Fall 2025 SOWK 590 Week 08 - Advanced Seminar I

title: Fall 2025 SOWK 590 Week 08 - Advanced Seminar I date: 2025-10-13 22:37:09 location: Heritage University tags:

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  • MSW Program
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Week eight is synchronous with having class on Saturday (10/18/25) for SOWK 590. Students continue to work at the practicum and will submit their weekly journal. We will have the following agenda:

  • SLED: Intersectionality and Identity
  • Mindfulness activity
  • Practice Learning Reflection Group

The learning objectives this week include:

  • Students consider intersectionality and identity, and how these concepts relate to their practice.
  • Students will actively practice a mindfulness activity.
  • Students will recognize the shared experiences of their peers in the practicum and be able to utilize the group as a method for sharing and problem-solving.
  • Students will analyze their practicum experience, reflecting on how it connects to their development and demonstration of competence.

Plan for Week 08

Agenda

  • SLED: Intersectionality and Identity
  • Mindfulness activity
  • Practice Learning Reflection Group

learning objectives

  • Students consider intersectionality and identity, and how these concepts relate to their practice.
  • Students will actively practice a mindfulness activity.
  • Students will recognize the shared experiences of their peers in the practicum and be able to utilize the group as a method for sharing and problem-solving.
  • Students will analyze their practicum experience, reflecting on how it connects to their development and demonstration of competence.

Student-led Discussion

[Whole Group Activity] Assigned students will facilitate discussion with the class regarding chosen topic.

Intersectionality and Identity

Wheel of Awareness and the Plane of Possibility

Dr. Dan Siegle

[Whole Class Activity] Listen to Wheel of Awareness and the Plane of Possibility

Here is an image of “The Wheel of Awareness.” The hub represents the experience of awareness itself — knowing — while the rim contains all the points of anything we can become aware of, that which is known to us. We can send a spoke out to the rim to focus our attention on one point or another on the rim. In this way, the wheel of awareness becomes a visual metaphor for the integration of consciousness as we differentiate rim-elements and hub-awareness from each other and link them with our focus of attention.

Practice Learning Reflection Group

Group Norms

  • We will be respectful of each other
  • We will approach our dialogue with an open mind
  • We will engage and fully participate
  • We will keep our clients’ information confidential

Group Check-in Question

An activity that is facilitating learning for you this week.

Practicum Discussion

  • What are some of the things that are happening in your practicums
  • What are some of the needs of the clients you are working with
  • Examples of client work to share with the group