This first practicum phase helps students understand the general structure and functioning of the helping network and the place of agency-based community settings in it. Simultaneously, the students begin to integrate interviewing and assessment skills to formulate an intervention plan with sensitivity to the diversity of the setting. A bi-weekly seminar runs concurrently with the practicum. [Note: This course is for BSW part-time students only.] Prereq: SWREN 441A; Bachelor of Social Work students onlyAlso offered Online