Fall 2024 SOWK 581 Week 01: Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, & Groups

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Slide featuring text: 'Week 01 Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families & Groups.' It mentions 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University.' The background is pink and yellow.

Fall 2024 SOWK 581 Week 01: Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, & Groups

title: Fall 2024 SOWK 581 Week 01: Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, & Groups date: 2024-08-24 08:00:00 location: Heritage University tags:

  • Heritage University
  • MSW Program
  • SOWK 581 presentation_video: description: > Welcome to the first official week of your MSW program and SOWK 581. This class is one of the more clinically focused classes you will take, and I look forward to learning and growing together. Each week, you will have asynchronous learning tasks to engage in. Every other week, we will also meet in person to practice skills. For the first week, you will consider clinical practice skills definitionally and related to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) standards of clinical practice.

During our in-person session, the following is the agenda:

  • Getting settled into the class
  • Reviewing the syllabus
  • Setting our focus on clinical practice
  • Scholarship

The learning objectives this week include:

  • Students will gain an overview knowledge of what this course will look like, the assignments used to facilitate learning and demonstrate competency, and what to expect this semester
  • Students will self-reflect and examine their own beliefs and ideas around clinical practice
  • Students will gain knowledge and awareness regarding definitions of clinical practice and related social worker standards
  • Students will be able to analyze the concept of impostor syndrome and its impact on new clinicians
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Slide containing two sections of text. Left: 'Agenda Week 01' lists:- Getting settled into the class- Reviewing the syllabus- Setting our focus on clinical practice- ScholarshipRight: 'Learning Objectives' lists:- Overview of course and expectations- Self-reflection on clinical practice beliefs- Knowledge of clinical practice standards- Analysis of impostor syndrome’s impact on clinicians.

Agenda and Learning Objectives: Week 01

Agenda

  • Getting settled into the class
  • Reviewing the syllabus
  • Setting our focus on clinical practice
  • Scholarship

Learning Objectives

  • Students will gain an overview of this course, the assignments used to facilitate learning and demonstrate competency, and what to expect this semester.
  • Students will self-reflect and examine their own beliefs and ideas around clinical practice.
  • Students will gain knowledge and awareness regarding clinical practice definitions and related social worker standards.
  • Students will be able to analyze the concept of impostor syndrome and its impact on new clinicians.
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A presentation slide shows a course syllabus document on the right, featuring 'Heritage University' and course details. On the left, text reads: 'Course Syllabus: The General Map of this Class.'

Course Syllabus

The General Map of this Class

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The slide introduces Dr. Jacob, featuring text outlining his work, teaching experience, research interests, associate professorship, and contact info. A portrait shows him standing outside a building.

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Jacob

  • Work and teaching experience
  • Research and population interests
  • Associate professorship
  • Contact practices and office hours
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The slide displays a course sequence chart under 'Advanced Standing (34 credits)' with three columns for Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, detailing course names and credits. On the left, text asks, 'How does this course fit in your advanced standing sequence?'

Course Sequence

How does this course fit in your advanced standing sequence

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The image shows a presentation slide. **Object:** Textbooks and resources. **Action:** Displayed as reference materials. **Context:** Labels 'SOWK 581 TEXTBOOKS' and 'Helpful Resources' with images of 'Clinical Social Work Practice,' 'DSM-5-TR,' and guides for 'Native Americans' and 'Latinx/Hispanic.'

SOWK 581 Textbooks and Helpful Resources

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Assignments slide with a salmon-colored background showing text boxes listing tasks with deadlines. Text includes:- **Case Study:** “Documenting Direct Service Implementation at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro with a Real-Life Client” - **Practice:** - “Psychosocial Assessment 10/06/24” - “Intervention Plan Presentation 10/20/24” - “Case Study Paper 12/08/24”- **Online:** - “Weekly online discussion forums Fridays” - “Reading quizzes Fridays”- **In-Person:** - “In Class Participation/Engagement Seven Times”

Assignments

Practice

  • Psychosocial Assessment
  • Intervention Plan Presentation
  • Case Study Paper

Online

  • Weekly online discussion forums
  • Reading quizzes

In-Class In Class Participation/Engagement

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The slide shows a split screen: on the left, pink background with the text 'My Heritage'; on the right, a webpage titled 'Cyber Security 101' for a course on social work practices with individuals, families, and groups.

My Heritage

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The slide lists core tasks of psychotherapy, including developing alliances, educating clients, nurturing hope, facilitating coping skills, reconsidering beliefs, nurturing mastery, and relapse prevention. It prompts reflection on definition, importance, and implementation.

Core Tasks of Psychotherapy

(Cooper & Granucci Lesser, 2021)

  • Develop a therapeutic alliance
  • Educate clients
  • Nurture clients’ hope
  • Facilitate development of coping skills
  • Help clients reconsider their beliefs about self/world
  • Nurture clients’ sense of mastery
  • Conduct relapse prevention.

How would you define this? Why is it important? What might the implementation look like?

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The image features a pink background with text: 'Developing Your Clinical Practice.' Icons and phrases include: 'Practice Here' (arrow to 'competence'), 'Work on Specific Skills,' 'Recognizing Imposter Syndrome,' 'Do,' 'Evaluate,' 'Take Note,' and 'Seek Feedback.'

Developing Your Clinical Practice

  • Practice at the edge of your competence
  • Work on specific skills
  • Recognizing Imposter Syndrome
  • Take note
  • Do, evaluate, do evaluate
  • Seek feedback
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A yellow silhouette of a head faces a blue heart. Text above reads, 'Considering Our Thoughts'. The background is light pink, suggesting a contemplative theme or connection between mind and emotion.

Considering Our Thoughts

  • Distorted Thinking
  • All or nothing thinking
  • Labeling
  • Overgeneralizing
  • Assuming
  • Emotional reasoning
  • Dwelling on the negative
  • Rejecting the positive
  • Making unfavorable comparisons
  • Shoulds, oughts, and musts
  • Catastrophising
  • Personalizing
  • Blaming