FAQ on Practicum & Internship - Ashland Theological Seminary

their second year of the cohort. REMEMBER, you are asking about starting a practicum in the fall NOT an internship as they are different (as noted above). “Is there anything I can do now?” Students do not need to do anything about practicum until fall quarter. If, however, you want to get started there are a couple things you can do. First, you may want to get going on the Criminal Records Check that is required of all counseling students applying for Counselor Trainee status (necessary for Practicum and Internship students). Further information on this is available on the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist web page (http://cswmft.ohio.gov/). Second, if you were to start looking for a site (or already had one in mind) to serve your practicum (and possibly into internship, PLEASE read through the Practicum Handbook so as to know what you are looking for. Dr Sadler-­‐Gerhardt is available to talk with about such contacts. We’ll be talking about many of these issues related to the practicum the first week of class in fall quarter so this is simply a starting point now. “Is there a list of sites available for students to use?” Yes. We have a list of sites that have used our students in the past. We do not guarantee that they still do but it is a starting point for making contacts. We will be sending this out to you. “Do I have to complete all 100 hours in one quarter?” No. In fact, most students take two or more quarters to complete the practicum. A number of factors are involved with how speedily one completes their practicum experience such as how much time students are able to commit to the practicum, schedule flexibility, client availability, etc.