Required Readings Garthwait, C. L. (2017). The social work practicum: A guide and workbook for students (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Chapter 3, “Learning from Supervision” (pp. 28-40) Thyer, B. A. (2013). Evidence-based practice or evidence-guided practice: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet [Invited response to Gitterman & Knight’s…

Assignment 1: Week 9 Blog Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources, and incorporate them into your blog.   By Day 3 Post a blog post that includes:   An explanation of how you have addressed termination or how you might address termination during your field education experience By Day 4 Respond to…

Week 9: Termination Important Note: Please use the media player below to hear an audio course introduction that will give you more background information about the course topic. Also provided is a transcript for you to download and print out. Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Termination [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu   Note:  The approximate length…

Assignment 2: Practice Problem Evidence based practice is essential to effective social work practice. For this assignment, you are required to (a) identify a current practice problem relevant in your current agency (i.e., working with resistant clients, engaging clients when they don’t talk much, having negative perceptions about your client, counter transference, etc.), (b) after…

Assignment 1: Week 7 Blog Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources, and incorporate them into your blog.   By Day 3 Post a blog post that includes:   An explanation of how you have addressed evaluation or how you might address evaluation in your field education experience By Day 4 Respond to…

Assignment 2: Process Recordings A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are…

Assignment 1: Week 6 Blog Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources, and incorporate them into your blog.   By Day 3 Post a blog post that includes:   An explanation of potential challenges for intervention during your field education experience An explanation of personal action plans you might take to address intervention…

Week 6: Intervention—Part 2 Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze potential challenges for intervention in field education experience Analyze personal action plans for intervention in field education experience Analyze intervention in relation to social work practice Apply social work practice skills Learning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link…

Assignment 1: Week 5 Blog Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources, and incorporate them into your blog.   By Day 3 Post a blog post that includes:   An explanation of how you have addressed intervention or how you might address intervention during your field education experience By Day 4 Respond to…

Assignment 2: Policy and Client Impact Development For this assignment, you are expected to identify a sub-population within the field agency, then research and discuss with your field coordinator the state and federal policies that may impact the identified clients. Finally, discuss if there is a possibility for you to advocate on behalf of those…