See you all on Saturday!

Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn

Week five is synchronous with having class on Saturday (09/26/26) for SOWK 590. Students continue to work at the practicum and will submit their weekly journal. We will have the following agenda:

• SLED: Self-Care and Burnout Prevention
• Mindfulness activity
• Practice Learning Reflection Group

The learning objectives this week include:

• Students consider self-care and burnout prevention, and how these concepts relate to their practice.
• Students will actively practice a mindfulness activity.
• Students will recognize the shared experiences of their peers in the practicum and be able to utilize 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

For the two that signed up for this week, Self-Care and Burnout Prevention, please come prepared to facilitate this discussion on Saturday.

Weekly Reflective Journals

Submit your W-05 A-02 Weekly Reflective Journals in the ELC by Monday 9/28, 8:00 AM.

Unit Resources

Our mindfulness activity this week, is a grounding strategy sometimes referred to as the five senses activity. Very Well Mind has an article about this strategy Feeling Anxious? Try the 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique you can read about.

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 05 - Advanced Seminar I.

The Lecture Videos tab in the MyHeritage course is where you will be able to find class recordings.

To-Do List

• Attend class on Saturday
• Complete your journal entry for week five