Practicum Placements

Child & Family Studies students are required to complete a practicum experience as a part of their degree. Prior to enrolling in FCS 4390, Practicum in Family and Consumer Sciences, students must have completed the prerequisites FCS 2355 Child Development, FCS 3356 Theories of Family Development, FCS 4359 Parenting, and have the approval from an instructor. The practicum placement requires 150 clock hours of experience in an agency serving children/families, plus one hour weekly seminar. For more information, including the application and list of approved sites, please see the practicum handbook: Practicum FCS 4390.

See below for past practicum placements.

Placement • Position

Highland Baptist Church • Children's Ministry

Generations Adoptions • Adoption

Family Information, Resources, Support, and Training (FIRST) • Place Parent Education

Early Head Start • Teacher Assistant

Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children • General

BU Alumi Center • Event Planning

CampFire USA • Teaching

Linda and Company • Retail

Cook Children's Hospital • Child Life

Advocacy Center • General

YMCA • General

Piper Child Development Center • Teaching

Ramstein Air Force Base • Shadow Family Advocate

BlueBonnet Youth Ranch • At-risk Youth

Klaras Children's Center • Early Childhood Intervention

Generations Adoptions • Adoption

Shriner's Hospital • Child Life Specialist

Make a Wish Foundation • General

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care • Child Life Sepcialist

Sunshine Kids • Fundraising

First Baptist Waco • Camp Counselor

Child Protective Services • General

Scottish Rite • Child Life

Northwest Texas Healthcare System • Child Life

Fellowship of the Woodlands • Children's Ministry

Prestonwood Baptist Church • Children's Ministry

Scottish Rite • Nutrition

Advocacy Center • General

Columbus Avenue • Youth Ministry