SWG 203 - Field Experience II

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Athens Technical College

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Banner Title: Field Experience II Field Experience I and II and the concurrent one-hour seminars are designed as a continuum. Students will be introduced to the basic knowledge, values, and skills that comprise the core of social work practice. Emphasis is placed on a generalist approach, which can be applied to work with individual, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Students will become proficient at identifying multiple levels of intervention (individual, family, community, social policy) and multiple targets for change (individual, society, family, organization) for addressing a wide variety of social problems. Field experience provides students with the opportunity to apply and integrate academic content and to develop skills that meet the requirements for entry-level professional social work assistants. Supervision in the field is provided by a qualified practitioner committed to undergraduate education. Students are required to spend a minimum of 336 clock hours in an educationally oriented field practicum, which is practical general training and experience in the workplace. Instructors and the employer develop and document an individualized plan for each student. The plan relates the workplace training and experience to the student's general and technical course of study. The seminar facilitates integration of classroom learning with knowledge gained in field practice settings. The seminar encourages students to discuss the different agency settings, wide variety of client populations, and numerous field practice roles and activities. The understanding of the professional role is strengthened and is enhanced beyond the individual student' s own experience. The one weekly concurrent seminar during the quarter permits field experience students in the different agencies and settings the opportunity to share and benefit from the numerous and varied learning experiences. The seminars are held to evaluate, discuss, and interpret th e student? ? involvement and development as a beginning level professional social work assistant Prerequisites: SWG 100, SWG 101, SWG 102, SWG 103, SWG 104, SWG 105, SWG 200, SWG 201, SWG 202 Offered Quarterly beginning Summer 2009

Credits:

8.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.athenstech.edu/

Phone Number:

(706) 355-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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