REFLECTION

Reflection paper: NO PLAGIARISM / TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT. / DO NOT USE CITATIONS EXCEPT FOR THE VIDEO.

For this assignment, you will take some time to reflect on what you know, what you are learning, and what you still want/need to learn in relation to this course. Opportunities to reflect on our profession’s learning competencies, practice behaviors, and methods for how to be an effective social worker are important moments in our development as lifelong learners. To complete this assignment, you will reflect on the assigned readings, classroom discussions, activities, and assignments.

INSTRUCTIONS: IT SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE WRITING. Please divide your paper up by competency. Each competency should be a new paragraph (1 paragraph for competency) that includes all of the information below: EACH PARAGRAPH MUST CONTAIN THE INFORMATION BELOW:

1. Describe the assignment/activity you engaged in. Describe the purpose of this assignment/activity. What did you do?

2. Briefly describe the competency you are linking the assignment/activity to. Provide a brief synopsis of the competency in your own words.

3. Describe how the assignment/activity helped you obtain certain knowledge and skills for each competency covered.  how the assignment/activity helped you in the process of mastering the competency? How did this assignment/activity help you in learning the skill and/or obtaining the knowledge that the competency discusses?

4. What do you still want and/or need to know in order to master the competency? This can be briefly summarized in a short conclusion paragraph at the end of your paper, or briefly discussed throughout the paper under each competency.

Core Competencies:

CC 1 – Demonstrate Ethical & Professional Behavior: I did a Response Paper on the Day It Snowed in Miami.

CC2 – Advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice: I did a Response Paper on the 13th Film (13th Amendment).

CC3 – Engage Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice: I did a Social Justice & Action Project on the Women's Rights Movement.

CC4 – Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research: We talk in class about the TEDMED of Nadine Burke Harris regarding How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

CC5 – Engage in Policy Practice: I did a Policy Research Paper on Student Loans Forgiveness.

CC6 – Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities: I learn how to do an action plan and I created one Action Plan with goals and objectives for someone on how to work on anger management and how to find a job.

CC7 – Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities: I did an Individual & Family Assessment Paper on the movie (Precious) the principal actor Claireece Precious Jones was my client, and I was her social worker. Based on her history of sexual and emotional abuse from her parents.

CC8 – Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities: I create an Intervention & Evaluation Plan for a client who reported an atypical mental/cognitive, social, and psychological development during her childhood. This happened due to all the abuse that occurred from a very young age by her parents. (Anger management).

CC9 – Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities: I did a Literature review paper on Substance Abuse vs. Intellectual Disability saying that a History of substance abuse vs. intellectual disability impacts a child's psychological and cognitive processes and leaves a lifelong impact that makes them abusive later in life.