Advanced Standing Practice and Internship Seminar

Catalog description

This seminar, held concurrently with field placement, is designed to orient and prepare advanced standing students for advanced practice and field courses. The general aim of the seminar is to bridge the undergraduate and graduate curriculum and to review foundation year concepts, theories and skills. This review includes a re-examination of the dynamics of the change process and of the strengths perspective. We will consider the skills essential to practice including assessment, contracting, intervention and termination with client systems. We will explore the development of social work identity and of professional relationships with supervisors, colleagues and agencies. A primary focus is on deepening the understanding of social work values and ethics including the development of ethical decision-making skills, empathic connection between worker and client, self-reflection, as well as the recognition of the importance of culturally competent practice.