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- I think that, I know I
asked a lot of you to be here

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much of the day on a Sunday.

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And I was telling somebody
a little bit beforehand

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that we used to do field orientation

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in week seven, just
before annual conference.

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And what we have found is
that that's really too late.

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That many of your agencies
are already calling you,

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they're already giving
you paperwork to fill out.

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And that it will help orient you, I think,

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to the rest of the summer,
to have a better sense

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of where you're headed in the field.

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It's gonna help you organize your reading

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and your thinking and
kind of focus yourselves.

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And I think it's also
nice to have a chance

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to meet other people who are going

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to your geographic area.

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And as you'll do later this morning,

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to meet in small groups with other folks

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going into the type of
setting that you're going to.

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And to have a chance to talk with people

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who have worked in those settings,

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supervised in those settings,

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who can give you some guidance about

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what is it like to be a social worker

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in those particular kinds of units?

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So you have already met me.

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I'm Carolyn du Bois.

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I'm the director of field here

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and just very quick self-introduction.

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I graduated from here in 1976,

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which is now an appallingly long time ago.

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And I then went to work at
Clifford Beers in New Haven,

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which was my second-year field placement

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from Smith, so that worked sometimes.

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And then worked at the college
counseling service at UMass

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and have been teaching here since 1985,

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also an appallingly long time ago.

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But have a strong allegiance to the place.

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I'm kind of fond of the program here.

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I teach second year practice

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and I am very fond of our students.

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And it's wonderful to
get to see you in person.

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I have telephone and paper relationships,

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kind of, at this point, with all of you,

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and it's awfully nice to
put names and faces together

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and to get to meet you.

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We have a really wonderful field team here

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that I want to introduce you to.

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You met Sam and Marybeth outside.

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Are you guys out there,
and can you hear me?

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Yeah, they're going to ignore me.

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Sam Sharf is an administrative
assistant for field.

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Marybeth is--

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There's Sam!

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Say hi, Sam.

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Make Marybeth stick her head in too.

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Marybeth!

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Stick your head in!

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There's Marybeth (laughs)

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who's our systems coordinator for field.

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And these two women manage,

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I can't tell you how many
pieces of information data.

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It's a 700-person system.

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I did the math one time and looked to see.

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We have 250 students out in the field

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at any given point in
over a hundred agencies

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and that generates over 100 supervisors

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and 200 training directors.

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It's a huge system.

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And we honestly just could
not keep the boat afloat

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without the hard work you guys do.

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So we thank you both.

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And they're your go-to people too.

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They'll answer a lot of
questions for you along the way.

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Let me also introduce to you formally,

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Katelin Lewis-Kuelin, who is

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our associate director of fieldwork here.

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Katelin got her MSW here in 2000.

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She finished a two-year cycle

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analytic training program after that,

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a two-year advanced
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program here at Smith,

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and has 14 years clinical experience

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in agency-based outpatient and inpatient

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hospital settings.

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She was at Mills Peninsula at Smith Agency

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where she was the training
director for many years.

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And she joined us in December of 2012

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as a full-time associate director.

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I was thrilled.

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And now our newest member

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is Maria del Mar Farina,

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our new assistant director of fieldwork.

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I'm so happy to have a team.

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And Maria del Mar Farina joined us

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just this last month, but
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for a very, very long time.

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Maria got her MSW here at Smith in 1998.

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That MSW not being enough,

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she then went on and got an MBA.

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I don't know--

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- What was I thinking?

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- [Carolyn] I don't know.

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But there she was.

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And she's now a PhD
candidate here at Smith.

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Has taught here at Smith for many years

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as well as at Westfield State.

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And so she's got many years,
as you can do the math,

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of working both in private practice

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and again in agency-based settings.

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Has served as a supervisor for Smith

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in two different settings

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and has taught, as I said,
a number of courses here

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including the second year
clinical practice course.

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We're gonna talk a good deal today about

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the structure of field.

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We want to give you kind of a
broad overview at this point.

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And let me tell you a little bit about

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what the day will look like.

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We're gonna be meeting with you now

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for a little bit over an hour

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and walking through the basics
of what field looks like,

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the structure of field placements,

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a little bit about the assignments.

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I don't want you feeling like you have to

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frantically take notes,

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'cause Maria's gonna tell you
where you find all of this.

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These guys are so much more organized

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and computer savvy than I am.

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I've joked with some of you.

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My daughter says, "You know,
Mom, you crawl into the 1970s

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"and then applaud
yourself for being there."

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They have been--

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Which is kind of true.

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These guys have been great
about getting stuff up online.

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So don't feel as we go through this,

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you have to frantically take notes.

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Everything we tell you is
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So we're gonna talk with you.

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We're gonna have a good chunk of time

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for questions and answers,

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and then at 10:30 our student org leaders

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are gonna come and talk with you.

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You already know we have a very strong

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student organization here at Smith.

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And there are elected representatives

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to each of the academic sequences

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that you folks elect.

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And so there are people
elected by the student body

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to serve as a liaison with
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Those folks are gonna come
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We're then gonna take a break.

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And then at 11:00, you're going to go

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into small groups that are organized

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around the kinds of settings
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And that's on the front of your label.

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If you have any questions,
you give us a holler.

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And the room number is on it as well.

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All of the small groups are gonna

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meet here in the campus center.

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At 12:00, we then go,
come back upstairs here

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and there'll be a picnic box lunch

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and you can go outside and

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enjoy a picnic outdoors.

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We have a good time.

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And then at 1:00, come back to this room

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and we will meet with Sarah McCabe

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who is an NASW safety trainer,

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and will be talking about
safety in the field.

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We've been extraordinarily lucky at Smith.

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We've not had students encounter

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significant safety problems in the field,

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but part of how you
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is to make sure everybody's
really well trained

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and that you know how to
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kinds of settings and keep
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We had originally thought
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around your geographic areas,

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but we know that you've already

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done that twice through orientation.

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So you're welcome to
meet with your area crew

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if you want to.

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If you've had enough of that and

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you wanna go meet new people, new buddies,

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feel free to just have your lunch

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either outside or really
anywhere in the building.

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I would like people just to see

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who's going where, though, if we could.

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So would you mind if everybody
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either stands or gives a wave.

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There's our Seattle crew.

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Okay.

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So that way, at least if you
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you're laying eyes on each other.

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How about Northern California?

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That's gonna be a big crowd.

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That's a big crew.

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(laughs)

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I go out to Northern California
to do this recruiting thing.

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They call it Smith West
out there in San Francisco.

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We've got a good sized crew going to L.A.

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Any of our L.A. folks?

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I know you've met each other
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So there you are.

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Thank you.

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Colorado?

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Okay, good.

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Some folks heading that way.

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Let me think what else.

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I think there's one sole
first year going to Texas.

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- [Audience Member] Yay, Texas!

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- Yay, Texas!

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But here you are, back there.

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So maybe some of you
want to think about Texas

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for your second year placements.

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We've got great placements
there, actually.

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Let's just kind of
quickly hit New England.

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Massachusetts?

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That's gonna be a big crowd.

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Woo hoo!

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So you have not all
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'cause that was too big
a crowd for one group.

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So that's Massachusetts.

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We've got Connecticut.

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Good size crowd.

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Got a handful going to Rhode Island.

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Alright, say hello to each other.

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There you go.

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Vermont?

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A lot of Vermont people
going up to the retreat.

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Okay.

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This way, if you want to have

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lunch with each other, you can.

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It's not required.

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New York?

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There's a good size crowd.

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Okay.

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North Carolina?

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Alright.

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Georgia?

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One person in Georgia!

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Alright, so here you are.

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Now think about Georgia
for your second year.

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Georgia and Texas.

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Don't let people sit there alone.

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You will have other
second-year people there.

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You're not gonna really totally be alone.

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So that's good.

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What have I missed?

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- [Katelin] D.C. and Maryland.

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- D.C. and Maryland!

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Okay, there you are.

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Anybody I missed?

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Any lone soul out there?
- [Voiceover] Pennsylvania!

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- [Carolyn] Pennsylvania, how silly of me.

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Thank you.

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We got all the crew going to Pennsylvania.

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Thank you, Nicholas.

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It's early.

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Alright, anybody else?

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Any other major states?

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Okay.

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So you get to see who's going where.

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I'm going to leave it now to Maria,

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who's gonna show you how to organize

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this high-tech stuff.

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And thank you again for coming.

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- Alright, so--

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- [Carolyn] You have to talk loud.

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- I know, I have to talk loud,

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which is something that I never do

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if you take a class with me.

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Alright, so this is a
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and a way to try to remain
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and convey information to
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So I've sat in many orientations,

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and then when I've walked out, I've been,

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"Okay, so when was that due again?"

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So what you will find
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and all of you should have access to this.

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If you don't see it,
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Our various links.

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One of them is just the
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that will bring you to the list of summer

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field events and dates.

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And an important think
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is that MSW calendar.

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So, this will list for you
all of the various events

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and it will give you througout the year.

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Just to give you a flair.

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I would highly encourage you to do so.

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We're gonna be talking about
various forms and reports,

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and so in the field reports
form that you can see,

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you're gonna--

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Bless you!

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You're gonna see a selection for students

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where you're directed to the guidelines

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for the field internship,
which is one document

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that we want you to keep referring to.

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Your learning plan contract,

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you're gonna be talking
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at the very beginning.

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And you also have access
to other information

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that is available to your
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as well as to supervisors in the field.

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So in here, you will also be able to

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see the first mid-year final evaluation

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that you will be using
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as well as the final evaluation.

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Now, other areas that we're excited.

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One of them is where to begin.

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The quick reference guide.

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So when you walk out of here,

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if you have questions
about, what is the date

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in which I report to my internship?

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This is where you can find it.

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In addition to that, and again,

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you will see in some areas coming soon.

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Katelin and I and Carolyn
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okay, so, what are the questions that

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we hear from you most often?

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To kind of compile them together

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and put them here, so that
you can first look in there

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and certainly contact us with
any additional questions.

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A very important folder here

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that we're very excited about

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is the placement description form.

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So I don't know how many of
you got a chance to look.

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They're arranged by state,
your geographic location,

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and this is just descriptions
from the previous interns.

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So it gives you an idea of what their

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experience was like, and certainly they're

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available for you to talk with

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and ask additional questions

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if you feel that an aspect
of what they talked about

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was interesting and you would like

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to know a little bit more.

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But this is a site that we're building.

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So you will see again,
the integrated seminars.

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I know we're going to
be covering that today.

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But as we go, you're gonna
be seeing different headings.

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So the next heading that we're working on

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is actually aimed towards supervision.

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How to think about supervision.

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How to make the most out of supervision.

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So throughout the academic year,

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we're gonna be posting
different resources for you.

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Resources, so different articles,

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different maybe links to websites

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for you to review and
continue to integrate

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in your learning there in the field.

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Okay?

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- [Carolyn] Did you talk
about the guidelines?

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- The guidelines?

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I think I did, but I can go back out.

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Is that good?

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- [Carolyn] The guidelines
actually are gonna all be posted

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on this course and online.

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And it's a huge document.

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It's about 120 pages of everything

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you ever wanted to know
about field and then some.

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But it will be a reference
point around policies,

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procedures, as well as
all the assignments.

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And we are updating them
now for the '14-15 year.

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So those will be up and active
probably in about 10 days.

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Okay?

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Thank you, Maria.

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- [Maria] Thank you.

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- [Katelin] Okay, I'm
gonna start by talking

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about the placement process

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of what you've already been through

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and what you're kind of going through.

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And then move to more
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of the clinical field program.

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Just wanna make sure,

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can everyone hear me in the back?

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Great.

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Louder, okay.

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That's good.

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So here's some background for your class.

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You're 124, I don't know if you knew that.

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That's your class number, 124 folks.

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You're going into over 100 agencies.

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You're in 13 states plus D.C. plus Canada.

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And the types of internships that you're

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going to be going into.

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You're in schools, you're in hospitals,

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you're on adult and adolescent
and child inpatient teams,

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adult and child and
adolescent outpatient teams,

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outreach teams, residential
treatment facilities,

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domestic violence teams, and crisis teams.

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There's a huge variety and diversity

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of the work that you're
all going to be doing.

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So the placement process.

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You may not know this, but
we started back in December

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securing the training slots that you

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are all going into in September.

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So for us, it's about
a nine month process.

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So we started this process before

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many of you even applied to the program.

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And the matching process was done

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by the field placement committee.

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The members of that committee are your

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field directors here
and members of faculty

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who teach practice.

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And what we did is we carefully
reviewed your materials,

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we looked at your experience,
your learning needs,

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special considerations that
you were asking from us,

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and then we made a match
based on the agency's

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training requirements
and the agency's needs.

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All of your resumes
were sent out in advance

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to the clinical supervisors
and the director of training

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of that agency.

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You were then confirmed
and selected for that slot.

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So I wanna just put that out there,

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what an intentional process it is.

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That they're confirming
it, we're confirming it,

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and that's before you even
get the e-mail from us

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letting you know where you're going.

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Okay, so more about those agencies.

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You probably know, many of you already,

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that internships are becoming
increasingly competitive.

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More and more agencies
are requiring interviews

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ahead of time, more and
more agencies are requiring

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either on-the-phone or
face-to-face confirming meetings.

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And many of you in the room have already

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gone through that process.

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So we thank you if you were one of the,

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one of the students that we
had to contact ahead of time

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to say, actually, there's an interview

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as part of this internship.

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And if you're one of the lucky ones

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who didn't have to interview,

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I just want you to be thoughtful

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about going into your agency setting

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where there might be an intern cohort

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with social work students
from other schools.

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Most likely, those
students had to interview

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for the exact same training
slot that you didn't have to.

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And if you didn't have
to interview this year,

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the majority of you are probably
going to be interviewing

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for second year field.

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So this is something
that we're very aware of.

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We're in communication all the time

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about how we can streamline this process.

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We have interview preparation materials

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actually on our Moodle course as well

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to help you in that process.

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That's a great question.

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So the reason why Smith
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did not require an interview is really

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based on our reputation,

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based on the longstanding affiliations

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and relationships we have with agencies

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that we frontload so much ahead of time

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in terms of phone calls.

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We have relationships with these people.

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We have often in our agencies

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a long history of really
successful students in those spots.

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So we've been lucky that we
haven't had to interview.

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But the climate is changing.

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And those relationships
don't, for a lot of folks,

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mean that we don't have to
go through the same process

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that other students in other
schools have to go through.

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So we also know because many
of you have had interviews

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that you've been contacted
at this point by your agency.

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So, and we also know
that at this day and age

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that first initial contact may not be

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your clinical supervisor anymore.

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It may be a representative
form the HR department

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with an e-mail that can
be quite overwhelming

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because it's got a list
of like 20 requirements

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and pieces of paperwork, and screenings,

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and background checks
that you have to fill out.

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So we know this is happening.

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We're trying to stay in front
of it as much as we can.

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But do come to us.

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Bring your packet.

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If you have any questions,
send us an e-mail

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of it so we can look at it together.

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We have office hours every day

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available to work on these kind of issues.

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And if you have received an HR packet

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and there's a deadline,

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I don't mean to increase your anxiety

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even more than it already is,

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but that deadline is there for a reason.

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And we have had a couple
students in the past

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who were not able to start
their internships on time

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because they were not able
to get their paperwork in.

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So some of those background screenings

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take more time that you might think.

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And you're so immersed and
overwhelmed with your academics.

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So I get it.

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That is the kind of thing like,

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you can get to that down the road.

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But actually, this is
the time that we need

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to start working on that.

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Why don't we hold questions
if that's okay, 'til the end.

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Thanks.

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So let's say you haven't been
contacted by your agency.

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What does that mean?

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Is that okay?

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Absolutely.

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Still, the majority of students
have not been contacted

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because we have what's
called annual conference.

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This is Friday, July 18th
and Saturday, July 19th.

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We're gonna have over a
hundred agency representatives

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here on campus that
weekend to meet with you.

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They're gonna be in all-day
trainings with us as well.

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So you'll be receiving an
e-mail from the field department

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next month with the details

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if we know in advance if
your agency's gonna be here.

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But we already have a time and a date

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slotted for that meeting.

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It's 3:45 on Friday, July 18th.

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Again, we're gonna send you

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all the specifics of that.

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And for those of you who aren't gonna

525
00:21:48.552 --> 00:21:50.542
get to meet with your supervisor

526
00:21:50.542 --> 00:21:52.792
or agency representative at that time,

527
00:21:52.792 --> 00:21:54.892
I know that well, I was
a California student,

528
00:21:54.892 --> 00:21:57.400
so my supervisors weren't able to be here

529
00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:59.909
and come out to the east for that.

530
00:21:59.909 --> 00:22:02.495
We ask that your supervisors
call you sometime

531
00:22:02.495 --> 00:22:04.696
that week to start touching base.

532
00:22:04.696 --> 00:22:08.100
So it's normal to not
have been in any contact

533
00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:09.637
at this point.

534
00:22:09.637 --> 00:22:12.223
It's, no news is good news.

535
00:22:13.793 --> 00:22:17.624
Okay, so now I'm gonna
transition to talking more

536
00:22:17.624 --> 00:22:20.644
about the nuts and bolts of
the clinical field program.

537
00:22:20.644 --> 00:22:24.306
As you know, we have an incredibly rich

538
00:22:24.306 --> 00:22:27.250
and rigorous clinical field program.

539
00:22:27.250 --> 00:22:30.654
That's why I would imagine the majority

540
00:22:30.654 --> 00:22:32.805
of you selected Smith,

541
00:22:32.805 --> 00:22:35.519
is because of our field internship program

542
00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.336
and the training that it provides.

543
00:22:37.336 --> 00:22:40.254
But just to give you some perspective,

544
00:22:40.254 --> 00:22:42.994
the Council for Social
Work Education requires

545
00:22:42.994 --> 00:22:47.500
900 hours in the field
to receive your MSW.

546
00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:51.314
We require more than 900 hours,

547
00:22:51.314 --> 00:22:53.745
even in your first year of placement.

548
00:22:53.745 --> 00:22:56.485
So you'll be doing about 960 hours

549
00:22:56.485 --> 00:22:58.328
for your first year placement,

550
00:22:58.328 --> 00:23:03.167
a second 960 hours for your
second year field placement,

551
00:23:03.167 --> 00:23:08.108
for a total of 1,920
hours, which is a ton.

552
00:23:08.108 --> 00:23:11.717
It's amazing amount of
experience that you'll have

553
00:23:11.717 --> 00:23:13.919
and that will take you far.

554
00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:15.890
It's why we do it, believe in it.

555
00:23:15.890 --> 00:23:18.910
You are also going
directly into clinicals,

556
00:23:18.910 --> 00:23:21.727
internships, that many if not most schools

557
00:23:21.727 --> 00:23:24.618
can only use for their
second year students.

558
00:23:24.618 --> 00:23:28.612
So these internships
are designed to provide

559
00:23:28.612 --> 00:23:32.350
broad based training in direct practice,

560
00:23:32.350 --> 00:23:35.909
advocacy, and case management.

561
00:23:35.909 --> 00:23:37.983
You'll be working with individuals,

562
00:23:37.983 --> 00:23:41.898
families, groups, and communities.

563
00:23:41.898 --> 00:23:44.332
And the first year
field is really designed

564
00:23:44.332 --> 00:23:47.429
to provide a grounding
in clinical social work

565
00:23:47.429 --> 00:23:49.349
whereas the second year field is gonna be

566
00:23:49.349 --> 00:23:52.010
more of a specialization year.

567
00:23:52.010 --> 00:23:55.877
Now, internship-based
learning is incredibly unique.

568
00:23:55.877 --> 00:23:59.794
It's really one of a
kind because you're both

569
00:23:59.794 --> 00:24:02.789
going into your agencies as a student,

570
00:24:02.789 --> 00:24:05.912
you're there to learn, and yet,

571
00:24:05.912 --> 00:24:09.036
you're expected to
function as a professional.

572
00:24:09.036 --> 00:24:13.004
Your clients need you and depend on you

573
00:24:13.004 --> 00:24:15.436
to function as professionals.

574
00:24:15.436 --> 00:24:19.148
Now, I also want to reassure
you after that statement

575
00:24:19.148 --> 00:24:22.910
that the summer curriculum
really prepares you well

576
00:24:22.910 --> 00:24:25.138
for being able to make this transition

577
00:24:25.138 --> 00:24:29.157
from being here all summer to
going then into the job role.

578
00:24:29.157 --> 00:24:32.280
You've got nine more
weeks to be in the place

579
00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:33.509
where you're going to be ready

580
00:24:33.509 --> 00:24:35.634
to go into your field internships

581
00:24:35.634 --> 00:24:38.655
and unlike other schools,
you will have completed

582
00:24:38.655 --> 00:24:40.881
almost an entire full year

583
00:24:40.881 --> 00:24:43.543
of clinical social work academics.

584
00:24:43.543 --> 00:24:45.310
You'll have it under your belt

585
00:24:45.310 --> 00:24:46.975
going into your field placement.

586
00:24:50.495 --> 00:24:52.099
So as we've talked about,

587
00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:55.915
the agencies that you're going
into are incredibly diverse.

588
00:24:55.915 --> 00:25:00.915
And yes, you will be
expected to be integrating

589
00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:05.336
your academic learning
and to be coming up with

590
00:25:05.336 --> 00:25:07.870
and thinking psychodynamically
and coming up

591
00:25:07.870 --> 00:25:09.436
with psychodynamic formulations

592
00:25:09.436 --> 00:25:11.534
in terms of your work with your clients.

593
00:25:11.534 --> 00:25:13.763
But we wanna be very
clear about something.

594
00:25:13.763 --> 00:25:17.705
That does not mean that
you're gonna be always

595
00:25:17.705 --> 00:25:21.520
or primarily practicing or
intervening with your clients

596
00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:23.568
in a psychodynamic framework.

597
00:25:23.568 --> 00:25:26.281
You're gonna be exposed
to a wide diversity

598
00:25:26.281 --> 00:25:29.200
of theoretical orientations and theories.

599
00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:31.299
Cognitive behavioral therapy,

600
00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.577
dialectical behavioral therapy,

601
00:25:33.577 --> 00:25:35.957
acceptance commitment therapy,

602
00:25:35.957 --> 00:25:40.694
CBT trauma informed therapy,
family systems theory,

603
00:25:40.694 --> 00:25:43.792
mindfulness, depending on your clients,

604
00:25:43.792 --> 00:25:47.120
your supervisors, your agency,
you're going to be trained

605
00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:51.651
with many different conceptualization
or theoretical models.

606
00:25:51.651 --> 00:25:55.542
And they're all valuable
and they're all clinical.

607
00:25:55.542 --> 00:25:57.563
So we really wanna stress that point.

608
00:25:58.913 --> 00:26:00.707
So now I'm gonna talk a little bit about

609
00:26:00.707 --> 00:26:02.780
who's on your field team.

610
00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:07.619
Each student has a primary
clinical supervisor.

611
00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.692
That person is an MSW.

612
00:26:09.692 --> 00:26:12.304
That person is employed by the agency.

613
00:26:12.304 --> 00:26:14.684
They're your primary teacher

614
00:26:14.684 --> 00:26:17.987
and you are practicing
under their license.

615
00:26:17.987 --> 00:26:20.803
And Maria's gonna talk more about

616
00:26:20.803 --> 00:26:23.158
the supervisory role in a few minutes.

617
00:26:23.158 --> 00:26:27.254
You're also gonna be assigned
a faculty field advisor.

618
00:26:27.254 --> 00:26:28.816
And you may have heard that already.

619
00:26:28.816 --> 00:26:31.067
People refer to them as FFA.

620
00:26:31.067 --> 00:26:32.476
So we just say FFAs.

621
00:26:32.476 --> 00:26:34.524
And you're probably like,
"What on earth is an FFA?"

622
00:26:34.524 --> 00:26:37.545
So your faculty field advisor is either

623
00:26:37.545 --> 00:26:41.129
a resident faculty or an adjunct faculty.

624
00:26:41.129 --> 00:26:43.227
They're hired and trained by us.

625
00:26:43.227 --> 00:26:47.043
They're really your consultant
to the learning process.

626
00:26:47.043 --> 00:26:49.014
And during annual conference,

627
00:26:49.014 --> 00:26:51.088
again, July 18th and July 19th,

628
00:26:51.088 --> 00:26:54.236
you'll all be meeting with
your faculty field advisor.

629
00:26:54.236 --> 00:26:55.925
So they're gonna talk a lot more, then,

630
00:26:55.925 --> 00:26:58.281
in that first meeting about their role.

631
00:26:58.281 --> 00:27:00.456
But just so you have a sense of who

632
00:27:00.456 --> 00:27:02.761
this person is gonna be in your life

633
00:27:02.761 --> 00:27:04.784
during your eight month internship,

634
00:27:04.784 --> 00:27:06.779
they're gonna be calling you in September

635
00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:09.136
to check in with you when
you first get started

636
00:27:09.136 --> 00:27:10.450
to touch base.

637
00:27:10.450 --> 00:27:12.809
They're gonna be coming
in person to your agency

638
00:27:12.809 --> 00:27:15.499
in the fall for a three hour visit

639
00:27:15.499 --> 00:27:17.911
with you and your supervisor.

640
00:27:17.911 --> 00:27:19.715
There'll be a second three hour visit

641
00:27:19.715 --> 00:27:22.377
in the late winter and spring.

642
00:27:22.377 --> 00:27:24.955
They're gonna be really important to you

643
00:27:24.955 --> 00:27:26.869
as you explore--

644
00:27:26.869 --> 00:27:28.366
I know this is thinking way ahead--

645
00:27:28.366 --> 00:27:30.309
as you explore second year field.

646
00:27:30.309 --> 00:27:33.082
They're gonna be talking
with you and consulting you

647
00:27:33.082 --> 00:27:35.521
around your learning needs
for second year field,

648
00:27:35.521 --> 00:27:38.490
and they're gonna be making
a recommendation to us

649
00:27:38.490 --> 00:27:41.263
in writing, based on your
conversations with them,

650
00:27:41.263 --> 00:27:42.946
about what they think you need

651
00:27:42.946 --> 00:27:45.331
to learn in second year field.

652
00:27:45.331 --> 00:27:47.964
You're also going to be writing
monthly narratives to them

653
00:27:47.964 --> 00:27:50.737
and submitting all your
field assignments to them,

654
00:27:50.737 --> 00:27:52.791
which Carolyn will talk to you more about.

655
00:27:52.791 --> 00:27:55.813
So you're gonna have a lot
of contact with that person.

656
00:27:55.813 --> 00:27:57.866
They're gonna be very
important to your learning

657
00:27:57.866 --> 00:28:02.690
and a liaison between the
school and your agency.

658
00:28:02.690 --> 00:28:07.157
In addition to your
supervisors and your FFA,

659
00:28:07.157 --> 00:28:09.708
you're gonna have one
of the field directors

660
00:28:09.708 --> 00:28:12.593
as another support and contact person.

661
00:28:12.593 --> 00:28:15.421
If you're placed in any
of the New England states

662
00:28:15.421 --> 00:28:18.250
or New York, I'm gonna
be your contact person

663
00:28:18.250 --> 00:28:21.107
and basically if you're
placed anywhere other

664
00:28:21.107 --> 00:28:23.187
than the New England states and New York,

665
00:28:23.187 --> 00:28:25.849
Carolyn is gonna be your contact person.

666
00:28:25.849 --> 00:28:27.540
So that way, every--

667
00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:29.233
- She's got the heavier
load, though, really.

668
00:28:29.233 --> 00:28:30.564
When you do the math.

669
00:28:30.564 --> 00:28:31.840
- That's true.

670
00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:35.388
So if you look at it,
every triad, every student,

671
00:28:35.388 --> 00:28:38.161
every agency, every faculty field advisor

672
00:28:38.161 --> 00:28:40.465
has one contact person.

673
00:28:41.465 --> 00:28:42.822
Structure.

674
00:28:42.822 --> 00:28:46.915
As you know, your field
internships are 30 hours a week.

675
00:28:46.915 --> 00:28:49.770
What you might not know is
that doesn't include breaks

676
00:28:49.770 --> 00:28:54.401
and typically, you're gonna
be there for four days.

677
00:28:54.401 --> 00:28:57.121
It could be five days, but
four or five days a week

678
00:28:57.121 --> 00:28:59.783
you'll be there for 30
hours, not including breaks,

679
00:28:59.783 --> 00:29:02.279
and that your schedule
is really determined

680
00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:05.579
by your supervisor and
the needs of the agency.

681
00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:09.739
You'll also be a half-day
in your community project

682
00:29:09.739 --> 00:29:12.374
and there's gonna be a
separate orientation on Saturdy

683
00:29:12.374 --> 00:29:15.397
of annual conference, which is
gonna go into all the detail

684
00:29:15.397 --> 00:29:17.976
about your community practice project.

685
00:29:17.976 --> 00:29:19.862
Your personal employment,

686
00:29:19.862 --> 00:29:22.357
which we know many of
you have additional jobs.

687
00:29:22.357 --> 00:29:25.270
Talk about a full load.

688
00:29:25.270 --> 00:29:27.154
In addition to your life and your family

689
00:29:27.154 --> 00:29:28.626
and being in graduate school,

690
00:29:28.626 --> 00:29:32.138
but your outside
employment really has to be

691
00:29:33.028 --> 00:29:35.057
scheduled somehow not to conflict.

692
00:29:35.057 --> 00:29:36.916
Which we know is a lot to juggle.

693
00:29:36.916 --> 00:29:40.160
But it cannot conflict with
your field internship hours.

694
00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.431
Now, the typical model
for supervision is this.

695
00:29:44.431 --> 00:29:48.424
You're gonna have two hours of
individual weekly supervision

696
00:29:48.424 --> 00:29:51.254
with your primary MSW supervisor.

697
00:29:51.254 --> 00:29:55.386
Now, in some agencies
where the training model

698
00:29:55.386 --> 00:29:57.466
may be more of a group model,

699
00:29:57.466 --> 00:30:01.453
we feel it's clinically more sound

700
00:30:01.453 --> 00:30:03.596
to have a little less

701
00:30:03.596 --> 00:30:07.027
individual supervision, and
a lot more group supervision.

702
00:30:07.027 --> 00:30:08.802
So we'll let you know in advance

703
00:30:08.802 --> 00:30:12.435
if your placement has that
type of supervisory model.

704
00:30:12.435 --> 00:30:14.849
Now in addition to the
individual supervision

705
00:30:14.849 --> 00:30:16.595
and possible group supervision,

706
00:30:16.595 --> 00:30:18.905
you'll be participating in
your agency's trainings,

707
00:30:18.905 --> 00:30:22.675
team meetings, weekly rounds, et cetera.

708
00:30:22.675 --> 00:30:25.631
The goal in terms of your client work

709
00:30:25.631 --> 00:30:30.567
is to have 12 to 15 direct
client hours a week.

710
00:30:30.567 --> 00:30:32.675
That does not mean when you show up

711
00:30:32.675 --> 00:30:35.698
on September 2nd, that
you're gonna have 15 clients

712
00:30:35.698 --> 00:30:39.858
in a caseload ready for you on your desk.

713
00:30:39.858 --> 00:30:43.380
No, it's gonna of course,
gradually build over time

714
00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.907
in conjunction with your learning

715
00:30:44.907 --> 00:30:47.680
and communication with your supervisor.

716
00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.675
But our hope is that you'll be doing

717
00:30:49.675 --> 00:30:51.618
at least 12 hours a week.

718
00:30:51.618 --> 00:30:54.057
That means some individual, some groups,

719
00:30:54.057 --> 00:30:57.497
outreach, milieu.

720
00:30:57.497 --> 00:30:59.577
You know, it's over a variety of roles.

721
00:30:59.577 --> 00:31:03.460
But it needs to be 12, minimally, a week.

722
00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:06.204
The rest of the time, you'll
be spent in supervision,

723
00:31:06.204 --> 00:31:09.200
in trainings, doing all
that agency paperwork

724
00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.808
that you'll be trained on,

725
00:31:10.808 --> 00:31:13.304
and collateral work on
behalf of your clients.

726
00:31:14.944 --> 00:31:16.817
So everything that I'm
going over, by the way,

727
00:31:16.817 --> 00:31:19.174
is on that quick reference
guide for first years

728
00:31:19.174 --> 00:31:21.864
that Maria talked about,
that's on our Moodle page.

729
00:31:21.864 --> 00:31:23.972
You also have a hard copy in your folders.

730
00:31:23.972 --> 00:31:28.604
Everything is in a lot more
detail in those guidelines, too.

731
00:31:28.604 --> 00:31:30.905
I know I'm going over this really quickly.

732
00:31:30.905 --> 00:31:34.566
So just briefly, in
terms of your schedule,

733
00:31:34.566 --> 00:31:37.866
you have three days for
professional development

734
00:31:37.866 --> 00:31:39.946
in terms of conferences,
those need to get approved

735
00:31:39.946 --> 00:31:42.137
ahead of time by your supervisor.

736
00:31:42.137 --> 00:31:44.495
All the vacations are posted

737
00:31:44.495 --> 00:31:46.437
on the academic master calendar,

738
00:31:46.437 --> 00:31:48.628
so take a look at that
schedule ahead of time

739
00:31:48.628 --> 00:31:52.899
so you know when you are
to have your vacations.

740
00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:55.810
And if you need any
alterations to that schedule,

741
00:31:55.810 --> 00:31:58.169
make sure you're in communication
with your supervisor

742
00:31:58.169 --> 00:32:00.441
and your FFA about that.

743
00:32:00.441 --> 00:32:04.740
If the agency is closed for
religious observances day,

744
00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:06.655
we don't expect you to make up that day,

745
00:32:06.655 --> 00:32:09.317
but you are allowed an additional two days

746
00:32:09.317 --> 00:32:12.672
permitted for observation
of religious holidays,

747
00:32:12.672 --> 00:32:15.334
again, let your supervisor know.

748
00:32:15.334 --> 00:32:18.718
Now around illness, just as in any job,

749
00:32:18.718 --> 00:32:20.964
or at any time you've
had a professional role,

750
00:32:20.964 --> 00:32:23.904
you are responsible for
letting your supervisor know

751
00:32:23.904 --> 00:32:27.149
and to think ahead of time about
the impact on your clients.

752
00:32:27.149 --> 00:32:30.310
To think ahead of time
about the impact on like,

753
00:32:30.310 --> 00:32:32.390
what clients you have scheduled that day,

754
00:32:32.390 --> 00:32:36.635
and to call your supervisor
or contact your supervisor

755
00:32:36.635 --> 00:32:39.824
in advance, in accordance
with agency protocol.

756
00:32:39.824 --> 00:32:42.624
So, we've had some
students get in hot water

757
00:32:42.624 --> 00:32:45.231
because they texted their
supervisor at 2:00 A.M.

758
00:32:45.231 --> 00:32:47.644
We recommend not doing that.

759
00:32:47.644 --> 00:32:49.724
Unless your supervisor says,

760
00:32:49.724 --> 00:32:51.942
"I want you to text me in
the middle of the night."

761
00:32:51.942 --> 00:32:54.937
Just do whatever your supervisor says.

762
00:32:54.937 --> 00:32:58.766
If, in terms of absences,
you're all grown-ups.

763
00:32:58.766 --> 00:33:00.456
Life happens.

764
00:33:00.456 --> 00:33:03.063
But if it gets to the
point where you've missed

765
00:33:03.063 --> 00:33:07.112
about a week of field,
which we consider five days,

766
00:33:07.112 --> 00:33:11.301
you really need to let
your FFA know right away,

767
00:33:11.301 --> 00:33:12.992
because we need, in conjunction

768
00:33:12.992 --> 00:33:14.878
with your agency and your FFA,

769
00:33:14.878 --> 00:33:18.762
to make a plan for you and
make up that missed time.

770
00:33:18.762 --> 00:33:20.757
It's really important that you are there

771
00:33:20.757 --> 00:33:24.113
on a consistent basis,
because you are there

772
00:33:24.113 --> 00:33:26.581
on behalf of your clients,
and serving your clients.

773
00:33:26.581 --> 00:33:29.799
So let's say you don't
miss a single day of field,

774
00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:31.046
which would be amazing.

775
00:33:31.046 --> 00:33:34.485
That does not mean you
take an extra week off.

776
00:33:34.485 --> 00:33:37.148
You know, leave early for a week trip

777
00:33:37.148 --> 00:33:38.617
because you didn't use those five days.

778
00:33:38.617 --> 00:33:40.697
It's not like you have
five days in the bank.

779
00:33:40.697 --> 00:33:44.552
We just want you to be
thoughtful about that.

780
00:33:44.552 --> 00:33:47.882
Okay, I've covered the nuts and bolts.

781
00:33:47.882 --> 00:33:48.630
- Cool.

782
00:33:48.630 --> 00:33:49.933
Thank you.

783
00:33:51.175 --> 00:33:53.615
You can hear me if I talk from here?

784
00:34:03.475 --> 00:34:04.955
Let's take this one question,

785
00:34:04.955 --> 00:34:08.145
then I think we'll hold the
rest and do 'em all at once,

786
00:34:08.145 --> 00:34:09.921
'cause others may have some other things.

787
00:34:09.921 --> 00:34:12.195
But this was a question about
if you're in a school setting

788
00:34:12.195 --> 00:34:14.246
which has a whole different schedule

789
00:34:14.246 --> 00:34:16.437
and you have school vacation weeks,

790
00:34:16.437 --> 00:34:18.850
what does that do to the clinical hours?

791
00:34:18.850 --> 00:34:21.430
Do you wanna take that one or you want...?

792
00:34:22.610 --> 00:34:23.927
- It's a great question.

793
00:34:23.927 --> 00:34:27.810
We try to, again, be on top
of this as much as possible

794
00:34:27.810 --> 00:34:30.001
and let you know with a little asterisk

795
00:34:30.001 --> 00:34:32.286
if we know ahead of time if you have any

796
00:34:32.286 --> 00:34:34.394
alterations into the schedule.

797
00:34:34.394 --> 00:34:35.670
You're right.

798
00:34:35.670 --> 00:34:37.583
Schools typically, because
you've got a spring break

799
00:34:37.583 --> 00:34:40.634
that other students are not gonna have,

800
00:34:40.634 --> 00:34:43.435
maybe even depending on where you are,

801
00:34:43.435 --> 00:34:47.373
like an additional February vacation week.

802
00:34:47.373 --> 00:34:51.284
It does really impact your client care

803
00:34:51.284 --> 00:34:53.391
to have so many breaks.

804
00:34:53.391 --> 00:34:55.722
So I know supervisors have
really thought about this

805
00:34:55.722 --> 00:34:58.995
and will often talk to you
about extending one week.

806
00:34:58.995 --> 00:35:00.907
So you would have like an additional week

807
00:35:00.907 --> 00:35:03.320
that last week in April, and then maybe

808
00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.567
be done by like May 1st, depending on

809
00:35:05.567 --> 00:35:07.702
where the dates fall on the calendar.

810
00:35:07.702 --> 00:35:10.365
That's what our students have
done typically in schools

811
00:35:10.365 --> 00:35:12.361
is worked one additional week.

812
00:35:12.361 --> 00:35:14.690
Some agencies are more flexible,

813
00:35:14.690 --> 00:35:17.020
some are very particular and rigid.

814
00:35:17.020 --> 00:35:19.239
It depends on the individual situation.

815
00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.571
And you'll talk more about that,

816
00:35:20.571 --> 00:35:24.286
all 38 of you who are going to
schools, in your small group.

817
00:35:25.526 --> 00:35:26.374
- And you'll know.

818
00:35:26.374 --> 00:35:28.730
You know, the agency
supervisor will talk with you

819
00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:31.198
right upfront so you can plan your year.

820
00:35:31.198 --> 00:35:32.502
They won't just pop it on you.

821
00:35:32.502 --> 00:35:33.500
- They should not.

822
00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.859
- They should not pop it on you.

823
00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.942
Right, okay.

824
00:35:35.942 --> 00:35:37.995
So can you guys hear me
if I speak from here?

825
00:35:37.995 --> 00:35:39.160
Good, okay.

826
00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:41.516
So I have the pleasure of telling you

827
00:35:41.516 --> 00:35:43.071
about your responsibilities.

828
00:35:44.871 --> 00:35:46.088
How did I get that one

829
00:35:46.088 --> 00:35:47.532
in the draw here?

830
00:35:47.532 --> 00:35:49.721
Is that what it is?

831
00:35:49.721 --> 00:35:50.803
Yeah, yeah.

832
00:35:50.803 --> 00:35:53.300
So let me talk a little bit, and again,

833
00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:55.296
all this stuff is posted,
but tell you a little bit

834
00:35:55.296 --> 00:35:56.821
about the rationale behind some of

835
00:35:56.821 --> 00:35:58.652
the field assignments that you have.

836
00:35:58.652 --> 00:36:01.480
As you hear from Katelin,
you can see that field

837
00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:03.061
really is a full-time job.

838
00:36:03.061 --> 00:36:04.586
And you know, you're in graduate school,

839
00:36:04.586 --> 00:36:06.306
and graduate school is a full-time job.

840
00:36:06.306 --> 00:36:09.386
And you really need to
plan that you've got the 30

841
00:36:09.386 --> 00:36:12.296
hours a week in your
agency, the half-day a week

842
00:36:12.296 --> 00:36:14.792
to community project,
and then there really is

843
00:36:14.792 --> 00:36:17.788
another 4-6 hours on top of that

844
00:36:17.788 --> 00:36:20.200
of kind of more academic work

845
00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:22.476
that will go to the four hours.

846
00:36:22.476 --> 00:36:24.055
You're required to do four hours

847
00:36:24.055 --> 00:36:27.801
of reading a week, for example.

848
00:36:27.801 --> 00:36:31.628
So those things come
on top of the 30 hours.

849
00:36:31.628 --> 00:36:34.261
So I'm gonna kinda walk through
what those assignments are.

850
00:36:34.261 --> 00:36:37.395
And would say upfront that the rationale

851
00:36:37.395 --> 00:36:40.057
for these assignments is
really quite deliberate

852
00:36:40.057 --> 00:36:42.165
and thought out.

853
00:36:42.165 --> 00:36:45.217
We know that you get an
incredibly heavy dose

854
00:36:45.217 --> 00:36:47.074
of theory in the summer.

855
00:36:47.074 --> 00:36:49.764
You get a ton of coursework,
you get a ton of theory.

856
00:36:49.764 --> 00:36:51.622
A lot of the theory that you're gonna get

857
00:36:51.622 --> 00:36:54.646
in this first summer
in particular, I think,

858
00:36:54.646 --> 00:36:56.449
can feel very, very abstract,

859
00:36:56.449 --> 00:36:59.582
because you don't have clients
you're attaching it to.

860
00:36:59.582 --> 00:37:02.024
So it's abstract.

861
00:37:02.024 --> 00:37:04.296
Or what happens is students read it

862
00:37:04.296 --> 00:37:06.349
and they think it's all about them.

863
00:37:06.349 --> 00:37:08.872
You know, sort of the med
school thing that happens

864
00:37:08.872 --> 00:37:12.838
where you're reading about
all of these situations.

865
00:37:12.838 --> 00:37:15.557
You don't have clients yet to attach it to

866
00:37:15.557 --> 00:37:16.805
and you're reading and you're saying,

867
00:37:16.805 --> 00:37:18.772
"I have five of the following seven."

868
00:37:18.772 --> 00:37:23.772
Or, this is really my Uncle Pete to a T.

869
00:37:24.513 --> 00:37:28.091
And also the other thing I
want to say in all seriousness,

870
00:37:28.091 --> 00:37:30.143
'cause we're sort of
laughing a little bit,

871
00:37:30.143 --> 00:37:31.668
'cause you'll do that to yourselves.

872
00:37:31.668 --> 00:37:32.916
You'll read the stuff, and you'll say,

873
00:37:32.916 --> 00:37:34.636
"Oh, my word, this is me."

874
00:37:34.636 --> 00:37:37.520
But I also wanna talk very
seriously quickly with you.

875
00:37:39.430 --> 00:37:43.602
Probably many, many, many, many people

876
00:37:43.602 --> 00:37:45.171
who come into social work training

877
00:37:45.171 --> 00:37:49.831
to so having struggled with a
difficult history themselves.

878
00:37:49.831 --> 00:37:51.994
And the universe is not divided up

879
00:37:51.994 --> 00:37:55.294
into clients and non-clients, right?

880
00:37:55.294 --> 00:37:57.319
And so I just caution you,

881
00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:58.733
because the other thing
that will happen is

882
00:37:58.733 --> 00:38:00.286
many of you have grappled

883
00:38:00.286 --> 00:38:01.811
with mental health issues yourselves.

884
00:38:01.811 --> 00:38:03.337
Many of you have grappled with depression.

885
00:38:03.337 --> 00:38:05.084
Many of you have a trauma history.

886
00:38:05.084 --> 00:38:07.414
Many of you have overcome
a substance abuse history.

887
00:38:07.414 --> 00:38:10.797
Many of you got well-trained
as social workers

888
00:38:10.797 --> 00:38:12.988
by the time you were eight,
'cause you were in families,

889
00:38:12.988 --> 00:38:15.147
right, that were kind of
requiring that of you?

890
00:38:15.147 --> 00:38:16.090
Right?

891
00:38:16.090 --> 00:38:20.223
So I just, so the summer,
you read all of this,

892
00:38:20.223 --> 00:38:23.578
you can personalize it,
and it's very abstract.

893
00:38:23.578 --> 00:38:25.215
And it's also too much.

894
00:38:25.215 --> 00:38:27.683
In real life, I want you
reading as much as you can,

895
00:38:27.683 --> 00:38:29.486
but in real life, you're not
gonna get through all of it.

896
00:38:29.486 --> 00:38:30.428
I know that.

897
00:38:30.428 --> 00:38:32.120
The syllabi are huge.

898
00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:34.339
You probably already
looked at it and think,

899
00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:36.225
"What on earth are these people thinking?"

900
00:38:36.225 --> 00:38:39.858
So you have four hours of reading a week

901
00:38:39.858 --> 00:38:41.993
and what I encourage you to do,

902
00:38:41.993 --> 00:38:45.044
we leave the practice
and the HBSC readings

903
00:38:45.044 --> 00:38:47.290
up all year on Moodle.

904
00:38:47.290 --> 00:38:48.927
You have to do four hours a week.

905
00:38:48.927 --> 00:38:51.284
Go back and re-read stuff from the summer.

906
00:38:51.284 --> 00:38:53.447
There's gonna be stuff that in real life,

907
00:38:53.447 --> 00:38:54.834
I know you didn't read.

908
00:38:54.834 --> 00:38:56.526
There's gonna be stuff that you've read

909
00:38:56.526 --> 00:38:58.939
that made no sense at all,

910
00:38:58.939 --> 00:39:00.852
'cause it made no sense.

911
00:39:00.852 --> 00:39:02.988
But when you're actually
working with a client

912
00:39:02.988 --> 00:39:05.290
for whom it's applicable,
you'll go back and read it,

913
00:39:05.290 --> 00:39:06.649
and you'll say, "Ah, okay.

914
00:39:06.649 --> 00:39:08.895
"Now this makes some sense to me."

915
00:39:08.895 --> 00:39:11.946
We also have other
assignments that are built in

916
00:39:11.946 --> 00:39:13.526
that are really designed to help you

917
00:39:13.526 --> 00:39:15.301
link from the summer academic work

918
00:39:15.301 --> 00:39:17.520
to the work that you're
doing in the field.

919
00:39:17.520 --> 00:39:20.904
So they are there and they are on purpose.

920
00:39:20.904 --> 00:39:23.205
So let's talk about what happens weekly.

921
00:39:23.205 --> 00:39:26.034
Weekly, you will write
two process recordings

922
00:39:26.034 --> 00:39:30.083
on clients that you are
working with in the agency.

923
00:39:30.083 --> 00:39:33.431
Now, most people don't know
what process recordings are.

924
00:39:33.431 --> 00:39:35.505
You'll get a feel for them
in your practice class,

925
00:39:35.505 --> 00:39:38.166
but they are to the best of your ability,

926
00:39:38.166 --> 00:39:41.135
verbatim accountings of
what goes on in the session.

927
00:39:41.135 --> 00:39:42.744
Client said this.

928
00:39:42.744 --> 00:39:43.519
I said that.

929
00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.380
Client said this.

930
00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.267
I said that.

931
00:39:45.267 --> 00:39:47.625
And you record as much of it as you can

932
00:39:47.625 --> 00:39:51.258
from your memory and put it down.

933
00:39:51.258 --> 00:39:54.362
Put down your thoughts about
what might be going on.

934
00:39:54.362 --> 00:39:56.277
But down your reflections on

935
00:39:56.277 --> 00:39:57.997
this worked, this didn't.

936
00:39:57.997 --> 00:39:59.854
I cannot believe that came out of my mouth

937
00:39:59.854 --> 00:40:01.713
and that I said this to the client.

938
00:40:01.713 --> 00:40:04.015
Best you can, an honest accounting.

939
00:40:04.015 --> 00:40:05.734
And you do two of those a week.

940
00:40:05.734 --> 00:40:07.314
They're kind of a pain
in the neck in a way,

941
00:40:07.314 --> 00:40:08.785
'cause they take a lot of time,

942
00:40:08.785 --> 00:40:12.890
but they're incredibly
fruitful in teaching you.

943
00:40:12.890 --> 00:40:16.549
I think it trains your
brain to remember, also,

944
00:40:16.549 --> 00:40:19.490
in a way I don't know
how else to teach people.

945
00:40:19.490 --> 00:40:21.805
When you first sit down to do them,

946
00:40:21.805 --> 00:40:23.469
you're not gonna remember
very much at all,

947
00:40:23.469 --> 00:40:24.882
so don't freak out about that.

948
00:40:24.882 --> 00:40:26.631
But as you go, you'll get better.

949
00:40:26.631 --> 00:40:28.461
And okay, we're talking about his mother,

950
00:40:28.461 --> 00:40:29.654
and then I know we shifted gears

951
00:40:29.654 --> 00:40:30.818
and then we were talking about this.

952
00:40:30.818 --> 00:40:31.595
What was the link?

953
00:40:31.595 --> 00:40:32.620
How did we get there?

954
00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.481
And you'll get better.

955
00:40:33.481 --> 00:40:34.757
Your brain will get better at remembering

956
00:40:34.757 --> 00:40:36.282
and getting that down.

957
00:40:36.282 --> 00:40:37.946
And then you hand it in to your supervisor

958
00:40:37.946 --> 00:40:39.443
and then you get feedback.

959
00:40:39.443 --> 00:40:40.775
And the supervisor might say,

960
00:40:40.775 --> 00:40:43.047
"You know, you really kind
of changed the subject here."

961
00:40:43.047 --> 00:40:45.212
or, "What was going on that she, you know,

962
00:40:45.212 --> 00:40:47.819
"threw up and ran out of the
room at this point here?"

963
00:40:47.819 --> 00:40:48.539
Whatever.

964
00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:50.703
You know, you'll get specific feedback.

965
00:40:50.703 --> 00:40:52.534
You could have followed
her feelings more here.

966
00:40:52.534 --> 00:40:55.307
You got really kind of
intellectualized over here.

967
00:40:55.307 --> 00:40:57.302
You'll get that kind of feedback.

968
00:40:57.302 --> 00:40:58.441
So it's incredibly important.

969
00:40:58.441 --> 00:41:00.382
You do two a week.

970
00:41:00.382 --> 00:41:03.100
You keep hold on those during the year,

971
00:41:03.100 --> 00:41:04.929
like in a portfolio or something.

972
00:41:04.929 --> 00:41:06.594
Your FFAs might want to take a spin

973
00:41:06.594 --> 00:41:08.092
through them when they come out.

974
00:41:08.092 --> 00:41:09.978
They're supposed to when
they come out to visit you,

975
00:41:09.978 --> 00:41:12.611
which is not just to see that
you're doing them, frankly,

976
00:41:12.611 --> 00:41:14.554
but also see that you're
getting meaningful feedback

977
00:41:14.554 --> 00:41:16.466
from your supervisor.

978
00:41:16.466 --> 00:41:18.492
'Cause we have to work with supervisors.

979
00:41:18.492 --> 00:41:20.794
The FFA that Katelin was
talking with you about

980
00:41:20.794 --> 00:41:22.845
is as much a consultant to the supervisor

981
00:41:22.845 --> 00:41:24.148
as they are to you.

982
00:41:24.148 --> 00:41:25.980
And I find, particularly for students who

983
00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:28.115
are really strong students,
who are doing well,

984
00:41:28.115 --> 00:41:31.360
one of the hazards can be that supervisors

985
00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.858
go through the process and say,

986
00:41:32.858 --> 00:41:34.410
"Good, good, great.

987
00:41:34.410 --> 00:41:35.603
"Good comment.

988
00:41:35.603 --> 00:41:36.462
"Well done."

989
00:41:36.462 --> 00:41:37.351
And the student's like,

990
00:41:37.351 --> 00:41:39.458
well, you breathe a sigh
of relief that, you know,

991
00:41:39.458 --> 00:41:41.927
that it went well, but I joke with people

992
00:41:41.927 --> 00:41:43.840
and say it could have been
sunspots for all you know

993
00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:45.809
about why it went well.

994
00:41:45.809 --> 00:41:47.945
You need really explicit feedback.

995
00:41:47.945 --> 00:41:51.134
This comment worked well with
this client at this time,

996
00:41:51.134 --> 00:41:53.464
probably because of this reason.

997
00:41:53.464 --> 00:41:54.683
Does that make sense?

998
00:41:54.683 --> 00:41:57.568
So when the FFA asks to look
at the process recordings

999
00:41:57.568 --> 00:41:59.426
that your supervisors have responded to,

1000
00:41:59.426 --> 00:42:01.866
it's not really just like,
they're kind of checking up.

1001
00:42:01.866 --> 00:42:02.893
They're also looking to make sure

1002
00:42:02.893 --> 00:42:06.942
you're getting meaningful,
useful feedback on the work.

1003
00:42:06.942 --> 00:42:09.465
I already talked about the readings.

1004
00:42:09.465 --> 00:42:12.433
Don't be shy about using
stuff that, as I said,

1005
00:42:12.433 --> 00:42:14.068
you might have read before.

1006
00:42:14.068 --> 00:42:15.761
And that's really what's happening weekly.

1007
00:42:15.761 --> 00:42:18.141
The agency, of course, has
their stuff about your charting,

1008
00:42:18.141 --> 00:42:19.193
but this is field.

1009
00:42:19.193 --> 00:42:22.106
On a monthly basis, as Katelin mentioned,

1010
00:42:22.106 --> 00:42:24.769
you'll be sending a narrative to your FFA.

1011
00:42:24.769 --> 00:42:27.903
And that is usually
submitted electronically

1012
00:42:27.903 --> 00:42:30.342
and it's meant to be a communication

1013
00:42:30.342 --> 00:42:32.479
between you and your advisor

1014
00:42:32.479 --> 00:42:34.973
about how the work is going in the field.

1015
00:42:34.973 --> 00:42:38.330
Doesn't come back to us
in the field department.

1016
00:42:38.330 --> 00:42:40.300
Doesn't go in your file anywhere.

1017
00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:41.818
It's just a communication

1018
00:42:43.728 --> 00:42:46.763
between the two of you about
how the learning's going.

1019
00:42:46.763 --> 00:42:48.648
What's going well,
what's not going so well,

1020
00:42:48.648 --> 00:42:50.757
problems or questions you may have,

1021
00:42:50.757 --> 00:42:52.448
things that you're feeling stuck about.

1022
00:42:52.448 --> 00:42:55.471
And that provides a very
good backdrop for them

1023
00:42:55.471 --> 00:42:58.494
about when they come out
to visit with you in person

1024
00:42:58.494 --> 00:43:00.075
to be able to talk with you about

1025
00:43:00.075 --> 00:43:01.545
what's going on in the work.

1026
00:43:01.545 --> 00:43:05.039
And there's also a monthly
kind of statistical report

1027
00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.898
where you'll show how
many clients you saw,

1028
00:43:06.898 --> 00:43:08.672
how many hours of supervision,

1029
00:43:08.672 --> 00:43:13.672
we ask about the race,
gender identity, diagnosis

1030
00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:15.939
or presenting problems of the clients

1031
00:43:15.939 --> 00:43:17.518
and we do that for a couple reasons.

1032
00:43:17.518 --> 00:43:20.902
To make sure you're getting
enough of a mix of clients.

1033
00:43:20.902 --> 00:43:24.314
We also wanna make sure,
and this is, I think,

1034
00:43:24.314 --> 00:43:26.117
particularly relevant for,

1035
00:43:26.117 --> 00:43:28.086
I think it's particularly
relevant, frankly,

1036
00:43:28.086 --> 00:43:29.776
for students of color and for people

1037
00:43:29.776 --> 00:43:33.438
who have a language capacity
in addition to English.

1038
00:43:33.438 --> 00:43:36.628
That we wanna make sure
that the assignments

1039
00:43:36.628 --> 00:43:38.208
that you're getting in the field

1040
00:43:38.208 --> 00:43:40.150
are on behalf of your own learning,

1041
00:43:40.150 --> 00:43:42.062
and that you're not getting used, frankly.

1042
00:43:42.062 --> 00:43:44.087
'Cause I think what can happen

1043
00:43:44.087 --> 00:43:46.334
is a student can land in
an agency and they say,

1044
00:43:46.334 --> 00:43:47.360
"Ah! Great!

1045
00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:48.385
"You speak Spanish?

1046
00:43:48.385 --> 00:43:51.354
"Here as 12 Spanish-speaking
clients who need service."

1047
00:43:51.354 --> 00:43:53.711
If that's in keeping
with your learning goals,

1048
00:43:53.711 --> 00:43:54.930
that's terrific.

1049
00:43:54.930 --> 00:43:57.565
If it's that they're using
you to provide service

1050
00:43:57.565 --> 00:44:01.449
'cause they haven't otherwise
staffed their agency,

1051
00:44:01.449 --> 00:44:03.196
that's a problem.

1052
00:44:03.196 --> 00:44:04.500
Does that make some sense?

1053
00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:06.136
So that's why we ask that stuff.

1054
00:44:06.136 --> 00:44:07.743
We want to make sure
you're getting a good mix

1055
00:44:07.743 --> 00:44:11.127
and that it's on behalf
of your learning, okay?

1056
00:44:11.127 --> 00:44:15.258
So you send that in once
a month to your agency,

1057
00:44:15.258 --> 00:44:17.520
to your faculty field advisor.

1058
00:44:17.520 --> 00:44:20.266
And then there are some one-shot
deals that are assignments.

1059
00:44:20.266 --> 00:44:22.843
One is the, Maria mentioned
the learning plan,

1060
00:44:22.843 --> 00:44:24.814
and that's something
that's done in October

1061
00:44:24.814 --> 00:44:26.977
after you've had your feet
on the ground in the agency

1062
00:44:26.977 --> 00:44:28.641
for about five weeks.

1063
00:44:28.641 --> 00:44:30.526
You'll sit with your supervisor

1064
00:44:30.526 --> 00:44:31.664
and come up with a game plan.

1065
00:44:31.664 --> 00:44:33.134
Now, Smith, when you
look at the guidelines,

1066
00:44:33.134 --> 00:44:36.573
you'll see something like 120
learning objectives for field.

1067
00:44:36.573 --> 00:44:41.258
Not every single agency is
gonna have opportunities

1068
00:44:41.258 --> 00:44:43.562
for you to meet every
single one of those things.

1069
00:44:43.562 --> 00:44:46.196
But we also want you, bossy as we are

1070
00:44:46.196 --> 00:44:47.942
about the 120 learning objectives,

1071
00:44:47.942 --> 00:44:50.495
we do want you to have some way

1072
00:44:50.495 --> 00:44:53.238
to shape the placement around things

1073
00:44:53.238 --> 00:44:55.970
that may be of particular
importance to you.

1074
00:44:55.970 --> 00:44:59.187
And so, we do want you to be able to sit

1075
00:44:59.187 --> 00:45:00.435
with your supervisor and say,

1076
00:45:00.435 --> 00:45:01.849
"Okay, thank you very much, Smith.

1077
00:45:01.849 --> 00:45:03.707
"In addition to these
120 learning objectives,

1078
00:45:03.707 --> 00:45:06.260
I'm really interested in--

1079
00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.590
fill in the blank.

1080
00:45:07.590 --> 00:45:09.004
And the supervisor might say,

1081
00:45:09.004 --> 00:45:11.611
"Let's get you signed up on
this committee over here."

1082
00:45:11.611 --> 00:45:13.303
or, "Let's get you signed
for a half-day a week

1083
00:45:13.303 --> 00:45:15.411
"over on this team there."

1084
00:45:15.411 --> 00:45:16.770
You know, so that there's some

1085
00:45:16.770 --> 00:45:18.905
individual shaping of the work.

1086
00:45:18.905 --> 00:45:21.429
By the time you're a second year student,

1087
00:45:21.429 --> 00:45:24.063
you're also gonna have ideas
about what you need to learn.

1088
00:45:24.063 --> 00:45:26.420
You're gonna say, "I know
I'm really good at this,

1089
00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:28.472
"and my next learning edge is to

1090
00:45:28.472 --> 00:45:30.109
"really concentrate on that."

1091
00:45:30.109 --> 00:45:31.549
So the learning plan is just,

1092
00:45:31.549 --> 00:45:33.658
what are your individual goals?

1093
00:45:33.658 --> 00:45:36.572
And then what kinds of
assignments are gonna be in place

1094
00:45:36.572 --> 00:45:38.845
to help you tackle them.

1095
00:45:38.845 --> 00:45:39.954
Does that make sense?

1096
00:45:39.954 --> 00:45:42.616
So that's the learning plan.

1097
00:45:42.616 --> 00:45:44.280
Later in the fall, we ask you to do

1098
00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:46.056
an issue-oriented report, which is about a

1099
00:45:46.056 --> 00:45:48.779
three or four page paper where you write

1100
00:45:48.779 --> 00:45:49.946
to your field advisor.

1101
00:45:49.946 --> 00:45:51.194
Again, it doesn't come to us.

1102
00:45:51.194 --> 00:45:52.359
It's just between the two of you

1103
00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:55.077
about something you're
struggling with in the field.

1104
00:45:55.077 --> 00:45:56.491
Some kind of issue.

1105
00:45:56.491 --> 00:45:59.015
And it can be something
you're grappling with

1106
00:45:59.015 --> 00:46:01.206
with a particular client,
or could be something

1107
00:46:01.206 --> 00:46:03.147
that you see across the board.

1108
00:46:03.147 --> 00:46:04.783
Like you might, for example,

1109
00:46:04.783 --> 00:46:08.860
realize that you have a hard
time challenging clients,

1110
00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:11.219
you know, that you're really
good at being supportive

1111
00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:14.878
and sweet and nice, and you
know when something happens,

1112
00:46:14.878 --> 00:46:17.125
you need to confront a
client, that's really hard.

1113
00:46:17.125 --> 00:46:18.595
So you might write about something

1114
00:46:18.595 --> 00:46:21.507
that you're seeing across clients.

1115
00:46:21.507 --> 00:46:22.560
Make sense?

1116
00:46:22.560 --> 00:46:24.252
And so you'll write about that,

1117
00:46:24.252 --> 00:46:26.360
rooting it in your case material

1118
00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:28.884
and attaching it to some readings.

1119
00:46:28.884 --> 00:46:30.686
There's then an agency,

1120
00:46:30.686 --> 00:46:34.624
understanding your agency report,

1121
00:46:34.624 --> 00:46:36.621
which is also just designed to help you

1122
00:46:36.621 --> 00:46:39.117
talk to the supervisor
or the training director

1123
00:46:39.117 --> 00:46:41.003
and figure out where
the heck you have landed

1124
00:46:41.003 --> 00:46:42.473
here in this agency.

1125
00:46:42.473 --> 00:46:44.137
You know, is it, how is it funded?

1126
00:46:44.137 --> 00:46:45.163
Who's it serving?

1127
00:46:45.163 --> 00:46:46.494
How do decisions get made?

1128
00:46:46.494 --> 00:46:48.658
Just to help you get the lay of the land,

1129
00:46:48.658 --> 00:46:51.043
'cause you're functioning within a system

1130
00:46:51.043 --> 00:46:52.958
very enormously.

1131
00:46:52.958 --> 00:46:54.593
So that's really designed to be helpful

1132
00:46:54.593 --> 00:46:55.814
to you in that way.

1133
00:46:55.814 --> 00:46:58.697
And then, what I think
students find most helpful

1134
00:46:58.697 --> 00:47:02.802
is the major case study,
which is due in February.

1135
00:47:02.802 --> 00:47:04.606
And that's a pretty good sized assignment

1136
00:47:04.606 --> 00:47:08.515
where you write a case, integrate theory,

1137
00:47:08.515 --> 00:47:11.844
look at your practice,
think about what worked,

1138
00:47:11.844 --> 00:47:13.285
think about what didn't work,

1139
00:47:13.285 --> 00:47:16.724
and present that to your FFA for feedback.

1140
00:47:16.724 --> 00:47:18.223
You're already starting in your

1141
00:47:18.223 --> 00:47:20.302
practice classes with a casebook.

1142
00:47:20.302 --> 00:47:21.189
You have those?

1143
00:47:21.189 --> 00:47:24.406
Those are all real-life
cases drawn from the students

1144
00:47:24.406 --> 00:47:26.569
who were in the agencies that you're in.

1145
00:47:26.569 --> 00:47:28.816
So it's a nice way to
teach, 'cause it keeps

1146
00:47:28.816 --> 00:47:30.757
it very grounded in real life.

1147
00:47:30.757 --> 00:47:32.393
And then, when you write these cases,

1148
00:47:32.393 --> 00:47:34.751
they may be selected to
be used for teaching.

1149
00:47:34.751 --> 00:47:37.997
And it's a great integrative
way for you to learn.

1150
00:47:37.997 --> 00:47:39.245
And then at the end of the day,

1151
00:47:39.245 --> 00:47:43.265
you write this evaluation
of the field experience

1152
00:47:43.265 --> 00:47:45.512
so that you'll be giving feedback to us.

1153
00:47:45.512 --> 00:47:47.452
That does come to Katelin
and myself around,

1154
00:47:47.452 --> 00:47:49.976
how did it go with
supervision, the agency,

1155
00:47:49.976 --> 00:47:51.696
your field advisor?

1156
00:47:51.696 --> 00:47:53.221
And we read every one of these.

1157
00:47:53.221 --> 00:47:56.660
We hire and train and supervise the FFAs

1158
00:47:56.660 --> 00:47:58.852
so your feedback is very important to us.

1159
00:47:58.852 --> 00:48:01.903
Students worry sometimes
about giving feedback

1160
00:48:01.903 --> 00:48:03.371
about their supervisors.

1161
00:48:03.371 --> 00:48:05.522
Supervisors do see this feedback.

1162
00:48:05.522 --> 00:48:07.226
But we'll help you with that.

1163
00:48:07.226 --> 00:48:10.192
We want students to be able
to give honest feedback.

1164
00:48:10.192 --> 00:48:15.192
We'll help you think about the
suave way of presenting that.

1165
00:48:15.267 --> 00:48:18.319
If you have difficult feedback,
we'll help you with that.

1166
00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:21.120
And it allows us to work
really well, as Katelin says,

1167
00:48:21.120 --> 00:48:22.894
with these agencies over time.

1168
00:48:22.894 --> 00:48:24.975
Just as you guys are going to be learning

1169
00:48:24.975 --> 00:48:27.693
how to be differential with your clients,

1170
00:48:27.693 --> 00:48:29.413
you know, it's not a one-size-fits-all.

1171
00:48:29.413 --> 00:48:32.712
You'll shape your work with
clients based on what they need.

1172
00:48:32.712 --> 00:48:35.624
We try to help supervisors
think the same way.

1173
00:48:35.624 --> 00:48:38.036
That not every student
learns in the same way.

1174
00:48:38.036 --> 00:48:40.782
And so we try to help them
think really carefully about,

1175
00:48:40.782 --> 00:48:44.665
this student really needs this from you.

1176
00:48:44.665 --> 00:48:46.469
Last year's student
learned in a different way.

1177
00:48:46.469 --> 00:48:47.772
This year's student learns this way.

1178
00:48:47.772 --> 00:48:48.963
How do we shape the supervision

1179
00:48:48.963 --> 00:48:51.348
to fit where the student is?

1180
00:48:51.348 --> 00:48:53.518
So we focus a lot on your feedback

1181
00:48:53.518 --> 00:48:56.474
is very important to us with all of that.

1182
00:48:56.474 --> 00:48:58.664
So those are the assignments.

1183
00:48:58.664 --> 00:49:01.854
The FFAs do not give
written feedback, typically,

1184
00:49:01.854 --> 00:49:03.240
to the monthly narratives,

1185
00:49:03.240 --> 00:49:05.098
but I promise you, they're
reading them, tracking them,

1186
00:49:05.098 --> 00:49:07.095
they'll call you if
you're raising concerns.

1187
00:49:07.095 --> 00:49:09.868
And they use them as a
basis for their visits.

1188
00:49:09.868 --> 00:49:13.612
The agency assessment or
understanding your agency report,

1189
00:49:13.612 --> 00:49:16.164
the issue-oriented report,
the major case study,

1190
00:49:16.164 --> 00:49:17.966
you get written feedback on.

1191
00:49:17.966 --> 00:49:20.102
And that doesn't supplant the feedback

1192
00:49:20.102 --> 00:49:21.462
you get from your supervisors,

1193
00:49:21.462 --> 00:49:24.180
but it's just an additional
layer of kind of thinking.

1194
00:49:24.180 --> 00:49:27.536
Clinical thinking about
the work that you're doing.

1195
00:49:29.656 --> 00:49:32.755
And I would just say one word
just that links a little bit

1196
00:49:32.755 --> 00:49:34.835
back to what Katelin was talking about.

1197
00:49:34.835 --> 00:49:38.163
Your supervisor is kind of
your day-to-day go-to person.

1198
00:49:38.163 --> 00:49:40.853
That's where all your
hashing out of what goes

1199
00:49:40.853 --> 00:49:43.044
down with your clients is done.

1200
00:49:43.044 --> 00:49:46.788
Your FFAs job comes in
to really, in some ways,

1201
00:49:46.788 --> 00:49:48.092
ensure that you're having the

1202
00:49:48.092 --> 00:49:50.782
right kind of learning experience.

1203
00:49:50.782 --> 00:49:51.919
That you're moving forward,

1204
00:49:51.919 --> 00:49:52.945
the agency's giving you

1205
00:49:52.945 --> 00:49:54.582
what they're supposed to be giving you.

1206
00:49:54.582 --> 00:49:56.635
It's kind of fun to be an FFA.

1207
00:49:56.635 --> 00:49:58.188
You go out and you visit, and
you get to think deep thoughts

1208
00:49:58.188 --> 00:50:00.101
about what's going on
with the work and all.

1209
00:50:00.101 --> 00:50:01.820
But it's not the supervision of the case.

1210
00:50:01.820 --> 00:50:04.870
It's kind of up in a different level.

1211
00:50:04.870 --> 00:50:06.175
Does that make sense?

1212
00:50:06.175 --> 00:50:07.727
And if you run into any problems,

1213
00:50:07.727 --> 00:50:09.974
you first hash it out
with your supervisor,

1214
00:50:09.974 --> 00:50:14.494
then with your FFA, and
then, if you're still stuck,

1215
00:50:14.494 --> 00:50:17.324
you call Katelin or myself, right?

1216
00:50:17.324 --> 00:50:20.567
So you just kind of always
have steps ahead of you.

1217
00:50:20.567 --> 00:50:21.871
Make sense?

1218
00:50:21.871 --> 00:50:22.676
Cool.

1219
00:50:22.676 --> 00:50:25.034
We don't be talking heads
at your for too much longer.

1220
00:50:25.034 --> 00:50:26.309
I know you're sitting a long time,

1221
00:50:26.309 --> 00:50:27.750
but Maria's gonna talk with you

1222
00:50:27.750 --> 00:50:29.107
about supervisory relationship,

1223
00:50:29.107 --> 00:50:32.629
which is probably the core of all of this.

1224
00:50:32.629 --> 00:50:34.044
So I'm gonna turn to you, Maria,

1225
00:50:34.044 --> 00:50:36.567
and then we'll take some questions.

1226
00:50:36.567 --> 00:50:39.278
Thanks for your patience.

1227
00:50:39.278 --> 00:50:43.133
- So a few words on the
supervisory relationship.

1228
00:50:43.133 --> 00:50:46.766
I remember sitting where you're sitting

1229
00:50:46.766 --> 00:50:50.150
and anticipation of my first internship

1230
00:50:50.150 --> 00:50:54.448
and I also remember my
anticipation as a supervisor

1231
00:50:54.448 --> 00:50:57.554
of my first supervisee from Smith.

1232
00:50:57.554 --> 00:51:00.827
So I've been in both ends.

1233
00:51:00.827 --> 00:51:05.181
And I would encourage
you as you're thinking,

1234
00:51:05.181 --> 00:51:08.176
once the classes come to an end

1235
00:51:08.176 --> 00:51:10.312
and you have a little
bit of room to breathe,

1236
00:51:10.312 --> 00:51:14.860
to think about other supervisory
relationships you have had.

1237
00:51:14.860 --> 00:51:18.549
Some of you may have had
social work supervisors

1238
00:51:18.549 --> 00:51:21.987
because of your undergraduate experience.

1239
00:51:21.987 --> 00:51:24.095
For some of you, this kind of supervision

1240
00:51:24.095 --> 00:51:25.593
has not happened before.

1241
00:51:25.593 --> 00:51:30.593
But to really reflect about,
how do you learn the best?

1242
00:51:31.278 --> 00:51:34.380
And I think that sometimes,

1243
00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:36.848
and I know that for me,
it was this sense that,

1244
00:51:36.848 --> 00:51:39.067
"Oh, the supervisor will know."

1245
00:51:39.067 --> 00:51:42.450
And he had these magical powers

1246
00:51:42.450 --> 00:51:46.111
and that yes, to some extent, supervisors,

1247
00:51:46.111 --> 00:51:49.411
through years of training
may have a sense,

1248
00:51:49.411 --> 00:51:52.490
but how important it
is that you also think

1249
00:51:52.490 --> 00:51:56.040
as to how you can orient
them to who you are,

1250
00:51:56.040 --> 00:51:58.674
to what has worked, to what hasn't worked.

1251
00:51:58.674 --> 00:52:02.751
That, at the same time,
each of you is gonna develop

1252
00:52:02.751 --> 00:52:06.079
a very unique supervisory relationship,

1253
00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:09.463
even if some of you are
placed in the same setting

1254
00:52:09.463 --> 00:52:11.931
and are supervised by the same supervisor.

1255
00:52:11.931 --> 00:52:16.931
That supervisory relationship
is really going to reflect

1256
00:52:17.062 --> 00:52:22.054
who you are, what is
important, your learning curve.

1257
00:52:22.054 --> 00:52:25.382
Not everybody's gonna
start at the same point,

1258
00:52:25.382 --> 00:52:27.129
but we hope--

1259
00:52:27.129 --> 00:52:28.765
Can you hear me?

1260
00:52:28.765 --> 00:52:30.537
- [Voiceover] Can you say
that a little louder, please?

1261
00:52:30.537 --> 00:52:31.611
- Yes.

1262
00:52:31.611 --> 00:52:33.296
- [Carolyn] I'm gonna close
that outside door, too.

1263
00:52:33.296 --> 00:52:33.990
- Okay.

1264
00:52:33.990 --> 00:52:35.679
I'll try this.

1265
00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.538
Better?

1266
00:52:36.538 --> 00:52:38.508
Imagine.

1267
00:52:38.508 --> 00:52:43.508
So each of you will, at the end,

1268
00:52:44.359 --> 00:52:46.302
get to where you needed to get.

1269
00:52:46.302 --> 00:52:49.296
All of you are gonna
acquire the competencies

1270
00:52:49.296 --> 00:52:52.320
that you're there for.

1271
00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:54.787
Now, the how, the how that will look,

1272
00:52:54.787 --> 00:52:58.476
that is gonna also be
defined by the context

1273
00:52:58.476 --> 00:53:01.554
in which your internship takes place.

1274
00:53:01.554 --> 00:53:05.187
So some of you are gonna
be in environments like

1275
00:53:05.187 --> 00:53:08.432
school settings, where the
function of the social worker,

1276
00:53:08.432 --> 00:53:11.261
this is not a primary social work setting.

1277
00:53:11.261 --> 00:53:13.396
It's a secondary social work setting

1278
00:53:13.396 --> 00:53:15.670
And there are different complexities

1279
00:53:15.670 --> 00:53:20.077
as to how do you establish a clinical,

1280
00:53:20.077 --> 00:53:21.852
a therapeutic relationship?

1281
00:53:21.852 --> 00:53:23.987
What are the limitations?

1282
00:53:23.987 --> 00:53:27.787
How are some of the mandates
of the schools, for example,

1283
00:53:27.787 --> 00:53:31.475
different from the mandates of our own

1284
00:53:31.475 --> 00:53:33.916
social work code of ethics?

1285
00:53:35.816 --> 00:53:40.816
And I also want you to think about how,

1286
00:53:40.904 --> 00:53:44.069
how do you accept feedback?

1287
00:53:44.069 --> 00:53:47.980
And because, again, this is
a different relationship.

1288
00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:52.528
It's a relationship in which a
supervisor is the main person

1289
00:53:52.528 --> 00:53:54.109
that is gonna orient you,

1290
00:53:54.109 --> 00:53:57.631
or be responsible for navigating
your orientation process.

1291
00:53:57.631 --> 00:53:59.406
He's also a model.

1292
00:53:59.406 --> 00:54:04.406
Supervisors try to mentor you

1293
00:54:04.523 --> 00:54:07.131
and to also model for you

1294
00:54:07.131 --> 00:54:08.794
a professional stance.

1295
00:54:08.794 --> 00:54:13.259
But one of the aspects of
the supervisory relationship

1296
00:54:13.259 --> 00:54:15.090
is to also give you feedback to you

1297
00:54:15.090 --> 00:54:18.334
that is helpful for your
own professional development

1298
00:54:18.334 --> 00:54:20.720
and for the development
of clinical skills.

1299
00:54:20.720 --> 00:54:24.630
And this is difficult,
and it can feel difficult

1300
00:54:24.630 --> 00:54:28.097
because there is a
certain level of closeness

1301
00:54:28.097 --> 00:54:31.341
that over time will evolve.

1302
00:54:31.341 --> 00:54:35.474
Part of learning to integrate theory,

1303
00:54:35.474 --> 00:54:38.110
part of learning how to establish

1304
00:54:38.110 --> 00:54:40.467
a working alliance with a client

1305
00:54:40.467 --> 00:54:43.988
is learning also about one's self.

1306
00:54:43.988 --> 00:54:48.259
What about you is
conducive to hold a client?

1307
00:54:48.259 --> 00:54:51.838
What about you, given
who that other person is,

1308
00:54:51.838 --> 00:54:55.802
makes it sometimes a little
bit more challenging?

1309
00:54:55.802 --> 00:55:00.295
Not because of you, but what
you embody, for example.

1310
00:55:00.295 --> 00:55:04.566
And so at a certain point,
the supervision will shift

1311
00:55:04.566 --> 00:55:07.422
from the initial orientation,

1312
00:55:07.422 --> 00:55:09.808
the initial administrative,
this is where you go,

1313
00:55:09.808 --> 00:55:11.749
these are the forms that
you need to fill out,

1314
00:55:11.749 --> 00:55:15.299
to a much more complex exploration

1315
00:55:15.299 --> 00:55:17.018
through the process recordings

1316
00:55:17.018 --> 00:55:19.736
that actually Carolyn
has been talking about.

1317
00:55:19.736 --> 00:55:21.901
And it does feel vulnerable.

1318
00:55:21.901 --> 00:55:24.035
And it's a very humbling process,

1319
00:55:24.035 --> 00:55:27.890
for both as a supervisor
and as an intern to hear,

1320
00:55:27.890 --> 00:55:30.164
"Really, I said that?

1321
00:55:30.164 --> 00:55:31.717
"What was I thinking?"

1322
00:55:31.717 --> 00:55:32.965
And for your supervisor,

1323
00:55:32.965 --> 00:55:35.545
"Okay, how do I approach this so that

1324
00:55:35.545 --> 00:55:39.898
"I don't hurt in the
process and I can help

1325
00:55:39.898 --> 00:55:44.585
"my supervisee really keep an open mind

1326
00:55:44.585 --> 00:55:45.639
"while I'm trying to say,

1327
00:55:45.639 --> 00:55:49.494
"'Well, perhaps if you would
have gone in this direction.'"

1328
00:55:49.494 --> 00:55:51.934
So these are difficult conversations.

1329
00:55:51.934 --> 00:55:55.486
At the same time, you're also
going to be learning about

1330
00:55:55.486 --> 00:55:59.923
macro aspects of the
social work profession,

1331
00:55:59.923 --> 00:56:03.166
and how the macro aspects deeply influence

1332
00:56:03.166 --> 00:56:06.356
what happens in the clinical relationship.

1333
00:56:06.356 --> 00:56:07.881
In the one-to-one.

1334
00:56:07.881 --> 00:56:11.348
And the supervisory
relationship is also a place

1335
00:56:11.348 --> 00:56:16.201
where you will go back and
sometimes after a team meeting

1336
00:56:16.201 --> 00:56:20.945
with the larger staff, come
back and hopefully have

1337
00:56:20.945 --> 00:56:25.159
enough trust and confidence
in the relationship

1338
00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:28.017
where you can say, "You know,
there was something said

1339
00:56:28.017 --> 00:56:29.735
"and I didn't quite understand."

1340
00:56:29.735 --> 00:56:32.870
So again, how do you lead with curiousity

1341
00:56:32.870 --> 00:56:36.141
to get more of a history
together broader context

1342
00:56:36.141 --> 00:56:39.774
to then say, "Well, you
know, I was thinking."

1343
00:56:42.174 --> 00:56:44.029
The supervisor and you

1344
00:56:44.029 --> 00:56:46.798
will discuss your ongoing process.

1345
00:56:46.798 --> 00:56:49.326
So my hope, as Carolyn was
saying, is that you don't,

1346
00:56:49.326 --> 00:56:52.654
nobody should be getting to any

1347
00:56:52.654 --> 00:56:55.344
of the evaluations and be surprised.

1348
00:56:55.344 --> 00:56:59.643
It's an ongoing dialogue that at times,

1349
00:56:59.643 --> 00:57:03.223
for example, I know that
in the supervision process,

1350
00:57:03.223 --> 00:57:07.964
at a point, a student
may have inadvertently

1351
00:57:07.964 --> 00:57:10.766
gotten too many cases all at once.

1352
00:57:10.766 --> 00:57:13.649
Initially, there weren't
necessarily enough,

1353
00:57:13.649 --> 00:57:15.452
and then there were too many.

1354
00:57:15.452 --> 00:57:18.558
And so how do you approach the supervisors

1355
00:57:18.558 --> 00:57:21.970
and say, "You know, given
who I have in my caseload,

1356
00:57:21.970 --> 00:57:24.605
"and some of their complexity,

1357
00:57:24.605 --> 00:57:27.378
"can we maybe hold off a little bit

1358
00:57:27.378 --> 00:57:30.594
"on the number of intakes that I may do?"

1359
00:57:30.594 --> 00:57:35.226
Again, some contexts have
more flexibility to do this.

1360
00:57:35.226 --> 00:57:37.666
In some contexts, the
supervisors will say,

1361
00:57:37.666 --> 00:57:39.720
"You know, I can't really
do this, but let me think

1362
00:57:39.720 --> 00:57:42.159
"about other ways to support your learning

1363
00:57:42.159 --> 00:57:44.100
"and to get you through this time."

1364
00:57:44.100 --> 00:57:46.570
Always remembering that the supervisor,

1365
00:57:46.570 --> 00:57:49.314
however difficult sometimes
a dialogue may be,

1366
00:57:49.314 --> 00:57:53.114
is really your ally, is
there to support you.

1367
00:57:53.114 --> 00:57:57.192
They wanna get you through,
and their commitment

1368
00:57:57.192 --> 00:58:01.518
is to mentor new social
workers into the field.

1369
00:58:01.518 --> 00:58:04.484
I don't know if any of
you two want to compliment

1370
00:58:04.484 --> 00:58:06.482
anything that I've said.

1371
00:58:08.782 --> 00:58:10.576
- So this is gonna be
up on our Moodle page.

1372
00:58:10.576 --> 00:58:12.462
We're hoping to have a supervision section

1373
00:58:12.462 --> 00:58:15.901
as Maria talked about, but
just come concrete aspects

1374
00:58:15.901 --> 00:58:17.066
to think about ahead of time.

1375
00:58:17.066 --> 00:58:20.394
I would encourage you to have a notebook,

1376
00:58:20.394 --> 00:58:21.891
a supervision notebook.

1377
00:58:21.891 --> 00:58:23.916
I know that sounds really, really basic.

1378
00:58:23.916 --> 00:58:27.272
But prepare ahead of time your questions.

1379
00:58:27.272 --> 00:58:30.378
Organize yourself so you go into that hour

1380
00:58:30.378 --> 00:58:33.512
and you don't, you may feel
like a deer in the headlights,

1381
00:58:33.512 --> 00:58:36.729
but at least be able to
articulate how you feel.

1382
00:58:36.729 --> 00:58:40.362
It's gonna impress, I
think, your supervisors,

1383
00:58:40.362 --> 00:58:43.329
and help for you to come
to that relationship

1384
00:58:43.329 --> 00:58:45.021
with organized questions.

1385
00:58:45.021 --> 00:58:47.295
Take notes if you're a note-taker.

1386
00:58:47.295 --> 00:58:50.457
Or communicate some way,
if you're not a note-taker,

1387
00:58:50.457 --> 00:58:51.816
'cause we all learn differently,

1388
00:58:51.816 --> 00:58:55.643
to your supervisor, that you
are integrating the material.

1389
00:58:55.643 --> 00:58:58.998
And that each supervision
moves you a little bit further.

1390
00:58:58.998 --> 00:59:01.245
Or you talk about what's stuck,

1391
00:59:01.245 --> 00:59:03.963
but I would just again want to encourage

1392
00:59:03.963 --> 00:59:05.765
the supervision notebook,

1393
00:59:05.765 --> 00:59:08.178
because I think it really
could be a helpful tool,

1394
00:59:08.178 --> 00:59:10.979
and students have really
found them useful.

1395
00:59:13.449 --> 00:59:14.779
- And I guess I would just add,

1396
00:59:14.779 --> 00:59:19.327
and I'm very glad, Maria, you
talked about the vulnerability

1397
00:59:19.327 --> 00:59:21.241
in the supervisory relationship.

1398
00:59:21.241 --> 00:59:24.236
And I think a lot about
how vulnerable we are

1399
00:59:24.236 --> 00:59:26.344
when we're learning a profession

1400
00:59:26.344 --> 00:59:28.229
that asks us to use ourselves.

1401
00:59:28.229 --> 00:59:31.308
And you know I talk to
students all the time,

1402
00:59:31.308 --> 00:59:32.393
and I say, you know if you were,

1403
00:59:32.393 --> 00:59:34.750
and many of you may have worked in a trade

1404
00:59:34.750 --> 00:59:35.971
before coming here.

1405
00:59:35.971 --> 00:59:39.049
If you're a bricklayer, and I don't know,

1406
00:59:39.049 --> 00:59:40.547
the wall comes out crooked or something,

1407
00:59:40.547 --> 00:59:42.848
and the supervisor comes by and says,

1408
00:59:42.848 --> 00:59:44.291
"You know, if you use a different tool,

1409
00:59:44.291 --> 00:59:47.730
"if you use this tool here,
it's gonna solve the problem.

1410
00:59:47.730 --> 00:59:48.811
"The wall will be straight."

1411
00:59:48.811 --> 00:59:52.444
You know, you don't feel
particularly personally wounded.

1412
00:59:52.444 --> 00:59:53.872
It's like, jeez, that's a helpful tip.

1413
00:59:53.872 --> 00:59:54.621
Thanks.

1414
00:59:54.621 --> 00:59:57.006
When you're learning to use yourself

1415
00:59:57.006 --> 00:59:59.558
and something's going a
little wonky in the work,

1416
00:59:59.558 --> 01:00:04.383
and you get feedback, it just
feels so much more personal.

1417
01:00:04.383 --> 01:00:06.075
It is so much more personal,

1418
01:00:06.075 --> 01:00:08.848
because you're the tool
that you're using, right?

1419
01:00:08.848 --> 01:00:10.457
So you feel vulnerable.

1420
01:00:10.457 --> 01:00:13.286
Every year, I remember
one student coming to me

1421
01:00:13.286 --> 01:00:16.142
in the summer and telling me
about a problem and I say,

1422
01:00:16.142 --> 01:00:17.862
"Well, did you talk with
your supervisor about it?"

1423
01:00:17.862 --> 01:00:18.749
And he said, "No."

1424
01:00:18.749 --> 01:00:19.581
And I said, "Why not?"

1425
01:00:19.581 --> 01:00:21.772
And he said, "Because
she's my supervisor."

1426
01:00:21.772 --> 01:00:24.878
And I said, "Yeah, but
like, she's your person."

1427
01:00:24.878 --> 01:00:28.123
But that individual student had come to us

1428
01:00:28.123 --> 01:00:30.453
never having had clinical
supervision before,

1429
01:00:30.453 --> 01:00:32.006
and had been in a workplace where

1430
01:00:32.006 --> 01:00:33.475
if you screwed up, you know,

1431
01:00:33.475 --> 01:00:37.330
your smartest plan was to
not let anybody know, right?

1432
01:00:37.330 --> 01:00:39.743
And like, don't tell your supervisor.

1433
01:00:39.743 --> 01:00:43.465
And in this work, and I
say screw up, I don't mean,

1434
01:00:43.465 --> 01:00:45.813
relationships with clients
are far more resilient

1435
01:00:45.813 --> 01:00:49.363
and stretchy and solid,
you know, than you think.

1436
01:00:49.363 --> 01:00:50.888
You can make a mistake with a client

1437
01:00:50.888 --> 01:00:52.746
and you keep that relationship in place,

1438
01:00:52.746 --> 01:00:54.466
and you go back the next week and you say,

1439
01:00:54.466 --> 01:00:56.130
"You know, I think I
missed the boat last week.

1440
01:00:56.130 --> 01:00:59.236
"I didn't register how
important this was to you."

1441
01:00:59.236 --> 01:01:01.205
You go back and you repair,

1442
01:01:01.205 --> 01:01:03.923
and the relationship gets stronger.

1443
01:01:03.923 --> 01:01:06.973
So we don't wanna make you
be afraid of making mistakes.

1444
01:01:06.973 --> 01:01:08.194
You absolutely will.

1445
01:01:08.194 --> 01:01:09.525
You'll go to supervision.

1446
01:01:09.525 --> 01:01:10.551
The supervisor will say,

1447
01:01:10.551 --> 01:01:12.548
"Well, maybe it would have been better

1448
01:01:12.548 --> 01:01:13.907
"to go down this different path."

1449
01:01:13.907 --> 01:01:15.765
You go back in the next week
and you say to your client,

1450
01:01:15.765 --> 01:01:16.791
"I think I missed the boat.

1451
01:01:16.791 --> 01:01:18.372
"I think you were telling
me this other thing

1452
01:01:18.372 --> 01:01:20.147
"was really the more important thing."

1453
01:01:20.147 --> 01:01:23.530
The client will feel heard,
reassured, connected,

1454
01:01:23.530 --> 01:01:25.444
and life goes on.

1455
01:01:25.444 --> 01:01:28.938
So don't be afraid of those glitchy spots.

1456
01:01:28.938 --> 01:01:31.739
Don't be afraid to talk
about them in supervision.

1457
01:01:31.739 --> 01:01:34.901
It's all part of the work that we do.

1458
01:01:34.901 --> 01:01:37.454
Nobody's gonna think ill
of you for it either.

1459
01:01:37.454 --> 01:01:38.563
We don't here.

1460
01:01:38.563 --> 01:01:40.200
We don't really have, you know,

1461
01:01:40.200 --> 01:01:41.753
a checklist about that.

1462
01:01:41.753 --> 01:01:43.666
What's most important is you stay engaged.

1463
01:01:43.666 --> 01:01:46.800
- [Maria] And I would say that, in fact,

1464
01:01:46.800 --> 01:01:48.908
it is those moments

1465
01:01:48.908 --> 01:01:51.043
where you may have felt that something

1466
01:01:51.043 --> 01:01:53.623
didn't go exactly as you had hoped,

1467
01:01:53.623 --> 01:01:57.644
that that's where the real
learning takes place, actually.

1468
01:01:57.644 --> 01:02:01.665
It is, and also in the
repair, as you mentioned.

1469
01:02:01.665 --> 01:02:04.074
Now, another area that I just wanted

1470
01:02:04.074 --> 01:02:07.125
to say a little bit
about, 'cause I neglected,

1471
01:02:07.125 --> 01:02:10.203
was the professional presentation.

1472
01:02:10.203 --> 01:02:12.977
So how do you enter this new space

1473
01:02:12.977 --> 01:02:14.807
wherever you're gonna be going?

1474
01:02:14.807 --> 01:02:18.301
And again, that the
supervisor is the person

1475
01:02:18.301 --> 01:02:20.326
that when you meet them
or in the phone call,

1476
01:02:20.326 --> 01:02:22.877
you know, discuss with them, what?

1477
01:02:22.877 --> 01:02:23.959
Is there a code?

1478
01:02:23.959 --> 01:02:24.985
Is there a dress code?

1479
01:02:24.985 --> 01:02:28.979
To think about how in that first day,

1480
01:02:28.979 --> 01:02:31.530
how do you enter that environment

1481
01:02:31.530 --> 01:02:34.886
both in a professional
and in a learning stance?

1482
01:02:34.886 --> 01:02:39.122
We're gonna be discussing later today

1483
01:02:39.122 --> 01:02:41.424
issues pertaining to safety,

1484
01:02:41.424 --> 01:02:44.003
and so again, to discuss
with your supervisor,

1485
01:02:44.003 --> 01:02:47.414
given the environments
that you're gonna be in.

1486
01:02:47.414 --> 01:02:49.938
Some of you are going
to be going to homes.

1487
01:02:49.938 --> 01:02:53.710
It's gonna be in-home therapy for example.

1488
01:02:53.710 --> 01:02:57.288
Others are gonna be in
different community settings.

1489
01:02:57.288 --> 01:03:02.288
So to give some thought
as to those aspects,

1490
01:03:02.363 --> 01:03:06.725
and to think again about

1491
01:03:06.725 --> 01:03:10.192
how do you slowly immerse yourself

1492
01:03:10.192 --> 01:03:15.192
into the fabric of the program
that you're gonna be in?

1493
01:03:15.405 --> 01:03:17.957
That it is a process that initially,

1494
01:03:17.957 --> 01:03:21.063
it may be more an observing others.

1495
01:03:21.063 --> 01:03:24.386
How do people greet each other?

1496
01:03:24.386 --> 01:03:28.962
Where do people go
sometimes in the morning?

1497
01:03:28.962 --> 01:03:31.541
Does everybody report to a certain place?

1498
01:03:31.541 --> 01:03:33.427
Is there an open door policy?

1499
01:03:33.427 --> 01:03:35.701
How do you contact your supervisor

1500
01:03:35.701 --> 01:03:40.701
if there is a need to debrief a session,

1501
01:03:40.888 --> 01:03:44.354
or if you are unsure as to whether or not

1502
01:03:44.354 --> 01:03:49.124
a client should really leave,
given their presentation.

1503
01:03:49.124 --> 01:03:50.927
So those are some of them.

1504
01:03:54.447 --> 01:03:56.429
- [Voiceover] Can you say last sentence?

1505
01:04:00.789 --> 01:04:02.535
- My last sentence left me.

1506
01:04:02.535 --> 01:04:05.225
(laughter)

1507
01:04:05.225 --> 01:04:07.750
It's just one of those moments.

1508
01:04:07.750 --> 01:04:09.718
I think it was something about,

1509
01:04:09.718 --> 01:04:13.435
how do you reach your supervisor

1510
01:04:13.435 --> 01:04:16.096
when you're having a
session and you're unsure

1511
01:04:16.096 --> 01:04:19.452
as to whether or not you
should let the client exit,

1512
01:04:19.452 --> 01:04:22.225
given the client's presentation.

1513
01:04:22.225 --> 01:04:24.057
I did also mention that sometimes,

1514
01:04:24.057 --> 01:04:27.319
and I've had this happen with
some of my student interns,

1515
01:04:27.319 --> 01:04:30.536
and I've had this happen as a clinician,

1516
01:04:30.536 --> 01:04:34.114
where I've ended a session
and it really felt difficult,

1517
01:04:34.114 --> 01:04:38.690
and I really needed somebody
else, a colleague to sit with.

1518
01:04:38.690 --> 01:04:41.352
And yes, vent and process.

1519
01:04:41.352 --> 01:04:44.736
And then as an intern,
certainly this will happen.

1520
01:04:44.736 --> 01:04:46.871
And so, what is the protocol?

1521
01:04:46.871 --> 01:04:49.339
I always say to my supervisees,

1522
01:04:49.339 --> 01:04:51.891
"You know, if you had a
very difficult session,

1523
01:04:51.891 --> 01:04:54.165
"and for example, it's a Friday,

1524
01:04:54.165 --> 01:04:56.051
"I don't want you to be going home

1525
01:04:56.051 --> 01:04:59.961
"with the worry of, did I do,

1526
01:04:59.961 --> 01:05:01.625
"did I say what I needed to say?

1527
01:05:01.625 --> 01:05:03.123
"Is this person gonna be okay?

1528
01:05:03.123 --> 01:05:04.953
"So please, look for me.

1529
01:05:04.953 --> 01:05:06.479
"If I'm not here, this is the

1530
01:05:06.479 --> 01:05:08.309
"other person that you can go to.

1531
01:05:08.309 --> 01:05:09.862
"But let us help you."

1532
01:05:09.862 --> 01:05:12.386
Don't be afraid to reach out.

1533
01:05:14.212 --> 01:05:15.350
- Thank you.

1534
01:05:15.350 --> 01:05:16.459
Thank you.

1535
01:05:16.459 --> 01:05:18.372
And a lot about this
professional presentation,

1536
01:05:18.372 --> 01:05:20.397
I would also just kind of like to add that

1537
01:05:20.397 --> 01:05:21.894
you're learners and you're students,

1538
01:05:21.894 --> 01:05:24.142
but your clients, of
course, are your clients.

1539
01:05:24.142 --> 01:05:27.302
And around the professional presentation,

1540
01:05:27.302 --> 01:05:30.714
in kind of dressing a little
bit more on the formal side

1541
01:05:30.714 --> 01:05:32.295
than you might ordinarily, you know,

1542
01:05:32.295 --> 01:05:35.068
lead with a little bit more
formality at the beginning

1543
01:05:35.068 --> 01:05:37.786
than you might, 'cause you
can always done it down.

1544
01:05:37.786 --> 01:05:40.780
And I joke with students,
I say it doesn't mean you

1545
01:05:40.780 --> 01:05:43.250
have to go out and buy a
three piece suit or pumps

1546
01:05:43.250 --> 01:05:45.191
or pantyhose or whatever,

1547
01:05:45.191 --> 01:05:46.755
but do,

1548
01:05:46.755 --> 01:05:50.165
(laughter)

1549
01:05:50.165 --> 01:05:53.282
but do err on the side of formality.

1550
01:05:53.282 --> 01:05:55.389
And then, as Maria says,
you keep your eyes open.

1551
01:05:55.389 --> 01:05:56.416
You observe, you watch.

1552
01:05:56.416 --> 01:05:57.386
How do people dress?

1553
01:05:57.386 --> 01:05:58.717
How do they talk with each other?

1554
01:05:58.717 --> 01:05:59.522
Et cetera.

1555
01:05:59.522 --> 01:06:01.574
The other think I would say
is when I've seen students

1556
01:06:01.574 --> 01:06:04.098
get into hot water in
field, and of course,

1557
01:06:04.098 --> 01:06:07.620
if they get into hot water,
it lands eventually with me.

1558
01:06:07.620 --> 01:06:09.700
Sometimes, what gets
students into hot water

1559
01:06:09.700 --> 01:06:11.891
is you come out of the
summer with these great ideas

1560
01:06:11.891 --> 01:06:13.444
and a pretty good head of steam

1561
01:06:13.444 --> 01:06:15.801
about how things should be done.

1562
01:06:15.801 --> 01:06:17.854
And then,

1563
01:06:17.854 --> 01:06:20.626
I know, oftentimes we're right,
but you're very new at it.

1564
01:06:20.626 --> 01:06:22.512
And so, I've seen
students get into trouble

1565
01:06:22.512 --> 01:06:25.174
by going into field placements

1566
01:06:25.174 --> 01:06:29.223
with, like, grand ideas and
challenging the psychiatrist,

1567
01:06:29.223 --> 01:06:34.215
you know, at rounds, on their
fourth day of placement.

1568
01:06:34.215 --> 01:06:38.597
And you can imagine it
just doesn't go over well.

1569
01:06:38.597 --> 01:06:40.982
And we'll be talking some about
this in the smaller groups,

1570
01:06:40.982 --> 01:06:43.866
'cause I think every kind of
setting has its own culture.

1571
01:06:43.866 --> 01:06:48.082
But when Maria says,
"Lead with curiosity,"

1572
01:06:48.082 --> 01:06:51.160
that's, I think, an
incredibly helpful tip.

1573
01:06:51.160 --> 01:06:54.821
So it's perfectly fine to
say to the psychiatrist,

1574
01:06:54.821 --> 01:06:57.511
"If you have a moment,
I would love to hear

1575
01:06:57.511 --> 01:07:00.922
"a little bit more
about why this med now?"

1576
01:07:00.922 --> 01:07:04.169
or, "I'm curious to know more about--"

1577
01:07:04.169 --> 01:07:08.245
As opposed to at rounds,
taking the psychiatrist down

1578
01:07:08.245 --> 01:07:11.017
about what you think should
have been done differently.

1579
01:07:11.017 --> 01:07:12.210
It gets students in trouble.

1580
01:07:12.210 --> 01:07:14.298
So be good observers as you go in.

1581
01:07:14.298 --> 01:07:15.598
Does that make some sense?

1582
01:07:15.598 --> 01:07:16.292
- [Voiceover] Yeah.

1583
01:07:16.292 --> 01:07:17.540
- Yeah? Okay.

1584
01:07:17.540 --> 01:07:19.566
So we have some time for questions

1585
01:07:19.566 --> 01:07:22.587
before our student reps arrive.

1586
01:07:22.587 --> 01:07:24.168
So this might be a good time for some

1587
01:07:24.168 --> 01:07:25.693
question and answers.

1588
01:07:25.693 --> 01:07:28.189
And would you do us the favor
of just telling us your name,

1589
01:07:28.189 --> 01:07:29.992
just 'cause it helps us get to know you?

1590
01:07:32.282 --> 01:07:33.646
Hi, Heather.

1591
01:07:33.646 --> 01:07:37.847
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1592
01:07:37.847 --> 01:07:38.615
- Yes

1593
01:07:38.615 --> 01:07:39.461
- Yes.

1594
01:07:39.461 --> 01:07:40.843
So yeah, yeah.

1595
01:07:40.843 --> 01:07:41.867
Okay, go on, take it.

1596
01:07:41.867 --> 01:07:43.807
- So the question was is the two hours

1597
01:07:43.807 --> 01:07:45.254
of individual supervision part

1598
01:07:45.254 --> 01:07:47.667
of the 30 hours of the internship?

1599
01:07:47.667 --> 01:07:50.246
Yes, it absolutely is
part of the 30 hours.

1600
01:07:50.246 --> 01:07:50.995
- Right.

1601
01:07:52.215 --> 01:07:53.559
Yes?

1602
01:07:53.559 --> 01:07:58.559
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1603
01:08:45.809 --> 01:08:47.530
- The first question
was about what happens

1604
01:08:47.530 --> 01:08:50.135
if your supervisor ups
and leaves midstream

1605
01:08:50.135 --> 01:08:52.992
or the agency closes
or something like that,

1606
01:08:52.992 --> 01:08:53.936
what happens to you?

1607
01:08:53.936 --> 01:08:54.933
We don't leave you.

1608
01:08:54.933 --> 01:08:56.237
We don't leave you in the lurch.

1609
01:08:56.237 --> 01:09:00.314
You know, we've not really
had agencies up and closing,

1610
01:09:00.314 --> 01:09:03.144
but if they did, we would have
to re-place you, obviously.

1611
01:09:03.144 --> 01:09:04.779
We'd be on the hook for that.

1612
01:09:04.779 --> 01:09:07.886
We have had some students
who've had transition

1613
01:09:07.886 --> 01:09:09.966
in supervisors mid-year.

1614
01:09:09.966 --> 01:09:12.683
The advantage of us having
these long-term relationships

1615
01:09:12.683 --> 01:09:15.263
with agencies is they really have,

1616
01:09:15.263 --> 01:09:18.340
they know well what
Smith requirements are.

1617
01:09:18.340 --> 01:09:20.115
And if something happens that a supervisor

1618
01:09:20.115 --> 01:09:22.362
either needs to leave or gets sick,

1619
01:09:22.362 --> 01:09:24.498
or we've had a couple
out on maternity leave,

1620
01:09:24.498 --> 01:09:25.551
things like that.

1621
01:09:25.551 --> 01:09:26.965
Although, I'm always
doing the math and saying,

1622
01:09:26.965 --> 01:09:28.187
"You knew in September!"

1623
01:09:28.187 --> 01:09:29.378
(laughter)

1624
01:09:29.378 --> 01:09:31.791
But anyway, stuff happens.

1625
01:09:35.461 --> 01:09:36.311
Stuff happens.

1626
01:09:36.311 --> 01:09:38.090
We work with the agencies to identify

1627
01:09:38.090 --> 01:09:39.533
another supervisor in-house.

1628
01:09:39.533 --> 01:09:41.863
We try not to move you out of the agency,

1629
01:09:41.863 --> 01:09:43.831
'cause you've got ongoing
connections to your clients.

1630
01:09:43.831 --> 01:09:46.272
So most often, we would work

1631
01:09:46.272 --> 01:09:47.992
to find another supervisor for you.

1632
01:09:47.992 --> 01:09:50.376
Second question about the case study is

1633
01:09:50.376 --> 01:09:51.584
if you're in an agency that's got

1634
01:09:51.584 --> 01:09:55.106
a specific theoretical formulation,
are we gonna be fussing

1635
01:09:55.106 --> 01:09:57.130
at you at the end of the
day about why you didn't

1636
01:09:57.130 --> 01:09:58.545
integrate something else?

1637
01:09:58.545 --> 01:10:01.597
No, I think you have to
write from the perspective

1638
01:10:01.597 --> 01:10:03.128
that you're working with.

1639
01:10:04.048 --> 01:10:07.410
And to be able to say, here's
why I intervened in this way,

1640
01:10:07.410 --> 01:10:09.102
with this client, in this setting.

1641
01:10:09.102 --> 01:10:10.571
But you can also use it.

1642
01:10:10.571 --> 01:10:11.681
If you're on inpatient psych,

1643
01:10:11.681 --> 01:10:14.234
which has about a four day average stay,

1644
01:10:14.234 --> 01:10:16.230
you might write about what
happened in those four days,

1645
01:10:16.230 --> 01:10:18.170
and then also use it as a chance to say,

1646
01:10:18.170 --> 01:10:19.668
"You know, if I had
this person longer-term,

1647
01:10:19.668 --> 01:10:21.609
"here's where I think we would go."

1648
01:10:21.609 --> 01:10:23.218
But we couldn't go there.

1649
01:10:23.218 --> 01:10:26.601
It wasn't appropriate to go
there in a four day stay.

1650
01:10:26.601 --> 01:10:28.016
So you can shape it.

1651
01:10:28.016 --> 01:10:30.670
You can shape it to what makes sense.

1652
01:10:30.670 --> 01:10:32.166
Be practical.

1653
01:10:32.166 --> 01:10:33.553
- I would also add that there's a question

1654
01:10:33.553 --> 01:10:36.714
in the case study write-up where you take

1655
01:10:36.714 --> 01:10:39.932
a couple different theories
and just try them on.

1656
01:10:39.932 --> 01:10:40.631
- Just play with it.

1657
01:10:40.631 --> 01:10:41.518
- And you play with it.

1658
01:10:41.518 --> 01:10:42.350
That's part of what we ask,

1659
01:10:42.350 --> 01:10:44.633
that you take a theory that
you learned in the summer

1660
01:10:44.633 --> 01:10:47.018
and integrate it, maybe
in a totally new way

1661
01:10:47.018 --> 01:10:49.321
than you had originally
worked with your client.

1662
01:10:49.321 --> 01:10:51.095
And that's part of the exercise.

1663
01:10:54.955 --> 01:10:56.225
- There's this gentleman here.

1664
01:10:57.255 --> 01:10:58.726
- What's your name?

1665
01:10:58.726 --> 01:10:59.974
- Yeah, you.

1666
01:10:59.974 --> 01:11:02.026
- [Voiceover] David.

1667
01:11:02.026 --> 01:11:03.274
- David who?

1668
01:11:04.764 --> 01:11:05.670
Gotcha.

1669
01:11:05.670 --> 01:11:10.496
(David asks inaudible question)

1670
01:11:13.899 --> 01:11:15.618
- It can be the reading from the summer

1671
01:11:15.618 --> 01:11:18.974
that either in real life
you didn't do or didn't get.

1672
01:11:20.694 --> 01:11:22.490
Or you know, in your agencies, you'll be,

1673
01:11:22.490 --> 01:11:24.154
often, you'll be in training seminars

1674
01:11:24.154 --> 01:11:25.263
and they'll have readings.

1675
01:11:25.263 --> 01:11:26.872
Your supervisor will
help you with readings.

1676
01:11:26.872 --> 01:11:28.841
They'll say, "Here's a great article

1677
01:11:28.841 --> 01:11:30.588
"that might help you with this client."

1678
01:11:30.588 --> 01:11:34.942
We're very broad-minded
about where it comes from.

1679
01:11:34.942 --> 01:11:37.466
It'll be a mix of stuff
your supervisor tells you,

1680
01:11:37.466 --> 01:11:41.238
FFA may have some ideas,
and then there'll be

1681
01:11:41.238 --> 01:11:43.928
the aforementioned stuff
you really didn't do.

1682
01:11:46.508 --> 01:11:48.156
Why don't you take someone?

1683
01:11:48.156 --> 01:11:49.294
You got Nick back there.

1684
01:11:49.294 --> 01:11:51.956
- You've had a question
from the very beginning.

1685
01:11:51.956 --> 01:11:56.956
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1686
01:12:05.397 --> 01:12:06.759
- That was what I was speaking about

1687
01:12:06.759 --> 01:12:08.672
when I said you record from your memory.

1688
01:12:08.672 --> 01:12:11.529
You remember the best you can.

1689
01:12:11.529 --> 01:12:12.805
And at first, it won't be everything.

1690
01:12:12.805 --> 01:12:14.940
But that reminds me to remind you guys,

1691
01:12:14.940 --> 01:12:16.604
in your first year practice classes,

1692
01:12:16.604 --> 01:12:18.934
they're gonna have you do
something later in the summer

1693
01:12:18.934 --> 01:12:21.541
where you videotape an interview

1694
01:12:21.541 --> 01:12:23.262
and then you do a process from that

1695
01:12:23.262 --> 01:12:24.397
and that confuses students.

1696
01:12:24.397 --> 01:12:26.006
Because then they think
that means in the field

1697
01:12:26.006 --> 01:12:28.668
you have to videotape
and take it from that.

1698
01:12:28.668 --> 01:12:30.277
This is different in the field.

1699
01:12:30.277 --> 01:12:32.828
In the field, it's you
remember the best you can.

1700
01:12:32.828 --> 01:12:35.629
And at first, you'll go,

1701
01:12:35.629 --> 01:12:36.628
"I know I had that session,

1702
01:12:36.628 --> 01:12:38.569
"and I don't remember
what on earth happened."

1703
01:12:38.569 --> 01:12:39.929
But you'll get better at it.

1704
01:12:39.929 --> 01:12:40.926
It's your memory.

1705
01:12:40.926 --> 01:12:42.592
There was a gentleman in the back.

1706
01:12:42.592 --> 01:12:44.476
Yes?

1707
01:12:44.476 --> 01:12:49.385
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1708
01:12:55.449 --> 01:12:56.271
You're talking--

1709
01:12:56.271 --> 01:13:01.271
(audience member continues question)

1710
01:13:02.768 --> 01:13:05.208
The question is about storing
this work electronically.

1711
01:13:05.208 --> 01:13:07.234
That's actually a very important question.

1712
01:13:07.234 --> 01:13:11.670
Your agency, you'll learn
about HIPAA regulations,

1713
01:13:11.670 --> 01:13:14.139
the privacy of medical records.

1714
01:13:14.139 --> 01:13:16.607
And your agency will
talk with you, I think,

1715
01:13:16.607 --> 01:13:19.186
about how work can be submitted.

1716
01:13:19.186 --> 01:13:21.294
Many, many, many agencies have their own

1717
01:13:21.294 --> 01:13:25.232
computerized record system that
you're gonna have to learn.

1718
01:13:25.232 --> 01:13:27.340
It's kind of a pain in the
neck at the beginning of field,

1719
01:13:27.340 --> 01:13:29.031
but you have to learn
it for your charting.

1720
01:13:29.031 --> 01:13:32.498
In terms of things that
are due to the school,

1721
01:13:32.498 --> 01:13:35.604
talk with your FFA about whether
they will accept materials

1722
01:13:35.604 --> 01:13:40.604
electronically or if they
would rather have it hard copy.

1723
01:13:40.707 --> 01:13:44.645
Anything that you send
in these reports to us

1724
01:13:44.645 --> 01:13:47.862
have to be de-identified.

1725
01:13:47.862 --> 01:13:50.275
And you will find, I think
it's in the guidelines,

1726
01:13:50.275 --> 01:13:52.078
about the HIPAA de-identifiers.

1727
01:13:52.078 --> 01:13:55.128
So no names, you know,
nothing identifiable.

1728
01:13:55.128 --> 01:13:58.125
Obviously no birth dates,
social security numbers,

1729
01:13:58.125 --> 01:13:59.205
that kind of stuff.

1730
01:13:59.205 --> 01:14:01.618
So it's fine to submit
things electronically,

1731
01:14:01.618 --> 01:14:04.558
but do talk with your
agency and field advisor

1732
01:14:04.558 --> 01:14:06.555
about the mechanism of that.

1733
01:14:06.555 --> 01:14:08.995
Why don't you take some
of these over there?

1734
01:14:08.995 --> 01:14:10.188
- Why don't you just stand up?

1735
01:14:10.188 --> 01:14:11.131
- If you can.

1736
01:14:11.131 --> 01:14:11.796
- If you can--

1737
01:14:11.796 --> 01:14:13.987
Whoever wants to go; there's like five.

1738
01:14:13.987 --> 01:14:15.318
- There are like five of you over there.

1739
01:14:15.318 --> 01:14:16.123
That's Nick.

1740
01:14:16.123 --> 01:14:21.123
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1741
01:14:36.675 --> 01:14:38.040
- That's a good question.

1742
01:14:38.040 --> 01:14:41.176
- Yeah, the question is how can
you meet up with other folks

1743
01:14:41.176 --> 01:14:42.228
who are going to your area,

1744
01:14:42.228 --> 01:14:43.532
particularly if you're
looking for housing?

1745
01:14:43.532 --> 01:14:45.667
Two things, we have alumni networks

1746
01:14:45.667 --> 01:14:47.303
in every area that you're going to

1747
01:14:47.303 --> 01:14:49.161
and there are placement area coordinators

1748
01:14:49.161 --> 01:14:50.742
that we can get you in touch with.

1749
01:14:50.742 --> 01:14:52.933
I know I told you I'd
get the Philly person

1750
01:14:52.933 --> 01:14:54.626
and they were out until Monday.

1751
01:14:54.626 --> 01:14:55.817
So we'll get that to you.

1752
01:14:55.817 --> 01:14:57.121
And they'll help.

1753
01:14:57.121 --> 01:14:58.468
And then you can meet up with each other,

1754
01:14:58.468 --> 01:14:59.882
first and second year students,

1755
01:14:59.882 --> 01:15:02.933
and you can call me and I can tell you

1756
01:15:02.933 --> 01:15:05.762
who was there last year
and get you guys connected.

1757
01:15:05.762 --> 01:15:08.840
- You'll also see on the
placement description forms,

1758
01:15:08.840 --> 01:15:13.361
the student will sign, usually
at the bottom, their name.

1759
01:15:13.361 --> 01:15:15.191
So you'll know the name of the person

1760
01:15:15.191 --> 01:15:16.855
who was there last year.

1761
01:15:16.855 --> 01:15:18.796
And that's on Moodle, yes.

1762
01:15:20.696 --> 01:15:21.819
Somebody else?

1763
01:15:21.819 --> 01:15:26.229
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1764
01:15:53.657 --> 01:15:55.016
That's a great question.

1765
01:15:55.016 --> 01:15:56.763
So the question is what
if I'm in a new agency

1766
01:15:56.763 --> 01:15:59.427
or there wasn't a student there last year?

1767
01:15:59.427 --> 01:16:01.866
And sometimes, supervisors take years off

1768
01:16:01.866 --> 01:16:04.806
so that there may not be a
placement description on Moodle,

1769
01:16:04.806 --> 01:16:07.607
but we do have written
placement description forms

1770
01:16:07.607 --> 01:16:11.767
from previous years in
the reception in Lily Hall

1771
01:16:11.767 --> 01:16:13.626
that you're more than welcome to look at.

1772
01:16:13.626 --> 01:16:15.927
I would say if you're
in a brand new agency,

1773
01:16:15.927 --> 01:16:17.341
and we do have every year,

1774
01:16:17.341 --> 01:16:19.671
a handful of brand new agencies,

1775
01:16:19.671 --> 01:16:23.028
come and see either myself or Carolyn

1776
01:16:23.028 --> 01:16:25.274
depending on your geographic area

1777
01:16:25.274 --> 01:16:26.743
and we can tell you.

1778
01:16:26.743 --> 01:16:27.547
We can fill you in.

1779
01:16:27.547 --> 01:16:30.433
We can be the placement
description form for you.

1780
01:16:30.433 --> 01:16:33.567
- Every agency that we're affiliated with

1781
01:16:33.567 --> 01:16:36.283
has completed an application to us,

1782
01:16:36.283 --> 01:16:39.944
just as students apply
to get into the program,

1783
01:16:39.944 --> 01:16:41.192
agencies apply.

1784
01:16:41.192 --> 01:16:43.605
We're in a really unusual position.

1785
01:16:43.605 --> 01:16:45.463
We're not out there beating the bushes

1786
01:16:45.463 --> 01:16:46.685
looking for agencies.

1787
01:16:46.685 --> 01:16:47.794
They are applying to us.

1788
01:16:47.794 --> 01:16:49.096
And we have many more applications

1789
01:16:49.096 --> 01:16:51.316
every year than we can take.

1790
01:16:51.316 --> 01:16:53.173
So we've got the application

1791
01:16:53.173 --> 01:16:55.143
and we've also done a site visit

1792
01:16:55.143 --> 01:16:56.612
and gone out and looked at the place,

1793
01:16:56.612 --> 01:16:57.527
so we can fill you in.

1794
01:16:57.527 --> 01:17:01.049
There was this woman in
the back, on the left side.

1795
01:17:01.049 --> 01:17:03.741
There was another question back there.

1796
01:17:06.011 --> 01:17:06.895
- Okay, Eli.

1797
01:17:06.895 --> 01:17:08.282
- Same? Okay.

1798
01:17:08.282 --> 01:17:08.975
- Aphrodite?

1799
01:17:08.975 --> 01:17:13.975
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1800
01:17:28.221 --> 01:17:30.080
The question is if I'm asked to come

1801
01:17:30.080 --> 01:17:32.179
to a Saturday or Sunday training,

1802
01:17:32.179 --> 01:17:34.010
does that count as my 30 hours?

1803
01:17:34.010 --> 01:17:38.986
(audience member continues question)

1804
01:17:38.986 --> 01:17:40.207
Absolutely.

1805
01:17:40.207 --> 01:17:42.397
But if you find that you're asked

1806
01:17:42.397 --> 01:17:45.665
to do weekend hours more than once,

1807
01:17:45.665 --> 01:17:47.634
you should check in with your FFA.

1808
01:17:49.434 --> 01:17:51.572
Most of the agencies, you're working

1809
01:17:51.572 --> 01:17:53.291
during standard business hours.

1810
01:17:53.291 --> 01:17:56.425
Now, a lot of outpatient
clinics will ask you to do

1811
01:17:56.425 --> 01:17:59.171
maybe some later hours
one or two evenings a week

1812
01:17:59.171 --> 01:18:01.917
because that's when families can get in.

1813
01:18:01.917 --> 01:18:04.246
And you would jockey your hours.

1814
01:18:04.246 --> 01:18:06.437
My two cents' worth to
you is to try to set

1815
01:18:06.437 --> 01:18:09.155
a set schedule every week.

1816
01:18:09.155 --> 01:18:10.070
'Cause what happens--

1817
01:18:10.070 --> 01:18:11.465
And to pick a half day that you're gonna

1818
01:18:11.465 --> 01:18:12.964
take for the community project

1819
01:18:12.964 --> 01:18:16.041
and kind of carve that out as a steady

1820
01:18:16.041 --> 01:18:17.705
time-out every week,

1821
01:18:17.705 --> 01:18:19.591
because otherwise, what ends to happen

1822
01:18:19.591 --> 01:18:21.146
is that time gets chewed up.

1823
01:18:21.146 --> 01:18:23.751
You start to say, "That's
supposed to be my community

1824
01:18:23.751 --> 01:18:25.693
"project time, but yeah,
I can come in for that."

1825
01:18:25.693 --> 01:18:28.972
And before you know it,
you're working a 40 hour week.

1826
01:18:28.972 --> 01:18:30.238
At the beginning of
the year, best you can,

1827
01:18:30.238 --> 01:18:32.096
you set a set schedule.

1828
01:18:32.096 --> 01:18:33.233
Stay with it.

1829
01:18:33.233 --> 01:18:34.259
Allegra...

1830
01:18:36.779 --> 01:18:38.126
Okay.

1831
01:18:38.126 --> 01:18:40.399
So we have time for maybe,
like what, two more?

1832
01:18:40.399 --> 01:18:41.342
- Two more.

1833
01:18:41.342 --> 01:18:42.425
April.

1834
01:18:42.425 --> 01:18:47.425
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1835
01:18:53.430 --> 01:18:55.874
- The question is how do we keep track

1836
01:18:55.874 --> 01:18:57.316
of the four hours of reading?

1837
01:18:57.316 --> 01:19:00.755
It's on that monthly
statistical report to your FFA.

1838
01:19:00.755 --> 01:19:03.917
We don't need to micromanage
that here at this level.

1839
01:19:03.917 --> 01:19:08.354
You'll put it on the listing
for your FFA, who will see it.

1840
01:19:08.354 --> 01:19:10.656
And the FFA, you know, wants to make sure

1841
01:19:10.656 --> 01:19:12.791
you're doing reading, but
also then, they'll help you.

1842
01:19:12.791 --> 01:19:14.734
They'll say, "Oh, I see you're trying

1843
01:19:14.734 --> 01:19:15.731
"to learn more about this.

1844
01:19:15.731 --> 01:19:17.700
"Let me give you a tip
about this other book."

1845
01:19:17.700 --> 01:19:19.059
So it's that.

1846
01:19:19.059 --> 01:19:20.640
And it's right on the report.

1847
01:19:20.640 --> 01:19:21.860
There was somebody in the back

1848
01:19:21.860 --> 01:19:22.997
who's been a patient soul.

1849
01:19:22.997 --> 01:19:27.997
(audience member asks inaudible question)

1850
01:19:39.860 --> 01:19:42.521
The question is if you have
to do two hours of prep,

1851
01:19:42.521 --> 01:19:45.905
like for a group, does that
count as part of your 30 hours?

1852
01:19:45.905 --> 01:19:49.151
And it would, but it
would be in the agency.

1853
01:19:49.151 --> 01:19:52.173
Your body is in the
agency 30 hours a week.

1854
01:19:52.173 --> 01:19:54.753
And so if you're prepping for a group

1855
01:19:54.753 --> 01:19:57.276
or debriefing from a group, you know,

1856
01:19:57.276 --> 01:19:59.551
you'll do a group and then
you're the group facilitator.

1857
01:19:59.551 --> 01:20:01.935
You have to sit down and
hash it out afterwards.

1858
01:20:01.935 --> 01:20:03.543
All of that's in support of the work.

1859
01:20:03.543 --> 01:20:05.512
And you figure, you're there 30 hours,

1860
01:20:05.512 --> 01:20:08.148
and you've got maybe
12 direct service hours

1861
01:20:08.148 --> 01:20:11.087
and two hours of supervision, the rest--

1862
01:20:11.087 --> 01:20:13.389
Where does the rest of that
time go besides to meetings?

1863
01:20:13.389 --> 01:20:16.669
It goes to collaboration, prep,

1864
01:20:18.779 --> 01:20:20.247
work on behalf of clients,

1865
01:20:20.247 --> 01:20:23.380
phone calls, more than enough.

1866
01:20:26.420 --> 01:20:27.762
You have a follow-up?

1867
01:20:27.762 --> 01:20:32.698
(audience member asks
inaudible follow-up question)

1868
01:20:39.298 --> 01:20:42.378
The follow-up question
was do we have trouble

1869
01:20:42.378 --> 01:20:45.733
with agencies trying to work
more than 30 hours a week?

1870
01:20:45.733 --> 01:20:46.787
And if so, what do you do?

1871
01:20:46.787 --> 01:20:49.921
Yes, we have had that happen.

1872
01:20:49.921 --> 01:20:52.889
I call it the med school mentality.

1873
01:20:52.889 --> 01:20:56.189
It happens, I think a
lot, on inpatient units.

1874
01:20:56.189 --> 01:20:57.936
We'll talk some about
that in our small group

1875
01:20:57.936 --> 01:20:59.240
where there's a real push.

1876
01:20:59.240 --> 01:21:00.515
And students can fall into it,

1877
01:21:00.515 --> 01:21:01.873
where you feel like the message is

1878
01:21:01.873 --> 01:21:06.450
if you're really committed,
you'll sleep on a cot in the--

1879
01:21:06.450 --> 01:21:07.421
You know.

1880
01:21:07.421 --> 01:21:10.860
And you can fall into that.

1881
01:21:10.860 --> 01:21:13.327
Now, I don't want you
checking a timeclock either.

1882
01:21:13.327 --> 01:21:15.269
If there's an emergency,
I don't want you to say,

1883
01:21:15.269 --> 01:21:16.823
"Sorry, Smith.

1884
01:21:16.823 --> 01:21:18.819
"Suicide Hotline, please hold, Smith."

1885
01:21:18.819 --> 01:21:21.953
Smith says I'm outta here at 4:30.

1886
01:21:21.953 --> 01:21:26.056
We want you to be sensible if you need

1887
01:21:26.056 --> 01:21:27.333
to work over a little bit.

1888
01:21:27.333 --> 01:21:29.247
But for the most part,
it should be 30 hours.

1889
01:21:29.247 --> 01:21:30.794
If you're getting leaned on by the agency

1890
01:21:30.794 --> 01:21:33.567
or swallowed up by your
own harsh superego,

1891
01:21:36.337 --> 01:21:37.753
talk to your supervisor about it

1892
01:21:37.753 --> 01:21:39.280
and then your field advisor.

1893
01:21:39.280 --> 01:21:41.831
If the agency's really leaning on you,

1894
01:21:41.831 --> 01:21:44.217
use your FFA, and we'll
help you navigate it.

1895
01:21:44.217 --> 01:21:45.936
It can be a problem in
the other direction, too.

1896
01:21:45.936 --> 01:21:47.905
Sometimes, students don't
actually have enough work

1897
01:21:47.905 --> 01:21:50.346
and we need the FFA to get in there

1898
01:21:50.346 --> 01:21:53.618
and work with the supervisors
to balance that as well.

1899
01:21:53.618 --> 01:21:56.724
We should stop with all of the questions,

1900
01:21:56.724 --> 01:21:58.527
even though I can see
more of you have them.

1901
01:21:58.527 --> 01:22:01.411
But there's probably very
little that can't also

1902
01:22:01.411 --> 01:22:03.242
be addressed in the small groups.

1903
01:22:03.242 --> 01:22:04.878
So if you have questions--

1904
01:22:04.878 --> 01:22:07.568
And then, Maria, Katelin,
and I will be at lunch

1905
01:22:07.568 --> 01:22:09.759
and you can approach us at lunch

1906
01:22:09.759 --> 01:22:12.228
and ask questions there.