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Reflection is a critical skill for social work practice. Reflection also allows you to deepen your learning and find ways to build momentum for future endeavors. In this short Assignment, you reflect on your Skills Lab experience and discover ways to carry your learnings forward into both your Field Education experience and your practice.LEARNING RESOURCESRequired ReadingsReview any resources, Discussion posts, or any work completed during your sessions.Submit a 1- to 2-page paper that addresses the following: Identify at least one key learning from your Skills Lab experience. Explain the skills you showcased during the Skills Lab Intensive experience and what you considered in your response to the scenario you faced in Day 3 Session 3.How did this demonstration show you are ready to enter your field experience?Explain how you will incorporate these learnings into your Field Education experience.
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Student Skills Inventory: Skills Lab Intensive 1
Student Name:
During the Intensive, you must demonstrate all the required behaviors from each Skills Category. Use this document to track, score,
and describe those behaviors as you perform them. The other listed skills are highly encouraged but not required. These include
skills that you may or may not have the opportunity to display, depending on your role in the Intensive’s sessions.
Instructions:
Checkmark Column: Place a check next to each skill as you demonstrate it in the Intensive. This column is your quick view of what
you have completed.
Score Column: After checking off a skill, assess yourself on that skill using the following scale:
5 = Demonstrates a high level of competency
4 = Clearly demonstrates competency
3 = Demonstrates a minimum level of competency
2 = Demonstrates an inadequate level of competency
1 = Demonstrates no competency
Student Assessment Column: Then, record when and how you demonstrated the skill and any other relevant information to support
your self-assessment.
* = Skills that are required
Example:
✓
✓
Create a safe environment (setting up ground rules)*
Skills to Demonstrate
Create an inclusive environment
Demonstrate sensitivity to accessibility
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In Day 1 Session 2, I developed group rules with input from group
members. I attended to the needs of potentially introverted members
by setting a ground rule that each person should participate according
to their abilities and comfort level.
Diversity and Inclusion
Score
Student Assessment
Demonstrate an openness to difference*
Demonstrate an ability to solicit information regarding
an individual’s cultural and spiritual background*
Articulate resources to improve one’s own knowledge
regarding diverse populations*
✓
Skills to Demonstrate
Create a safe environment*
Provide verbal encouragement*
Provide nonverbal encouragement
Enlist feedback from group members
Address disruptive group members
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Group Facilitation
Score
Student Assessment
Demonstrate the ability to effectively and
professionally work within a group*
Close a meeting
✓
Skills to Demonstrate
Nonverbally attend to an individual’s situation*
Demonstrate open-ended questions*
Demonstrate the ability to assess client needs*
Gather specific information
Demonstrate paraphrasing*
Ask questions to uncover client strengths*
Convey client strengths
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Micro Skills
Score
Student Assessment
Demonstrate the ability to address a hostile individual
Demonstrate appropriate self-disclosure
Demonstrate a SOAP note*
✓
Skills to Demonstrate
Demonstrate the ability to advocate with and for a
population*
Demonstrate how to assess community needs*
Demonstrate an understanding of how to engage key
stakeholders
Demonstrate the ability to identify and understand
community resources*
Explain the role of a community organization within the
context of the needs of a community
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Community
Score
Student Assessment
✓
Skills to Demonstrate
Demonstrate appropriate dress*
Use professional language to convey ideas*
Use person-first language*
Show respect for colleagues through verbal
communication*
Show respect for colleagues through nonverbal
communication*
Demonstrate understanding of social work concepts,
values, and ethics*
Accept feedback in a positive manner*
Give feedback in a positive manner*
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Professional Demeanor
Score
Student Assessment
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