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In the field : a guide for the social work practicum / William A. Danowski.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Pearson, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 100 p. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780205022274 (pbk.)
  • 0205022278 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV11 .D357
Contents:
[1.] Introduction. Before you embark on your journey -- The council on social work education -- Do your homework -- The elephant in the room -- Preparing your attitudes -- Assessing yourself -- Building your professional wardrobe -- The not-so-average social work student -- House rules -- Supervision, placements, and support from the college -- Learning contracts -- [2.] Making the leap from theory to real life. Your "mental health first-aid kit" -- Time management -- Safety -- Mistakes: errors of technique versus errors of the heart -- Paperwork -- Process recordings -- [3.] Ethics. Ethics demystified -- Social work ethics -- Ethics and ethical thinking -- Confidentiality issues in agencies -- [4.] Beginning at the beginning. Emotional readiness: "standing in the rain" -- The first day -- Understanding your client (starting where the client is) -- Open-ended questions -- Some first meeting process recordings -- Getting comfortable with your clients -- Student safety -- Inner clock -- Leaving space -- Becoming the least motivated person in the room -- Asking -- Learning to tolerate ambiguity and ambivalence -- Learning to trust and use your feelings -- Paying attention to your body -- Care and feeding of on-site supervisors -- Macro experiences -- [5.] Staying the course-routines. Team and agency as systems -- Multicultural interview and culture competence -- Assessments -- Assessments: generalist practice -- Psychiatric assessment with mental status -- Psycho-social history -- Assessment of dangerousness to self or others -- Assessing physical health -- Assessing spirituality -- [6.] Navigating the hazards. Stress and anxiety -- Some old school: transference and counter transference -- Three common mistakes -- Helpless and hopeless: bad feelings or good feelings? -- Using props: tools and gimmicks -- [7.] Saying good-bye. Termination -- Termination: "yours" -- Mirror-mirror -- Student power -- Client termination -- Termination/closure after the client has left -- Staff and agency termination -- Focus-group-suggested learning elements -- Self-assessment.
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Rev. ed. of: In the field : a real-life survival guide for the social work intern. 2005.

[1.] Introduction. Before you embark on your journey --
The council on social work education --
Do your homework --
The elephant in the room --
Preparing your attitudes --
Assessing yourself --
Building your professional wardrobe --
The not-so-average social work student --
House rules --
Supervision, placements, and support from the college --
Learning contracts --
[2.] Making the leap from theory to real life. Your "mental health first-aid kit" --
Time management --
Safety --
Mistakes: errors of technique versus errors of the heart --
Paperwork --
Process recordings --
[3.] Ethics. Ethics demystified --
Social work ethics --
Ethics and ethical thinking --
Confidentiality issues in agencies --
[4.] Beginning at the beginning. Emotional readiness: "standing in the rain" --
The first day --
Understanding your client (starting where the client is) --
Open-ended questions --
Some first meeting process recordings --
Getting comfortable with your clients --
Student safety --
Inner clock --
Leaving space --
Becoming the least motivated person in the room --
Asking --
Learning to tolerate ambiguity and ambivalence --
Learning to trust and use your feelings --
Paying attention to your body --
Care and feeding of on-site supervisors --
Macro experiences --
[5.] Staying the course-routines. Team and agency as systems --
Multicultural interview and culture competence --
Assessments --
Assessments: generalist practice --
Psychiatric assessment with mental status --
Psycho-social history --
Assessment of dangerousness to self or others --
Assessing physical health --
Assessing spirituality --
[6.] Navigating the hazards. Stress and anxiety --
Some old school: transference and counter transference --
Three common mistakes --
Helpless and hopeless: bad feelings or good feelings? --
Using props: tools and gimmicks --
[7.] Saying good-bye. Termination --
Termination: "yours" --
Mirror-mirror --
Student power --
Client termination --
Termination/closure after the client has left --
Staff and agency termination --
Focus-group-suggested learning elements --
Self-assessment.

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