Spring 2026 SOWK 591 and 596 Class 10 Weekly Email
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Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn
Week 10 for SOWK 591 is synchronous, with class on Saturday (03/28/26). Students will reflect on their practicum experience in their journals. During class, we will have a student-led discussion regarding critical thinking, engage in mindfulness through yoga, and participate in a group reflecting on their practice. The following is the agenda:
- SLED: Critical Thinking
- Mindfulness activity
- Practice Learning Reflection Group
The learning objectives this week include:
- Students consider critical thinking and its application to 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-10 A-02 Reflective Journal by Monday 8 AM.
Hour Log
Submit your hour log March Practicum Hours found in SOWK 596 and due no later than 04/15/26 at 5 PM. I recommend taking it to your next supervision meeting so you can review it, get it signed, and then submit it. The intention of giving you until midway through the month is so that you have plenty of time for your supervisor to review the hours with you.
Student-Led Discussion
If you signed up to facilitate the SLED “Critical Thinking” session, please be prepared to review it in class.
Unit Resources
Yoga is a mindfulness-related practice. We will follow along with Chair Yoga For Slowing Down - 10 Minute Kids Yoga Class with Yoga Ed. - Ages 3-12 - YouTube during class. If you don’t currently have a personal practice, I’d highly recommend it. There are also programs for implementation in school settings. For example, Yoga for Classrooms - Creating Mindful Classrooms.
There are a great deal of articles and sources focused on yoga. I’m sharing two. First, Schure et al. (2008) describe the results of an intensive class for counselors that included a yoga component where participants described increasing awareness of their bodies, flexibility, and mental clarity and concentration. Second is Ferreira-Vorkapic et al. (2015), who systematically reviewed programs implementing yoga in school through randomized controlled studies.
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 10 - 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 10]().
Reference
Ferreira-Vorkapic, C., Feitoza, J. M., Marchioro, M., Simões, J., Kozasa, E., & Telles, S. (2015). Are there benefits from teaching yoga at schools? A systematic review of randomized control trials of yoga-based interventions. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015, Article 345835. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/345835
Schure, M. B., Christopher, J., & Christopher, S. (2008). Mind–Body Medicine and the Art of Self‐Care: Teaching Mindfulness to Counseling Students Through Yoga, Meditation, and Qigong. Journal of Counseling & Development, 86(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2008.tb00625.x
To-Do Lists
- Be prepared for student-led discussion
- Attend class
- Submit your weekly journal and March hour log
- Engage with the extra resources
