Book Title: Human Services Practicum
Book Description: This text is designed to be used in fieldwork seminar courses that generally accompany students’ internship experience. Topics include issues that students will most likely face during their fieldwork. The text begins with early internship issues of getting to know the agency and becoming part of a team. Later chapters address topics including effective supervision, ethical dilemmas, and working with an equity lens.
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This interactive and inclusive human services text assists diverse students in applying theory to practice in a variety of field settings including public and private nonprofit organizations as well as governmental agencies. The text is intended to accompany students’ fieldwork experience and covers the stages of an internship experience, the ethics and challenges of being an intern, as well as effective use of supervision. Each chapter includes student learning objectives aligned with the Council for Standards in Human Services Education (CSHSE). Special focus is given to diverse learning styles and experiences, the variety of service settings, and services across cultures.
Each chapter is accompanied by a compilation of activities to help students and instructors get the most out of their reading. These activities include journal prompts, self-care activities, class discussion topics as well as suggested assignments.
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Human Services Practicum Copyright © by Yvonne M. Smith LCSW is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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