Social Work Practicum, The: A Guide and Workbook for Students

by Horejsi, Charles R.; Garthwait, Cynthia L.

• ISBN13: 9780205340187
• ISBN10: 0205340180
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The Social Work Practicum offers a unique workbook format designed to facilitate the integration of social work theory and practice during the student's practicum. This workbook provides a structure for formulating the student's learning goals, identifying learning activities, clarifying agency and school expectations, and preparing a learning agreement for the practicum. It guides the student through an examination of the many areas of practicum-related learning, including social policy, the agency and community contexts of practice, legal and ethical considerations, cultural diversity, theoretical frameworks, and the evaluation of practice. As students read the background information sections and complete the workbook activities in each chapter, they record important information about their practicum setting, analyze their experience, and gain new insights. As a result of completing the workbook activities, students are able to describe and discuss their experiences and observations in a more systematic and thoughtful manner.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Bradford W. Sheafor
Preface	xv
The Purpose of a Practicum	1	(10)
Background Information	1	(1)
How to Use This Book	2	(1)
How the Chapters Are Structured	3	(1)
Practicum-Related Strengths: A Workbook Activity	4	(4)
How Do We Learn? A Workbook Activity	8	(2)
Suggested Learning Activities	10	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	10	(1)
Selected Bibliography	10	(1)
School, Agency, and Student Expectations	11	(9)
Goals for Learning	11	(1)
Background Information	11	(4)
Guidance and Direction	15	(2)
Clarifying Expectations: A Workbook Activity	17	(2)
Suggested Learning Activities	19	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	19	(1)
Selected Bibliography	19	(1)
Planning to Learn	20	(14)
Goals for Learning	20	(1)
Background Information	20	(1)
Preparing a Plan for Learning	21	(2)
The Generalist Perspective and the Plan for Learning	23	(1)
Guidance and Direction	24	(3)
Planning to Learn: A Workbook Activity	27	(6)
Suggested Learning Activities	33	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	33	(1)
Selected Bibliography	33	(1)
Getting Started	34	(9)
Goals for Learning	34	(1)
Background Information	34	(2)
Guidance and Direction	36	(3)
Basic Information about Your Practicum: A Workbook Activity	39	(3)
Suggested Learning Activities	42	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	42	(1)
Selected Bibliography	42	(1)
Using Supervision	43	(13)
Goals for Learning	43	(1)
Background Information	43	(3)
Guidance and Direction	46	(4)
Using Supervision for Learning: A Workbook Activity	50	(5)
Suggested Learning Activities	55	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	55	(1)
Selected Bibliography	55	(1)
Personal Safety	56	(11)
Goals for Learning	56	(1)
Background Information	56	(2)
Guidance and Direction	58	(5)
Reducing the Risk of Harm: A Workbook Activity	63	(3)
Suggested Learning Activities	66	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	66	(1)
Selected Bibliography	66	(1)
Communication	67	(12)
Goals for Learning	67	(1)
Background Information	67	(3)
Guidance and Direction	70	(3)
Developing Communication Skills: A Workbook Activity	73	(5)
Suggested Learning Activities	78	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	78	(1)
Selected Bibliography	78	(1)
The Agency Context of Practice	79	(17)
Goals for Learning	79	(1)
Background Information	79	(5)
Guidance and Direction	84	(2)
Getting to Know Your Agency: A Workbook Activity	86	(9)
Suggested Learning Activities	95	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	95	(1)
Selected Bibliography	95	(1)
The Community Context of Practice	96	(15)
Goals for Learning	96	(1)
Background Information	97	(2)
Guidance and Direction	99	(2)
Beginning a Community Analysis: A Workbook Activity	101	(9)
Suggested Learning Activities	110	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	110	(1)
Selected Bibliography	110	(1)
The Social Problem Context of Practice	111	(12)
Goals for Learning	111	(1)
Background Information	112	(1)
Guidance and Direction	113	(3)
The Problems and Needs Addressed by Your Agency: A Workbook Activity	116	(6)
Suggested Learning Activities	122	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	122	(1)
Selected Bibliography	122	(1)
The Social Policy Context of Practice	123	(13)
Goals for Learning	123	(1)
Background Information	124	(3)
Guidance and Direction	127	(3)
Social Policy Analysis: A Workbook Activity	130	(5)
Suggested Learning Activities	135	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	135	(1)
Selected Bibliography	135	(1)
Cultural Diversity	136	(18)
Goals for Learning	136	(1)
Background Information	136	(4)
Guidance and Direction	140	(3)
Cultural Awareness in Your Agency: A Workbook Activity	143	(4)
Identity and Self-Awareness: A Workbook Activity	147	(2)
Cultural Factors in Client Behavior: Situations to Discuss	149	(4)
Suggested Learning Activities	153	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	153	(1)
Selected Bibliography	153	(1)
Professional Social Work	154	(16)
Goals for Learning	154	(1)
Background Information	154	(6)
Guidance and Direction	160	(4)
The Image and Impact of Social Work: A Workbook Activity	164	(5)
Suggested Learning Activities	169	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	169	(1)
Selected Bibliography	169	(1)
Professional Ethics	170	(11)
Goals for Learning	170	(1)
Background Information	170	(3)
Guidance and Direction	173	(3)
Values, Ethics, and Your Practicum: A Workbook Activity	176	(4)
Suggested Learning Activities	180	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	180	(1)
Selected Bibliography	180	(1)
Legal Concerns	181	(13)
Goals for Learning	181	(1)
Background Information	181	(3)
Guidance and Direction	184	(3)
Legal Issues and Concerns: A Workbook Activity	187	(6)
Suggested Learning Activities	193	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	193	(1)
Selected Bibliography	193	(1)
Social Work Practice as Planned Change	194	(16)
Goals for Learning	194	(1)
Background Information	194	(4)
Guidance and Direction	198	(4)
The Change Process: A Workbook Activity	202	(7)
Suggested Learning Activities	209	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	209	(1)
Selected Bibliography	209	(1)
Evaluating Student Performance	210	(16)
Goals for Learning	210	(1)
Background Information	210	(4)
Guidance and Direction	214	(3)
Examining Your Performance in the Practicum: A Workbook Activity	217	(8)
Suggested Learning Activities	225	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	225	(1)
Selected Bibliography	225	(1)
Merging Self and Profession	226	(8)
Goals for Learning	226	(1)
Background Information	226	(2)
Guidance and Direction	228	(2)
Merging Self and Profession: A Workbook Activity	230	(3)
Suggested Learning Activities	233	(1)
Additional Suggestions and Hints	233	(1)
Selected Bibliography	233	(1)
Looking Ahead, Leadership, and Social justice	234	(9)
Becoming the Social Worker You Want to Be	234	(3)
Becoming a Leader and a Seeker of Social Justice	237	(3)
Becoming the Person You Want to Be	240	(2)
Selected Bibliography	242	(1)
Appendix A: Sample Agreement between an Agency and a University	243	(2)
Appendix B: Sample Learning Agreement	245