Personal and Professional Growth and Social Change in MS in Psychology Program

Week 11 Discussion: Personal and Professional Growth and Social Change

Personal and Professional Growth and Social Change in MS in Psychology Program: Now that you are at the end of your program, it is time to take a moment to appreciate those who have supported you in both big and small ways. It is time, too, to reflect on and analyze the impact of the MS in Psychology program on your personal and professional growth. This is a great way to see what you have learned and accomplished in the past few years.

To prepare for Personal and Professional Growth and Social Change in MS in Psychology Program:

Reflect on your journey through this program.

Evaluate what you have learned in this program.

Think about the knowledge, skills, and competencies you have acquired from this program and how they have contributed to your personal and professional growth.

Consider how this program has helped you develop as a social change agent.

Think about the support you have received from others around you and how you might reward them for supporting and “hanging in there” with you.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 an evaluation of the impact of your MS in Psychology program as it relates to your personal and professional growth. Be sure to indicate how this program helped your development as a social change agent. Finally, share how you will acknowledge and reward one person who has been a support to you during this course, in the Capstone process, and/or in the entire program.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Ask a probing question.

Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.

Offer and support an opinion.

Validate an idea with your own experience.

Make a suggestion.

Expand on your colleague’s posting.