Specialized Practice Reflective Seminar I

Catalog description

Concurrent with their specialized practice year practicum, students will participate in a weekly reflective supervision seminar that focuses on learning through self-reflection, reading, discussion, and ongoing group participation. The goal of this course is to help students integrate knowledge with practice and reflection at a more independent level and to further deepen their capacity to reflect on their social work practice. Students will be asked to think critically about what they do, why they do it, how their practice both reflects and affects who they are, and what they believe about people’s struggles and change process. Students will also be asked to reflect upon the structure, mission and goals of the organizations they are engaged with and to consider how these interact with their own professional identity, experience, and belief system. At this point in their professional development, it is expected that students will be closer to identifying themselves as social work professionals who have specialized knowledge and practice experience with children and families.