Spring 2024 SOWK 322 Week 01 - Course Introduction and Syllabus Review

JACOB CAMPBELL, LICSW PH.D. PRACTICE WITH PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Week 01: Introduction to SOWK 322 (2) Spring 2024 at Heritage University Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

AGENDA Introduce myself Introduce the course

ABOUT ME AND THIS CLASS

I developed it in 2017 Work with a broad range of persons with special needs

REVIEWING SYLLABUS SOWK 322 (2): Practice with Persons with Special Needs (3 credits) Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW Office Hours: By Arrangement Office Location: By Arrangement Course Hours: Asynchronous

Spring 2024, Heritage at CBC Email: campbell_j@heritage.edu Cell Phone: (509) 392-1056 Class Location: Online Course Description Some of the highlights This course provides the student with practical knowledge and skills to work with individuals, families, and communities with longer-term service needs. The student will be required to apply assessment and plan an effective intervention. The following is a listing of specific course prerequisites: None are listed. Course Purpose Social workers often work with vulnerable populations, and these vulnerable populations frequently include persons with special needs. Children with chronic healthcare conditions, developmental disorders, and congenital disabilities commonly access services done by social workers. This course builds on the knowledge and skills for working with individuals to gain further insight into research, applied services, and policy perspectives, reflecting the range of needs for persons requiring special assistance. Relationship to Other Sequences and Other Courses SOWK 322 is an online elective course offered to Toppenish and Tri-Cities Campus students. One of the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) described by the Council for Social Work Education (CSWE) is for students to engage in diversity and practice differences. Persons with severe disabilities and special needs require specialized services to meet those needs. This class is meant to introduce students to these needs. Land Acknowledgement Heritage University occupies its home on the traditional lands of the Yakama People. These ancestral homelands are the Yakama, Palouse, Pisquouse, Wenatshapam, Klikatat, Klinquit, Kow- was-say-ee, Li-ay-

TEXT BOOK HELPFUL RESOURCES

􀉅 􀫘 􁏵 􁒯 􂃨 FORMAT AND LEARNING In SOWK 322 Readings and Other Content Video Lectures Discussion Forums Group Presentation Papers

ASSIGNMENTS POINTS Break down of all the assignments this semester A-01: Asynchronous Participation and Engagement A-02: Disability Rights Quiz A-03: Disability Population Group Presentation A-04: Analysis of Activist Work on Social Media A-05: Accessibility in Your Community Re ection Paper 8% 16% 12% 48% 16% 8% 16% fl fl EC - A-06a: Crip Camp Film Re ective Paper EC - A-06b: Disability Population Research Paper

Appointments & Questions I’m very reachable

ACADEMIC HONESTY Who’s information is this?

Tentative Schedule WHAT IS THE PLAN ANYWAYS? S M T W T F 😎 😎 S 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

Rubrics Initial Content Area Emerging Developed x x Content Area 1 Jacob Campbell, LICSW at Heritage University Highly Developed 1 SOWK 487 Spring 2023

INFORMATION SECTIONS - Attendance Library Credit Hour Requirements Campus Security & Safety Accommodation Policy

SOWK 322 WEEK 01 Forums 👋 Watch lecture video Review National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disability (2020) infographic 📱 SOWK 322 Course Introductions ffi Tasks Introduction to Assignment 04 4 Replies in the forums Analysis of Activist Work on Social Media Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic Fill out the contact form 👍 Questions About the Syllabus or Course A rmation of Course Guidelines 🤨