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Assignment: The Developmental Stages of Safety in the Internship

I. Your text proposes that there are particular stages to the internship development process. Review the Developmental Stages of an Internship table on pp. 19-21 of the text.

1. Determine in which stage or stages in the social worker developmental process you expect.

2. Explain the process you will engage in as you move through the different stages.

3. Identity a stage that may be more challenging for you and explain why.

4. Explain how understanding this developmental process is useful as you begin your field placement.

Task

Offer a suggestion for meeting a targeted stage in the development process.

II. Safety is a crucial part of a successful internship. One of the best ways to observe safety in field is to be prepared. In this assignment, you consider behaviors that may help you with safety in field.

Review this readings and the Safety in Field webinar.

1. Determine in which stage or stages in the social worker developmental process you expect to be.
2. Identify two new behaviors or changes to behavior that you will incorporate to ensure you are putting safety first.
3. Explain why you chose those as the most important changes to make.

Textbook: Sweitzer, H. F., & King, M. A. (2019). The successful internship: Personal, professional, and civic development in experiential learning (5th ed.). Cengage.

1. Chapter 2, "The Anticipation Stage: Venturing Forth" (pp. 29-51)
2. Chapter 3, "The Learning Contract, Supervision, the Seminar, & Reflection" (pp. 53-65)