Previous Practicum Instructor Training Materials

Spring 2024 Live Zoom Training Session on January 26, 2024 at 9:30am-12:00pm 

(Two (2) free CEU's provided upon completion of the live training. Zoom link will be sent with registration confirmation)

This course meets the qualifications for two (2) hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Department of Social Work is an approved provider of continuing education, per Section 1887.4.3 

Training Objectives:

Cultural and Diversity Considerations for Student Success: 

Participants will integrate social, cultural, and personal influences that shape their worldview into social work practice

Participants will understand cultural responsive services and working with bilingual and bicultural interns

• Presenter: Virginia Olivas, MSW

• Slide deck coming soon!  

Cultural and Diversity Considerations in Supervision (APU Faculty Panel): Participants will understand the impact of social, cultural, and personal factors on the development of effective supervision practices

• APU Faculty Panelists: 

  • Shelly-Ann Dewsbury, MSW

  • Olivia Sevilla, EdD, LCSW

  • Regina Chow Trammel, PhD, LCSW

Slide Deck of the entire training

Fall 2023 Live Zoom Training Session on September 15, 2023 at 9:00am-12:30pm 

(Two and half (2.5) free CEU's provided upon completion of the live training. Zoom link will be sent with registration confirmation)

This course meets the qualifications for two and half (2.5) hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Department of Social Work is an approved provider of continuing education, per Section 1887.4.3 

APU Practicum Program Updates

• • • Slide deck

Training Objectives:

1) Using Supervision to Address Microaggressions in Practicum Internships (1 hour): 

• Participants will understand microaggressions and apply strategies in supervision to address microaggressions within social work practicum practicum 

  • • Presenter: Christie Byrd, MSW, LCSW

    • Slide deck  

2) Social Work Practicum Supervision informed by Christian Discipleship (1 hour): 

• Participants will synthesize knowledge of social work practicum supervision and concepts of Christian discipleship 

• Participants will apply concepts of Christian discipleship to address supervisory challenges in practicum 

  • • Presenters: Jean Un, MSW, LCSW & Daniel Guzman, MBA, LCSW

    • Slide Deck & Zoom Recording

3) Constructing Learning Goals for Faith Integration (30 minutes):

• Participants will demonstrate effective goal setting for faith integration (Competency 10)

  • • Presenter: Daniel Guzman, MBA, LCSW

    • Slide Deck & Zoom Recording

Optional New Practicum Instructor Orientation and Q & A (Last Hour)

Fall 2022

1) Trauma Informed Supervision: Participants will identify components of trauma-informed supervision to apply in their supervisory practice with social work interns and enhance student learning outcomes

• Trauma-Informed Supervision Slide Deck  

• Video Recording of Trauma Informed Supervision by Christie Byrd, MSW, LCSW

2) Faith Integration in Practicum ( Practicum Instructor Panel): Participants will synthesize knowledge and application of ethical social work faith integration with student interns in supervision

• Video Recording of Faith Integration Panel (Moderated by Daniel Guzman, MBA, LCSW)

3) Effective Use of Process Recordings: Participants will discover the usefulness of process recordings as a teaching tool that promotes self-reflection and growth in social work practice skills with their student interns

• Effective Use of Process Recordings Slide Deck

• Video Recording of Effective Use of Process Recordings by Virginia Olivas, MSW

Spring 2022

TOPIC: Panel Discussion on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Supervision 

Slide Deck on Definitions (by Dr. Margaret Lee)

Related Articles:

• Anti-racism and equity mindedness in social work practicum education: A systematic review (Beasley et al., 2021)

• Interrupting White supremacy in practicum education: Experiences of microaggressions in practicum settings (Gooding & Mehrotra, 2021)

• From safe spaces to brave spaces: A new way to frame dialogue around diversity and social justice (Arao & Clemens, 2013)

Panelists 

• Margaret Lee, PhD, MSW 

• Maria Quintanilla, MSW, LCSW 

• Sadania Gibbons, MSW, LCSW 

Fall 2021

Fall 2021 Practicum Instructor Training Recording Link 

Slide Decks (Click on the links below):

Overview of BSW Research Project (Daniel Guzman, LCSW, MBA) 

MSW Macro Project and Capstone Leadership Project (Olivia Sevilla, Ed.D., LCSW)

Effective Learning Goal Setting: 

• Constructing the Learning Agreement (Christie Byrd, MSW, LCSW)

• Competency 4: Research (Olivia Sevilla, Ed.D., LCSW)

• Competency 5: Policy (Audrey Shelby, MSW)

• Competency 10: Faith Integration (Daniel Guzman, LCSW, MBA)