Helping Understand Balance: Using the Holistic Wellness Wheel as a Tool for Practice and Assessment
A presentation at Teaching Demonstration for Heritage University MSW Faculty Position in in Toppenish, WA 98948, USA by Jacob Campbell
Helping Understand Balance A Te ching Demonstr tion with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University April 18th, 2024 Using the Holistic Wellness Wheel as a Tool for Practice and Assessment B l nce a a a a Life
Jacob Campbell’s Teaching Demonstration Le rning Objectives Experience str tegies Agend Topics Getting settled in our discussion Ex mining the historic l context of pr ctice demonstr tion of te ching Describe medicine wheel nd its context nd history rel ted to the tool being sh red Eng ge in self-re lection re s of my life rel ted to the whole Completing individu l wellness wheel a a a a a a a a a f a a a a a a a a a a a a B sic underst nding of using the wellness wheel nd how it helps develop insight a a Agenda and Objectives
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Educ tion • BA nd M sters in Soci l Work from E stern W shington University 2009 • Ph.D. from C liforni Institute of Integr l Studies 2023 Employment School soci l worker t P sco High School since 2014 Adjunct F culty t Herit ge University since 2013 Licensed Independent Clinic l Soci l Worker Dissert tion Title a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a A Profession l Le rning Community for Developing Tr um -Informed Pr ctices Using P rticip tory Action Methods: Tr nsforming School Culture for Students with Emotion l nd Beh vior l Dis bilities Previous employment include Tri-Cities Community He lth, Crisis Residenti l Center, nd Jubilee Youth R nch
• Positive feedb ck from students nd usefulness in re l-world pr ctice • It h s been form tive tool for me • I w nted to t ke on the ch llenge nd something th t would require c re nd consider tion in presenting You m y cover ny topic you choose, nd your udience will be looking t your it for te ching gr du te courses in soci l work. Ple se feel free to include ny te ching str tegies you would use in cl ss. a f a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Meta-Discussion Regarding Content a a • Ad pted from content I te ch BASW students
Problem Assessment in Social Work (Hepworth, et l., 2017) Identifying the presenting problem Uncovering the sources of this problem a a a Eng ging the client in pl nning
The Holistic Wellness Wheel A tool for helping a client understand balance But irst, we h ve to look t some history nd where this h s developed from g n i t truc s n o Dec a a a a a f Our Pr ctices
The Bighorn Medicine Wheel, 2011 The rock circle is bout 80 feet in di meter, with 28 ‘spokes’ r di ting from centr l c irn, ive c irns round the rim nd sixth slightly outside the perimeter. US Forest Service photo (Ch pm n, 2019). When Europe ns rrived in the Americ s, thous nds of medicine wheels existed throughout the continent (Gilgun, 2002) a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a f a a a a a The Medicine Wheel is sometimes referred to s the Hub. The spokes on it describe both positive nd neg tive spects of our being (M nitow bi, 2018)
The Medicine Wheel as a Symbol Some of the challenges and depictions North • The initi lly published depiction s gr phic l symbol w s problem tic (Sh w, 1995) • There re wide v riety of symbols of the medicine wheels exist (Robertson, 2021) • Te chings reg rding the medicine wheel re di erent between communities, but there re some found tion l concepts th t re simil r (M nitow bi, 2018) West Holism B l nce H rmony E st South a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ff a a a a a The generic medicine wheel b sed on Roberts et l. (1998).
Teaching The Medicine Wheel How might non-Indigenous teachers sensitively work with this subject • Identify nd n lyze our own position lly within the domin nt culture • Pr ctice emp thy nd consciousness in underst nding the neg tive imp ct th t coloniz tion still h s ( nd previously h d) on the Indigenous culture nd w y of living • Acknowledge the diversity of the te chings from v rious indigenous cultures • Rem in open to discussion nd criticism from the supports round you • Present with respect nd n honest he rt • Cite n Elder or Knowledge Keeper s p rt of your reference a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a B kes (n.d.) from the Ermineskin Cree N tion
The challenge then is not to replace “western science” with “cultural wisdom” but to link the knowledge therein to indigenous cultures. By facilitating a meaningful appropriation of the techniques by which new knowledge may be learned, aboriginal people will generate new knowledge. (Robertson, 2021, p. 7)
Holistic Wellness Wheel
• Tr ck progress over time • Uncover priorities nd next steps • Develop insight nd links between spects of our lives • Visu l ex mple of how ch llenging spects of life c n c use bumps in the ro d • H ve client develop their own re for review a a a a a a a a a a a a f a a tool with groups nd f milies a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a • Use s a a a Ideas for Implementation Loiselle nd McKenzie (2006) describe system with four steps: 1. A sp ce to self-re lectively write bout where you re 2. A gr ph to tr ck nd review progress 3. An opportunity to review life events nd imp cts 4. A pl ce to write out self-c re pl n
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Reference B kes, S (n.d.) The medicine wheel. The University of British Columbi , Decolonizing Te ching Indigenizing Le rning. https://indigenizingle rning.educ.ubc.c /curriculum-bundles/the-medicine-wheel/ Ch pm n, F. (2019, April 10) Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mount in: Celebr ted nd controversi l l ndm rk. Wyoming Historic l Society. https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedi /medicine-wheel Gilgun, J. F. (2002). Completing the circle. Americ n Indi n Medicine Wheels nd the promotion of resilience of children nd youth in c re. Journ l of Hum n Beh vior in the Soci l Environment, 6(2), 65-84. https://doi.org/10.1300/j137v06n02_05 Hepworth, D. H., Rooney, R. H., Rooney, G. D., & Strom-Gottfried, K. (2017). Empowerment Series: Direct Soci l Work Pr ctice Theory nd Skills (10th ed. ed.). Ceng ge Le rning. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Loiselle, M., & McKenzie, L. (2006). The wellness wheel: An Aborigin l contribution to soci l work. In First North-Americ n Conference on Spiritu lity nd Soci l Work. University of W terloo, Renison College, in W terloo, Ont rio.
Reference M nitow bi, S. (2018). Historic l nd contempor ry re lities: Movement tow rds reconcili tion. Pressbooks. https://ec mpusont rio.pressbooks.pub/movementtow rdsreconcili tion/ Roberts, R. L., H rper, R., Tuttle-E gle Bull, D., & Heidem n-Provost, L. M. (1998). The N tive Americ n Medicine Wheel nd Individu l Psychology: Common themes. The Journ l of Individu l Psychology, 54(1), 135-145. Robertson, L. H. (2021). The medicine wheel revisited: Re lections on indigeniz tion in counseling nd educ tion. SAGE Open, 11(2), rticle 215824402110152. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/21582440211015202 a a a a a a a a a a f a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Sh w, C. (1995). A theft of spirit? New Age Journ l, pp. 84-92. Av il ble t https:// thetr ckingproject.org/ -theft-of-spirit/
This presentation aims to act as a teaching demonstration for Jacob Campbell and his application for a faculty position at Heritage University in their Masters of Social Work Program.
For this session, we will examine a tool, a wellness wheel, that can be used with clients. This activity can help social workers understand the problems their clients are facing and develop insight for clients themselves. We will examine the history of this tool, primarily as its development was based, whether knowingly or not, on Indigenous teachings and practices.
An example of this tool is available as a handout. The agenda is as follows:
- Getting settled in our discussion
- Examining the historical context of a practice
- Completing individual wellness wheel
The learning objectives include:
- Experience a demonstration of teaching strategies
- Describe a medicine wheel and its context and history related to the tool being shared
- Engage in self-reflection areas of my life related to the whole
- Basic understanding of using the wellness wheel and how it helps develop insight
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