Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn
Week 11 is a continuation of the work we started in Week 10 Planning in Generalist Practice. This week takes some specific aspects of planning and getting started with the change process and has students dive into more depth with interactive activities. The plan is as follows:
- The process of cognitive restructuring
- Thinking distortions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Application
- Goals & Objectives
- Keeping everything organized
Unit Resources
We will be talking some about documentation. Reamer provides a useful description of what social workers should be thinking about in regards to documentation. He reports about six primary functions of documentations. These include:
(1) assessment and planning; (2) service delivery; (3) continuity and coordination of services; (4) supervision; (5) service evaluation; and (6) accountability to clients, insurers, agencies, other providers, courts, and utilization review bodies. (p. 326)
I would recommend student take some time and review the article and consider how it will impact their documentation.
Reference
Reamer, F. G. (2005). Documentation in social work: evolving ethical and risk-management standards. Social Work, 50(4), 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/50.4.325
The slides for this week can be found at presentations.jacobrcampbell.com. This week is SOWK 486 Week 11: Lab Day - Social Work Planning.
View SOWK 86 - Week 11 - Lab Day - Social Work Planning.
We also watch a short talk by Burns (2014) during class that is a pretty powerful story. If you are interested in finding it later the following would be the reference for it:
| TEDx Talks. (2014). Feeling good | David Burns | TEDxReno [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/H1T5uMeYv9Q |
Unit Assignments
Attend class
To Do Lists
- Attend class
- Read the extra article by Reamer (2005)