Students would have opportunities to assist in counseling families referred to IFBS.  There would be extensive team supervision and support to enhance family counseling skills.  There is the possibility of working with families in children protection including safety planning, court experience, petition or court report writing.  There are opportunities for research in all aspects of County Child Welfare.  Some examples of projects students have participated in are :  interviewing foster children on their experiences, use of psychotropic medication with children in foster care, client satisfaction of users of IFBS, effects of implementation of concurrency planning in out of home placement.