-time staff with objective input related to the psychological well-being of students. In the summary these disadvantages of employing external psychologists are given: clients can more readily manipulate external psychologists; residents have a tendency to view external psychologists as more sympathetic to their needs; the possibility exists for a lack of a clear definition on the part of the institutional staff concerning the external psychologist's role; external psychologists may experience the frustration of being relatively ineffective in implementing changes in institutional policies; and the expectations and demands for the external/consulting psychologist to be diverse and multiply competent is potentially unrealistic. (ABL)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Johnson, Raiman K, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- 1992
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