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Dana Holcomb

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RE: Rounding Points on Evaluation

Posted By Dana Holcomb Mar 18, 2024 08:55
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Great question, we have wonky decimals sometimes too. I tell our folks that they can round up/down to the nearest half point (or full point if that makes it easier for them). We really don't have a policy regarding this, it's really just how we've always down things. The instructor who enters the grade ...

RE: Practicum Placement Tracking Software

Posted By Dana Holcomb Mar 08, 2024 10:18
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Good morning, Jessica. We use IPT right now and have for many years. It worked for us for awhile but as our program grew it has really not kept up with our needs. While it is very affordable, the level of support, ability to change/tweak forms, and level of troubleshooting required on my end as a field ...

RE: Program and or Student Fees

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 29, 2024 12:11
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Hi Jessica, we are undertaking this right now (in fact I go before the Student Fees Committee today). We have historically used IPT as our practicum tracking system; however, we have found in the past few years we have simply outgrown this database and need more in terms of data collection. We are proposing ...

RE: Model for Supervision Provided by SW Dept Employee?

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 26, 2024 10:22
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That is amazing Bonnie - I have been noticing this trend too and have proposed a few models to our chair (to hopefully bring up for approval with our dean) as it relates to either release time, stipend/professional development money, or credit pay for supervision - no luck on moving this forward yet. ...

RE: Rolling Practicum

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 17, 2024 09:10
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Good morning Desiree. We have BSW students who enter their internship every semester (fall/spring, spring/summer, summer/fall, and summer block). Our clinical MSW students always begin in fall and complete a three-semester internship. Our MSW foundation students enter their internships either fall/spring ...

RE: Practicum Liaison Models, Best Practices, etc.

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 14, 2024 09:57
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Hi Kayla, we use faculty to teach all of our seminars. In our MSW program, the faculty who teach the seminars are also the liaisons. For the BSW students, their liaisons are either their seminar faculty or other faculty. We do not use community-based liaisons or contract with anyone to provide these ...

RE: Field Practicum Seminar Ratio

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 08, 2024 09:02
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Hello Summer - we cap our seminar sections at 8 students. Sometimes we have 9, but we really do not allow our seminar sections to go over that. ------------------------------ Dana Holcomb, DSW, LMSW-Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Field Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI 49307 231-591-2763 ...

Request for Participation

Posted By Dana Holcomb Jan 27, 2024 10:18
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Greetings social work colleagues! I am sending this email today to request participation in a qualitative study I am conducting focusing on gaining a deeper understanding of how Field Directors are assessing ADEI practices within internship agency placements. Questions will focus on how initial, and ...

RE: Form to document reason for a placement termination?

Posted By Dana Holcomb Dec 10, 2023 07:37
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Lindsey, great question. We do not have a specific form that we ask supervisors to fill out. Typically we ask that agency supervisors send the faculty liaison, or myself as the Field Director, an email outlining the concerns - we keep this for the student's file and this helps us to determine whether ...

RE: Employment Based Placements

Posted By Dana Holcomb Dec 06, 2023 11:08
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Hi Natalie - we have a policy in place that outlines this as a potential risk to employment-based practicums (though it is true that students could be terminated at a non-employment related site). We ask that the agency consider continuing the student in an internship capacity if terminated from the ...

RE: Faith-Based Practicum Placements

Posted By Dana Holcomb Nov 14, 2023 09:17
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Hi Jen, that's a great question. We support students who want to work within their faith and express interest in agencies that have a faith-based mission. Having said that, we require agencies to enter into an affiliation agreement. If an agency refuses to (particularly on the basis that you are referring ...

RE: Field Placement Screening Process

Posted By Dana Holcomb Nov 13, 2023 10:28
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This is a great question and has me thinking. I typically do a license search for our supervisors; however, it is only for our state (so if a supervisor was licensed and had a sanction in another state, that wouldn't show). Also, we have had some cases where we use agency supervisors who are not licensed ...

RE: Online internships for 2nd year MSW students

Posted By Dana Holcomb Nov 02, 2023 09:59
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Hello! We have never reached out to these online companies - most often we have heard concerns regarding supervision and someone to provide learning opportunities, particularly because clinicians enter into these companies as contractual (1099) employees. I have heard of a fair amount of movement and ...

Request for Participation

Posted By Dana Holcomb Oct 17, 2023 14:12
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Greetings social work colleagues! I am sending this email today to request participation in a qualitative study I am conducting focusing on gaining a deeper understanding of how Field Directors are assessing ADEI practices within internship agency placements. Questions will focus on how initial, and ...

RE: Course Fees/Field Instructor Stipends

Posted By Dana Holcomb Oct 17, 2023 09:25
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Hello! Our program does not have any additional fees attached to internships/practicums. As a department we pay for IPT (the system we use to track internship forms). We do not provide any stipends for students or agencies, though we certainly support agencies who can provide stipends for students. Our ...

RE: Field Manual Question

Posted By Dana Holcomb Aug 03, 2023 13:22
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Hi Bonnie, I don't think that it is required to have the forms in the field manual - we have several forms that are not included in the manual (i.e. a professionalism and gatekeeping contract, COVID-19 contract, and employment based contract). We track those forms in our Teams space; however, I am hoping ...

IPT Information

Posted By Dana Holcomb Aug 03, 2023 11:30
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Hello everyone! We use IPT for managing our internship placements. We only have an email address to contact them. We have never had a phone number and the only number we can find online does not work. Does anyone have any other contact information for the folks at IPT? We've been emailing for several ...

RE: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Language for Syllabi

Posted By Dana Holcomb Jul 14, 2023 13:14
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Our university is currently working on language for faculty to include in their syllabi. I took my best attempt at it as we were also having some issues with students using AI. Each faculty member can add their own language to their syllabi, but I added language regarding this in our gatekeeping and ...

RE: Return to placement after leave due to health, MH or SUD challenges

Posted By Dana Holcomb Apr 14, 2023 09:22
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That's a great question, Jean, and look forward to seeing what others may have as far as a policy goes. We do not have a policy regarding this though we are encountering some similar challenges. I look forward to seeing the responses. ------------------------------ Dana Holcomb Director of Field Ferris ...

RE: Vehicle Policy for Student interns

Posted By Dana Holcomb Feb 17, 2023 08:57
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We have a very brief policy: Automobile Insurance- Most agencies require that a student possess a valid driver's license and be adequately covered under automotive insurance. Agencies may request that students transport clients in agency vehicles. If an accident were to occur, please note that, as ...