Field Experience

Enrollment in practicum and internship are considered critical experiences for successful completion of the masters programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling. Primary goals of both practicum and internship are to develop counseling skills and to promote the development of the student's professional counselor identity in an organization compatible with their program emphasis area. Practicum and Internship activities will take place at departmentally approved sites with appropriately qualified supervisors where the intern can work with clients appropriate for the student's program emphasis. A list of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Practicum and Internships sites are listed below in the attachment. Professional School Counseling students are assigned to internship sites by CCSD but are able to request school level (elementary school, middle school, high school), preferred location in town, and in some cases may request a specific school.

Application for Practicum & Internship

Applications for practicum and internship must be filed by the appropriate deadline in the semester before the clinical experience will occur. Students will not be permitted to register for either practicum or internship unless an application is on file with all the necessary departmental and faculty approvals. Students are required to consult with their Advisor regarding these applications in order to ensure that all prerequisites have been met prior to participation in these experiences. All students are required to get fingerprinted prior to the start of practicum and internship. Students should keep an updated fingerprints in their records.

Graduate Program Admissions

Graduate students are admitted once a year into a cohort and begin their studies in the Fall semester. For the next graduate program admissions cohort, completed application materials are due by February 1, 2010 to begin studies in fall 2010. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the department.

	Practicum	Internship
Deadlines	November 1st (for Spring enrollment)	November 1st (for Spring enrollment) April 1st (for Summer and/or Fall enrollment)
Application	Praticum Application	School Counseling Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Policies	Clinical Mental Health Counseling School Counseling	Clinical Mental Health Counseling School Counseling
Forms	Practicum Weekly Log Form	Clinical Mental Health Counseling Weekly Log Form School Counseling Weekly Log Form Internship Performance Evaluation Form Counseling Intern's Evaluation of Site Supervisor