YMS 411AP: Clinical Practicum - Faculty mentoring with No Residency (0:3 Credits)

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Students are expected to do Practicum delivery for a minimum of 180 hours. This is in two portions:

  • Deliver a minimum of 150 clinical hours independently as lead Yoga Therapist.
  • Complete 30 hours practicum mentorship.

Requirements are below:

  • Students find clients on their own.
  • Students deliver Yoga Therapy to 4-6 clients, each with different primary ailments.
  • Each Student as a lead therapist delivers 120 Yoga Therapy sessions @ 75 minutes per session for a total of 150 hours in either one of the following modes:

    4 clients - minimum of 30 sessions per client, OR

    5 clients - minimum of 24 sessions per client, OR

    6 clients - minimum of 20 sessions per client

  • Client therapy sessions are minimum 3 per week, and a maximum of 5 times per week.
  • Yoga therapy sessions are strongly recommended to be done in person.
  • 5 hours of report writing is expected for final submission.
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Students will be mentored by VaYU course faculty for 30 hours during the whole process.

  • This would start from client intake, review of the protocol/assessments, necessary guidance for course corrections, interim review/monitoring during live sessions, speaking with clients, review of the final report and overall assessment.
  • A formal plan should be submitted by the student to the VaYU Faculty with timeline, start / end dates. VaYU Faculty signs off on the plan before the student begins the therapy sessions.
  • This course will be run via VaYU LMS as any VaYU Course with deadlines.