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This training for agency based field instructors is designed and presented by Kathy Armenta, LCSW and Bonnie Bain, LCSW

Module 1: "Setting the Stage for Field Instruction"

• Introduction
• Philosophy of UT Austin School of Social Work Field Education Program
• Pause & Reflect
• Definition of Generalist Perspective
• Objectives
• The Field Placement Process
• Different Levels & Types of Students in Field
• Developmental Stages of an Internship
• Pause & Reflect
• The Field Instructor
• The Faculty Liaison
• Key Components in Develpment of a Social Worker
• Pause & Reflect
• Internship Learning Opportunity: Knowledge
• Internship Learning Opportunity: Skills
• Internship Learning Opportunity: Self Awareness
• Internship Learning Opportunity: Summary & Role Play
• Beginnings: Anxiety & Anticipation Orientation Tasks
• Middle: Excitement & Disillusionment
• Endings: Reflecting, Integrating & Planning
• Field Instruction Model: RESPECT
• The End
• The Quiz

Module 2: Competency-based Field Instruction: Tools and Applications

• Introduction
• Competencies
• Interpersonal Helping
• Professional Competence Development
• Pause & Reflect
• Download Instruction Materials
• Supervision Agenda Tool
• An Application of the Supervision Agenda Tool in Two Scenes
• Field Planning Form
• Educational Contract
• Process Recordings
• Field Hours Log
• Pause & Reflect
• Introduction to Evaluation Tools and Process
• Field Feedback and Evaluation Forms
• Field Feedback and Evaluation Forms (Cont.)
• Student Final Self-Evaluation Narrative Form
• Pause & Reflect
• Experiential Teaching Tools: Role Play and Video Audio Taping
• Experiential Teaching Tools: Staff Case Presentations
• Experiential Teaching Tools: Community and Administrative Leadership (CAL) Agency Projects
• Creative Learning Experiences in Field
• The End
• The Quiz

Module 3: Field Instruction as Educational Supervision: Issues and Ethics

• Introduction
• Field Instruction: A Form of Educational Supervision
• Field Instruction: A Form of Educational Supervision (Cont.)
• Pause & Reflect
• Agency Setting as the Teaching Milieu
• Educational Supervision
• Styles and Approaches
• Styles and Approaches (Cont.)
• Beginnings: Anxiety & Anticipation Orientation Tasks
• Middle: Excitement & Disillusionment In the Thick of It
• Endings: Reflecting, Integrating & Planning
• Pause & Reflect
• Relationship Issues and Concepts: Countertransference & Transference
• Relationship Issues and Concepts: Parallel Process
• Relationship Issues and Concepts: Authenticity & Cultural Differences
• Ethical Issues and Concepts: Gatekeeping
• Ethical Issues and Concepts: Boundaries
• Ethical Issues and Concepts: Power
• Ethical Issues and Concepts: Self Care
• Intern Risk Factors
• Liability
• The Challenging Intern: Stereotyping Red Flags
• Pause & Reflect
• Tools and Strategies
• Tips for Clear and Direct Feedback
• The End
• The Quiz

Module 4: Culture, Diversity and Social Justice in Field Instruction

• Introduction
• Definitions of Culture
• Dispelling the Myths of Cultural Competence
• Field Instructor Assessment
• Normalizing Anxiety
• Developmental Process Revisited
• Power, Privilege and Oppression
• Field Instructor Cultural Self Awareness
• Obstacles to Field Instructor Self Awareness
• Resources for Self Awareness for Field Instructors
• Field Instructor Tools and Skills
• Intern Cultural Competency
• "I" Messages
• Direct Communication
• Communication Styles
• A Review of Key Concepts
• Pause and Reflect
• Voices From the Field Trenches: a Panel of Field Educators
• Helping Interns Navigate Cultural Clashes
• Field Instruction and Therapy: Similarities and Differences
• Macro-level Strategies for Field Instructors
• Pause and Reflect
• Voices From the Field Trenches: a Panel of Students in Field
• Principles of Cultural Competency in Social Work
• Definition of Social Justice
• Pause and Reflect
• Skills for Teaching Social Justice in Field Instruction
• The End
• The Quiz

Resources

Field Forms, Handbooks etc. available for download

Training Site Map

Field Instructor Training Bibliography

Contact Information

For questions about the School of Social Work field program, this training module, or to provide feedback, contact the School of Social Work Field Office by phone (512) 471-6207 or by email at ssw-field@austin.utexas.edu

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