PRACTICUM FOUNDATIONS SEMINAR II

Catalog description

The course corresponds to the advanced curriculum in clinical social work. Allows students to contrast generalist social work and clinical social work and discuss values, ethical and legal issues in professional practice. It is expected that students develop clinical and therapeutic skills for the identification of psychosocial problems on the client system. From this perspective, students will demonstrate practice behaviors and skills in the clinical area to assess human behavior and its relationship with the social environment on the client system for objective clinical analysis of the various situations presented. At this stage it is expected that students, within the practice scenarios, should analyze, contrast and evaluate the intra-psychic world and ecosystem factors in the client system, in order to identify problems, diagnose, select models and therapeutic techniques to guide the design of clinical interventions. The course encourages students to achieve integration of evidence-based practices in the intervention with the client and practice communication strategies with different professionals. In turn, students should reflect on their role and performance to identify strengths and limitations in the training process. In the seminar, where students attend three hours a week, they should evaluate the use of supervision and consultation in social work practice.