Guide to the Social Work Practicum: A Team Approach / Edition 1

by Gayla Rogers, Donald Collins, Constance A. Barlow, Jr., Richard Grinnell Richard M.

Overview

A useful book that guides social work students through the field practicum, this text offers words of wisdom, practical applications, reflective exercises, and helpful suggestions for all members of the practicum team—the student, practicum instructor, and practicum liaison. It includes well-developed tools and techniques that focus the student's learning in a range of critical arenas leading to the development of competent and confident social work professionals. GUIDE TO THE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM can be used as a self-study guide for students in distance education programs or distant field placements; as a textbook in a practicum seminar; or by students and practicum instructors as a manual that supports maximizing the learning value from the supervisory relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875814322
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Field/Practicum/Internship Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	8.42(w) x 10.84(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Dr. Collins is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Calgary. He is also a part-time family therapist, and spent ten years as a volunteer family therapist and supervisor. His research and areas of interest include social work education; social work practice couples, families, and individuals of all ages; child abuse; family violence; teaching and learning issues; program and case level evaluation; and case management. Dr. Collins has authored and co-authored numerous articles and texts.

Table of Contents

1. Welcome Aboard. 2. Your First Days. 3. Values, Self-Awareness, and Ethics. 4. Learning Agreements. 5. Practicum Supervision. 6. Documenting. 7. Evaluation Time. 8. Managing Dilemmas. 9. Student Voices. 10. Leaving Your Practicum. Appendix A: National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. Appendix B: Sample Evaluation Form. Appendix C: Student Exercises.