One Red Tree Resource Centre (ORTRC) was founded in January 2022 and has placed a total of 46 provisional psychologists studying their Master of Clinical Psychology/Professional Psychology across 18 schools in Ararat and Surrounding areas.

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Each placement includes a minimum of 300 placements hours, which includes 80 hours of direct client contact and 42 supervision hours (21 individual, 21 group) provided by an AHPRA endorsed clinical psychologist supervisor.

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Placements are in primary, secondary and specialist schools and provide opportunities for provisional psychologists to work within our Relational Model.

• Working holistically with students, families, and school communities to inform the best treatment plan for the student

• Working relationally within ORTRC and rural communities.

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During placements provisional psychologists work within one or two schools for the entire placement, and will:

• Provide initial assessments

• Case formulation

• Treatment delivery

• Consultation with parents, teachers, and wellbeing teams

• liaise with external health care professionals

• provide written plans to support each student at school and home.

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Participating students are all identified by the schools.

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We currently have agreements with the following universities:

• Federation University- Ballarat

• Monash University

• La Trobe University

• Australian Catholic University

• RMIT

We are open to partnering with other universities if they have students who wish to be placed at ORTRC.

Our placements are capped at a maximum of 20 places per semester.
 

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