CAST 407 - CAST Capstone Experience

(4 S.H.)

This course is an intense site-based experience of the student’s choice designed to encapsulate the essence of baccalaureate professional role development in an internship experience. This synthesis course allows students to expand their understanding of major concepts of child advocacy, experiential learning, and evidence-based practice in a setting of their choice. A multidisciplinary approach will be emphasized as students focus on ethical decision-making and cultural sensitivity with clients in a community location. Students work with preceptors in agencies and develop a project addressing a need within that agency. Prerequisites: CAST 301 - Child Advocacy Studies I: Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy, CAST 401 - Professional and System Responses to Child Maltreatment, and CAST 402 - Responding to the Survivor of Child Abuse and Survivor Responses or instructor’s permission.

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