Field experience for social work students from Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently began for the spring semester. Five senior social work majors entered practicum agencies within northwest Oklahoma, central Oklahoma and Kansas, to complete 420 contact hours, demonstrate 31 practice behaviors and master the program’s nine core competencies as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education.

“Social work field experience is critical in developing the practitioner skills each social worker needs to be successful,” said Jennifer Pribble, director of field education and assistant profe...