School Mental Health has offered more than 30 years of field instruction to students pursuing a Social Work Degree. School Mental Health professionals promote the mental health, well-being and academic achievement of all LAUSD students. Our Field Instructors who are approved to supervise interns are highly qualified, committed to the values and ethics of the profession, and possess a genuine interest in social work practices. Our Field Instructor’s responsibility is to provide a variety of learning experiences to interns within the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro domains. Our Field Instructors have a strong desire to teach our interns with regards to the field of school social work. Interns are given a wide range of case assignments related to identified problem, age, gender, and sexual orientation. Interns are exposed to direct practice interventions with children and their families. Our job as field instructors are to maximize the learning opportunities available for our interns placed within School Mental Health.
