SW 571 Integrative Seminar: Social Work Theory with Practice - Year 2 Semester 1

This course introduces students to understanding and applying various social work theories to real-world practice situations, emphasizing the synthesis of multiple frameworks; Developing advanced micro, mezzo, and macro-level social work skills through case studies, role-plays, and simulations; Developing more advanced integration of theory and practice from either their BSW or from the first year of their MSW program; Consolidating a clearer sense of their emerging professional identity as an aspiring clinical social worker; Honing their skills of identifying their own cognitive and affective responses to clients and client systems; Continuing to develop their own cultural humility in the service of joining and working with clients from diverse backgrounds and advocating for inclusive and equitable interventions; Making more effective and efficient use of clinical supervision; Deepening their self-reflection as it relates to a fuller, more effective, authentic use of self in the work; Consistently considering ethics and values inherent in our profession as it relates to day-to-day decisions with clients regarding boundaries, confidentiality, and roles; Beginning to finalize decisions regarding their fourth semester capstone project. This course also provides a foundation for later concepts and theories, such as laying the groundwork for helping to inform decisions made in the formulation of the student’s capstone problem statement, thereby contextualizing the issue to be addressed, establishing relevance, and setting initial objectives for the capstone research.