Our mindfulness activity should be a lot of fun this week. I’m going to follow up with the other class and see if we want to start together.
Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn
Week ten is synchronous with having class on Saturday (11/01/25) for SOWK 590. Students continue to work at the practicum and will submit their weekly journal. We will have the following agenda:
- Midcourse Feedback
- SLED: Community Organizing & Activism
- Mindfulness activity
- Practice Learning Reflection Group
The learning objectives this week include:
- Students will consider how community organizing and activism can relate to their practice.
- Students will actively practice a mindfulness activity.
- Students will recognize their peers’ shared experiences in the practicum and use the group as a method for sharing and problem-solving.
- Students will analyze their practicum experience, reflecting on how it connects to their development and demonstration of competence.
Unit Assignments
Student Led Discussion
You can see the Google Doc 2025 SOWK 590.0 Student-Led Discussion Groups. For the two that signed up for this week, Community Organizing & Activism, please come prepared to facilitate this discussion on Saturday.
Weekly Reflective Journals
Complete the W-10 A-02 Weekly Reflective Journals due before Monday 11/3, 8:00 AM.
Unit Resources
Our mindfulness activity we are going to do this week will be to create and use poi for spinning. I participated in an activity related to this at the NASW conference I went to last month and wanted to share it with all of you. You can find some information about the Flow Arts Institute and some resources by the presenter Resources - Sound Connections Counseling and Consulting. You can also see Poi (performance art) - Wikipedia.
All of the presentations for this class can be found at https://presentations.jacobrcampbell.com. This week’s slides are Fall 2025 SOWK 590 Week 10 - Advanced Seminar I.
The Lecture Videos tab in the MyHeritage course is where you will be able to find class recordings. The video this week is at [Fall 2025 SOWK 590 Week 10]().
To-Do List
- Attend class
- Submit your weekly journal