Practicum

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Practicum Internship

• What You Need to Know.

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Who Has to Do This?

• All programs require a practicum (100 hours)
• All majors require an internship (600 or 900
  hours depending on your major)
• Exceptions
• Business and Organizational Management
• Counseling Exceptional Children
• However, if B O and CEC majors are working
  toward PC license, they must do an internship

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Grade Requirements

• A letter grade of B or above must be earned in
  the following three core classes in order to be
  eligible for Practicum and Internship (PI).
• RHB 701 Counseling Theory and Practice
• CNL 863 Techniques of Counseling
• EDL 751 Educational Statistics and Research

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P I Prerequisites Supervisors

• Each major has specified its own set of
  prerequisite courses that must be completed.
• Please check your manual to make sure you will
  have taken these courses prior to beginning PI.
• You must have a B or higher in all prerequisites
• Prerequisites cannot be taken concurrently with
  PI
• If you are working towards a PC license, you must
  be supervised by a PCC with supervisor
  designation (PCC-S).

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Manuals Important!

• There are separate manuals for practicum and
  internship.
• Download your practicum manual according to the
  course you are required to take. (ex. CNL 865,
  RHB 865 practicum manual)
• The CNL 865 Practicum for Counseling Manual
  Forms are for Mental Health Counseling, Community
  Counseling, Marriage and Family Counseling, AND
  School Counseling majors.
• Download your internship manual according to your
  major (ex. CNL 867 Mental Health Counseling) from
  website http//www.cehs.wright.edu/academic/human
  _services/clinical_experience.phpmanuals
• Manuals are on the left side of the page.
• Read these manuals carefully!

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Finding a Site

• Begin your search for a site several months prior
  to the quarter you wish to begin practicum (many
  sites require students to do both practicum and
  internship at the same site).
• There is a binder in M052 CAC with student
  evaluations of their sites. This is a good
  resource.
• Ask your academic advisor for possible sites.
• Word of mouth from students currently doing PI
  is another way to learn of sites.
• Contact your site of interest and ask how their
  process works typically they will ask for a
  resume and arrange for an interview.

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Background Checks

• If you are going to apply for Counselor Trainee
  status, you must get the Ohio BCI and FBI
  background checks (including fingerprints)
• Students have had problems with these in the past
  (fingerprints not showing up, the results not
  coming in on time, etc.), so it is very important
  that you try to get these done two (2) quarters
  before you plan on applying for Practicum and
  Internship.

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PI Step 1

• Complete and submit application to Graduate
  Assistant for Practicum and Internship in M052
  CAC (This must be done each quarter).
• Application is Appendix 1 (in both practicum and
  internship manuals).
• Submit a copy of your academic advising report
  from Wings Express (Unofficial Transcript). This
  must be done each quarter.
• Complete the Program of Study form and have it
  signed by your advisor and Dr. Fortson.

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Step 1 (cont.) Proof of Insurance

• Submit proof of insurance with application (This
  must be done each quarter).
• Options for insurance are in a binder in M052
  CAC.
• Many organizations (e.g., ACA, AMHCA, ASCA, etc.)
  provide student discounts for insurance.
• Proof of insurance should include the students
  name, companys name, dates of coverage, and come
  from the company (e.g., copy of policy,
  acceptance letter, etc.)
• The GA will not accept checks or applications for
  insurance

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PI Step 1 (cont.)

• RHB majors are required to submit a resume and
  proof of membership in a professional counseling
  organization (ARCA or NARCA) in addition to the
  information above.
• It is possible that CNL majors will also have to
  join an organization in the near future
• After this information is received, you will be
  sent a detailed letter telling what you need to
  do next and by what date.
• Please read this letter carefully!

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PI Step 2

• Complete and return to Graduate Assistant for PI
  in M052 CAC (each quarter)
• Appendix 2 Contract (to be completed by student)
• Student must obtain site supervisors and their
  own signatures before submitting
• The GA will then take Appendix 2 to the
  university supervisor to sign
• Appendix 3 Site Supervisor information sheet (to
  be completed by site supervisor)
• Attach a copy of your site supervisors license
  to this appendix.
• Appendix 4 Site information sheet (to be
  completed by student)

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PI Step 2 (cont.)

• If Counselor Trainee status is required for your
  site, PI must be registered with CSWMFT Board
  each quarter. This can be done by completing the
  Trainee Supervision Agreement Form and submitting
  it to the board.
• The Trainee Supervision Agreement form should be
  retrieved from the CSWMFT board at
  www.cswmft.ohio.gov/forms.stm
• This form should be completed and sent to the
  board by the student along with a copy of the
  students schedule from Wings Express and the
  site supervisors professional disclosure
  statement.
• These forms must be completed for the practicum
  and the first quarter of internship. Subsequent
  quarters of internship require only that the
  student submit a copy of their schedule to the
  board along with a request to renew counselor
  trainee status.

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PI Step 2 (cont.)

• Copies of this paperwork (minus the schedule as
  you will not be able to register for your course
  until all paperwork has been submitted) should
  be submitted to the graduate assistant along with
  Appendix 2,3 4 two weeks after the application
  is due. Copies of this paperwork will only be
  necessary if you are applying for practicum or
  the first quarter of your internship.

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PI Step 2 (cont.)

• After appendices 2,3,4, (Contract, Site
  Supervisor Information Sheet, and the Site
  Information Sheet) and copies of the supervisors
  license and trainee supervision agreement form
  (for those required to register) are received,
  you will be notified that a registration slip is
  available for you to pick up in M052 CAC. It is
  the students responsibility to take this to the
  Registrars Office. (If you are a distance
  learning student, you can request that the
  registration slip be mailed to you to sign, once
  signed you can mail/fax slip to the Registrars
  Office.)
• Again, a copy of your class schedule is needed to
  obtain Counselor Trainee status with the board.
  In order to be eligible to register, all
  paperwork must be completed and turned in to the
  graduate assistant.
• Please submit paperwork all at once. If one item
  is incomplete, all forms will be returned for
  resubmission. Again, please be sure to have all
  signatures before submitting.

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PI Step 3

• The following will need to be submitted to the
  University Supervisor at the completion of PI
  each quarter
• Appendix 5 Site supervisor evaluation of student
• Appendix 6 Students practicum/internship
  placement evaluation
• please turn in one copy of A. 6 to your
  University Supervisor and one copy of A. 6 to the
  P I Graduate Assistant
• Appendix 7 Time log
• Please keep copies of your time logs for your
  records

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PI Step 3 (cont.)

• Students with Counselor Trainee status must
  report hours to the CSWMFT Board. The forms to
  use should be retrieved from the boards site
  http//cswmft.ohio.gov/forms.stm
• Practicum hours no longer need to submitted to
  the Board, but you should keep these for your own
  records.
• Internship hours should be reported using the
  Internship Supervision Evaluation form. This must
  be submitted within 30 days of completing the
  entire internship.

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PI Checklist

• To be completed prior to each quarter of
  practicum and internship.
• Step 1 submit
• Background check fingerprints
• Application (Appendix 1)
• Proof of insurance, Program of Study, Academic
  Report
• RHB majors only, resume and proof of membership
• Step 2 submit
• Contract (Appendix 2)
• Site Supervisor Information Sheet (Appendix 3)
• Copy of site supervisors license
• Site Information Sheet (Appendix 4)
• CT application paperwork for those required to
  apply

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Questions

• Vanessa Pence
• Graduate Assistant
• Department of Human Services
• M052 Creative Arts Center
• pence.10_at_wright.edu
• [phone]