SWK 80 - Field Instruction I

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

Field Experience involves placement of the student in a social service agency or social work department of a larger institution. The student is required to intern for a minimum of 100 work hours during the standard Spring semester of the Junior year. The student is required to offer social work service to diverse clients or client systems under the direct, regular supervision of an agency field instructor agreed upon by the agency and the program. The instructional techniques in the seminar parallel processes students will be utilizing in the field as a student and as a social worker. Students' field experiences are processed using the problem-solving process. Developmental tasks are partialized or deconstructed into manageable parts: agency analysis, the supervisory process, the formulation of learning goals, struggles with diversity and ethical dilemmas, etc. These tasks are processed through journals and assignments that require reflection on the intersection between experience, knowledge, skills, and self. In class, students are also encouraged to collectively utilize the problemsolving process to help their peers' in the resolution of learning dilemmas. Students are also continually reinforced to prepare agendas and actively assert their own learning needs in class and in supervision. (Open to Juniors only) Prerequisite of SWK 79 is required. Junior status or greater only.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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