Beyond the Classroom: Enhancing Career Clarity and Preparedness Through Volunteer Psychoeducational Group Facilitation for Behavioral Health Undergraduates

This article provides an example of a university faculty member’s reflective practice on how a sense of community was developed within undergraduate college forensic science classrooms. Through reflective practice, I describe a heartwarming situation I experienced and compare it to the literatu...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Valenti, Kathleen Downey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Grand Canyon University 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Scholarly Engagement
Online Access:https://scholarlyengagement.com/2023/11/30/beyond-the-classroom-enhancing-career-clarity-and-preparedness-through-volunteer-psychoeducational-group-facilitation-for-behavioral-health-undergraduates/
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