Fall 2025 SOWK 590 Class 13 Weekly Email
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This week is the last in-person class session.
Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn
Week 13 is synchronous with having class on Saturday (11/22/25) for SOWK 590. Students continue to work at the practicum and will submit their weekly journal. We will have the following agenda:
- SLED: Ethical Considerations in Social Media Use
- Mindfulness activity
- Practice Learning Reflection Group
The learning objectives this week include:
- Students consider ethical considerations in social media use in 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
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, Ethical Considerations in Social Media Use, please come prepared to facilitate this discussion on Saturday.
Weekly Reflective Journals
Complete the W-13 A-02 Weekly Reflective Journals due before Monday 11/24, 8:00 AM.
Start Planning Midpoint Evaluation
You should start to plan your Midpoint Evaluation. As you are meeting with your supervisor this week or next, be thinking about when you want to schedule the meeting. Send me a message to see if it will work.
Unit Resources
If you are working in a school (or just interested), I was in my general coalition meeting for the Pasco Prevention Network, and they shared about free training, Spanish Youth Mental Health First Aid. It is facilitated in Spanish but might be of interest to some of you. If you decide to do so, let me know.
We will be doing progressive muscle relaxation for our mindfulness activity this week. I am going to use a video from the Therapist Aid (2014) How to do Progressive Muscle Relaxation. You can also find a meta-analysis of the efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation Muhammad Khir et al. (2024).
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 13 - 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 13]().
Reference
Muhammad Khir, S., Wan Mohd Yunus, W. M. A., Mahmud, N., Wang, R., Panatik, S. A., Mohd Sukor, M. S., & Nordin, N. A. (2024). Efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation in adults for stress, anxiety, and depression: A systematic review. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 17, 345-365. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S437277
Therapist Aid. (2014 Aug 3) How to do progressive muscle relaxation. YouTube. https://youtu.be/1nZEdqcGVzo
To-Do List
- Attend class
- Submit your weekly journal
- Start scheduling your mid-point evaluation
