Assignments: Legal Considerations
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Learning Objectives
Students will:
• Apply legal considerations in field education experience
• Analyze challenges in adhering to legal considerations during field education experience
• Analyze diversity in relation to social work practice
• Analyze cultural competence in relation to social work practice
• Apply social work practice skills
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Garthwait, C. L. (2017). The social work practicum: A guide and workbook for students (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Chapter 13, "Legal Issues" (pp. 148-158)
Required Media
Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Legal considerations [Audio file].
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Assignment 1: Blog
Refer to the topics covered in this week's resources and incorporate them into your blog.
Post a blog post that includes:
• Any legal considerations during your field education experience that you may have had to address or that you might address
• An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to legal considerations during your field education experience
Respond to the blog post of three colleagues in one or more of the following ways:
• Validate an idea in your colleague's post with your own experience.
• Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
Assignment 2: Process Recordings
A process recording is a written tool used by field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.
For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to diversity and cultural competence.
The Assignment (2-4 pages):
• Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
• Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice theories, and explain how it might relate to diversity or cultural competence covered this week.
• Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.
• Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.