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Practicum Search: Sneha Care Home and Shining Star School

Leslie Pierce Samantha Xia

Finding the Practicum

 Deciding whether to stay local or go abroad  Asking around  Informational interviews  Interviewing for positions abroad

Bangalore, India

Sneha Care Home and Shining Star School

Negotiating the Scope of Work

 Finding a topic to focus on  Assigned tasks

Challenges

 Keeping consistent contact with the organization  Family support  Costs

 Flight – approx $1600  Visa – approx $200  Room and Board – included  Food – included  Post-practicum Travel – approx $500- 700

Recommendations

 Talk to other students  Ask your professors  Start early, especially if your worried about costs  If your worried about traveling abroad alone, look with another person or find other students who might be in the same city