Class Schedule

CLASS SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

Class 1 – February 2
A. Introduction to course and Social Work Program

DuBois & Miley - Chapter 1 "Social work: A helping profession"

Introduction to Web Ct.

B. What is field placement? - expectations, agencies, how to interview, how to behave at placement

*D Royse, S.S. Dhooper and E. L. Romp, (1999). Field instruction: A guide for social work students, 3rd Edition. N.Y.: Longman Press, 1. Chapters 1 and 2 pp. 1-21

Class 2 – February 9
A. Library Visit - Learn to utilize library resources
B. Writing a paper – General guidelines, citing, referencing

Class 3 – February 16 -
    A. What is social work?
              DuBois & Miley - Chapter 2 "An evolving profession” and pp. 81-85.

              *Gibelman, M. (1999) What social workers do. preface “What it’s all about?” pp ix-xxviii. NASW.

    B. Creating Power Point Presentations

Class 4 - February 23 - First Videotape and critique due

Skills Base of Practice within a context of diversity

              DuBois & Miley - Chapter 9 "Social work functions and roles"

               *Lawrence Brammer - Chapter 4, The helping relationship: Process and skills, 5th ed.
                Allyn and Bacon

*Wynetta Devore and Elfreide Schlesinger – Ethnic-sensitive social work practice, 4th edition,
Allyn and Bacon, 1996, pp. 198 – 205.

Class 5 – March 1

Community Context of Practice– understanding the diversity and environment of the community

*Ashman, K & Hull, G. (2001). Macro Skills Workbook. Chapter 8 Focusing on Communities and Neighborhoods. Belmont Ca: Wadsworth Brooks Cole.
*Berger, R and Kelly, J. (1993). “Social work in the ecological crisis”. Social Work. Vol. 38, no. 5 pp. 521-525.

Grobman – chapters 46 and 49

Class 6 – March 8
Fields of Practice (Oral Presentations)

DuBois & Miley - Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14 skim "Social Work in the Public Domain" and "Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation and Mental Health"
Grobman – pick chapters related to your presentation or of interest to you

Class 7 – March 15
Fields of Practice (Oral Presentations)

March 22 Spring Break – Enjoy

Class 8 – March 29
Agency Base of Practice

DuBois & Miley - Chapter 4 "The social service delivery system"
*Rothman, J. (2000). Stepping out into the field. Chapter 5 Getting to know your agency. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Ashman. K, Hull, G. (2001) Macro Skills Workbook, pp 93-97. Belmont Ca: Wadsworth Brooks Cole.

*Johnson, L. & Yanca, S. (2002). Social work practice: A generalist approach. 7th edition. Part of chapter 8 pp. 163-178 Boston: Allyn & Bacon

Grobman – chapter 40

Class 9 – April 5 Community Paper due
A. Critical Thinking

B. Knowledge Base of Social Work Practice

*Haynes, K. & Holmes, K. (1994) Invitation to social work. Chapter 7 "Knowledge Base" p 187-204. New York: Longman.
* Gibbs, L. (1991) Scientific reasoning for social workers: Bridging the gap between research and practice, Chapters 1 and 2 pp. 1-38. New York: MacMillan Publishing.

DuBois &Miley - Chapter 3 pp. 59-76 "Social work and social systems" –

Class 10 – April 12
Knowledge Base of Social Work Practice

DuBois & Miley - Chapter 8 "Empowering processes for social work practice”
*Johnson, L. & Yanca, S. (2002). “Models of social work practice”. Appendix in Social work practice: A generalist approach. 7th edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon

Class 11- April 19
Value Base of Practice

DuBois & Miley - Chapter 5 "Values and ethics in social work" and NASW

Class 12 - April 26 - Second videotape and critique due
Value Base of Practice

DuBois & Miley – NASW Code of Ethics, Radical Social Work Code of Ethics

Class 13 May 3
Ending with clients

*Johnson, L. & Yanca. S. (2002), "Termination" Chapter 16, Social work practice: A generalist approach, 7th edition. Allyn and Bacon.

Class 14 – May 10 Last class session Self Analysis due
Evaluating Practice

*Johnson, L & Yanca, S. (2002), "Evaluation", Social work practice: A generalist approach. Boston:Allyn and Bacon.

May 17 Agency Analysis Paper due

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