COU 681 - Practicum

3 credits
The clinical practicum provides students with their first clinical field experiences under the direction of licensed supervisors. A wide variety of field placement sites are available and group supervision is simultaneously provided by university faculty. Students learn to apply knowledge from previous coursework to real-world clinical situations and face-to-face client interactions. The practicum starts with clinical shadowing and gradually works to more autonomous levels of practice as the student progresses to the clinical internship class. This includes 100 total hours of supervised experience with at least 40 hours of direct client contact. Students also received 1 hour of individual or triadic supervision with the site supervisor and 2 hours of group supervision by a faculty member each week.