Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn

Week three for SOWK 590 is synchronous, with class on Saturday (02/07/26). Students will reflect on their practicum experience in their journals, engage in a student-led discussion on supervision, practice mindfulness through gratitude, and participate in a group reflecting on practice. The following is the agenda:

• SLED: Practicum Supervision/Supervision Agendas
• Mindfulness activity
• Practice Learning Reflection Group

The learning objectives this week include:

• Students consider practicum supervision/supervision agendas and how they relate to their practice.
• Students will actively practice a mindfulness activity.
• Students will recognize peers’ shared experiences in their 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

Attendance and In-Class Participation

Attend class on Saturday.

Weekly Reflective Journals

Complete the W-03 A-02 Reflective Journal by due Monday 2/9, 8:00 AM.

Student-Led Discussion

If you signed up to facilitate the SLED “Practicum Supervision/Supervision Agendas” session, please be prepared to review it in class. I would be particularly interested in how people utilize supervision in their practicum, what they get out of it, what agendas they might use, and why intentionality in our supervision could be helpful.

Submit Your Practicum Hours

Please submit your signed form for January Practicum Hours due before Sunday 2/15, 5:00 PM.

Unit Resources

Our mindfulness activity for this week will be a free writing activity focused on gratitude. Actively appreciating the experiences we engage with in our daily lives appears to be a potent way to improve the quality of our social relationships, producing sustained improvements in psychological well-being and overall happiness (O’Connell et al., 2018, p. 2441). I’ve included their paper this week if you would like to read through it. There is a powerful YouTube video that I’d also want you to watch by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (2019), titled An Antidote to Dissatisfaction.

All of the presentations for this class can be found at https://presentations.jacobrcampbell.com. This week’s slides are Spring 2026 SOWK 591 Week 03 - Advanced Seminar II.

The Lecture Videos tab in the MyHeritage course is where you will be able to find class recordings. The video this week is at [Spring 2026 SOWK 591 Week 03]().

To-Do Lists

• Check out the shared resources
• Attend class
• Submit your journal and hours