Spring 2024 SOWK 487 Week 01 - Introduction to Theories of Practice II
Dr. Jacob Campbell
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![SOWK 487w (2): Theories of Practice II (3 credits) Spring 2024, Heritage at CBC Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW Office Hours: By Arrangement Office Location: By Arrangement Course Hours: Wednesdays 5:30 – 8:15 PM Reviewing Syllabus Part by part Email: campbell_j@heritage.edu Cell Phone: (509) 392-1056 Class Location: SWL 114 Course Description The course description is generalist social work practice with microsystems. Knowledge and methods to bring about planned change with families, natural networks, groups, and practice skills in group process. Offered Spring semester. Prerequisite(s): SOWK 486W. Limited to majors. Course Purpose The purpose of SOWK 487 is to teach practical skills students can take with them in working with groups and families. It focuses on working with families and both therapeutic groups and task groups. Most weeks, students have opportunities to practice facilitating groups with their classmates or group activities they can take with them. Relationship to Other Sequences and Other Courses Heritage University requires BASW students to follow a sequence of three practice courses. Each one is focused on a different level of intervention. First, SOWK 486 is related to interventions at the micro level and focuses on working with individuals. Second, SOWK 487 addresses mezzo practice, considering interventions with families and groups. Third, SOWK 488 considers macro practice and skills for working with communities. Land Acknowledgement Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University 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-aywas, Skin-pah, Wish-ham, Shyiks, Ochechotes, Kah-milt-pa, and Se-ap-cat, who today are represented by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation [TREATY OF 1855] and, whose relationship with this land continues to this day. Heritage University, grounded in the vision of the two Yakama women SOWK 487w Spring 2024 founders, respects Indigenous peoples as traditional guardians of the lands and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous peoples and their traditional territories. We offer gratitude for the land](../deck-12000-large-6.jpeg)
![Assignments Points Break down of all the assignments this semester 5% 10% 20% 10% 15% A-01: Class Engagement and Attendance A-02: Reading Engagement and Check-in Questions A-03: Family Treatment Modality Research Presentation A-04a: Group Intervention Pitch A-04b: Group Member Feedback 20% A-04c - Re ective Paper A-05: Research Paper to Inform Group Practice 20% 10% 5% A-06a [EC]: Group Participation Re ective Paper A-06b [EC]: Evidence-Based Practices for Culturally Competent Social Work fl fl Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University SOWK 487w Spring 2024](../deck-12000-large-13.jpeg)
