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.
Appropriate Courses
Designed for the Social Work Practicum, the Practicum Seminar, Field Courses, and "capstone" courses
in social work.
Features
Provides students with a way to review and reflect upon their field work.
A hands-on approach to the practicum seminar adds an independent study component to the field work experience.
Helps students to link classroom theory to actual practice experience with a social work agency.
Perforated pages of this paperback supplement can be removed and submitted for assignments.
New To This Edition
New chapter, "Looking Ahead, Leadership and Social Justice" (Ch. 19); encourages students to look
beyond graduation and develop their leadership skills and commit themselves to the pursuit of social justice.
All chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.
Table of Contents
Each chapter begins with "Goals for Learning," "Background Information," and "Guidance
and Direction," and concludes with "Suggested Learning Activities," "Additional Suggestions
and Hints," and "Selected Bibliography."
Foreword by Bradford W. Sheafor.
Preface.
1. The Purpose of a Practicum.
How to Use This Book.
How the Chapters Are Structured.
Practicum-Related Strengths: A Workbook Activity.
How Do We Learn? A Workbook Activity.
2. School, Agency, and Student Expectations.
Clarifying Expectations: A Workbook Activity.
3. Planning to Learn.
Preparing a Plan for Learning.
The Generalist Perspective and the Plan for Learning.
Guidance and Direction.
Planning to Learn: A Workbook Activity.
4. Getting Started.
Basic Information about Your Practicum: A Workbook Activity.
5. Using Supervision.
Using Supervision for Learning: A Workbook Activity.
6. Personal Safety.
Reducing the Risk of Harm: A Workbook Activity.
7. Communication.
Developing Communication Skills: A Workbook Activity.
8. The Agency Context of Practice.
Getting to Know Your Agency: A Workbook Activity.
9. The Community Context of Practice.
Beginning a Community Analysis: A Workbook Activity.
10. The Social Problem Context of Practice.
The Problems and Needs Addressed by Your Agency: A Workbook Activity.
11. The Social Policy Context of Practice.
Social Policy Analysis: A Workbook Activity.
12. Cultural Diversity.
Cultural Awareness in Your Agency: A Workbook Activity.
Identity and Self-Awareness: A Workbook Activity.
Cultural Factors in Client Behavior: Situations to Discuss.
13. Professional Social Work.
The Image and Impact of Social Work: A Workbook Activity.
14. Professional Ethics.
Values, Ethics, and Your Practicum: A Workbook Activity.
15. Legal Concerns.
Legal Issues and Concerns: A Workbook Activity.
16. Social Work Practice as Planned Change.
The Change Process: A Workbook Activity.
17. Evaluating Student Performance.
Examining Your Performance in the Practicum: A Workbook Activity.
18. Merging Self and Profession.
Merging Self and Profession: A Workbook Activity.
19. Looking Ahead, Leadership, and Social Justice.
Introduction.
Becoming the Social Worker You Want to Be.
Becoming a Leader and Seeker of Social Justice.
Becoming the Person You Want to Be.
