Description
Instructions
● Review The Fitness to Practice Standards.
● Select two (2) standards you feel are strengths and in which you achieve competency.
● Describe how these standards are observable to you and others.
● Select two (2) standards that are areas of development and require more attention and work on your
part.
● Utilizing NASW’s Code of Ethics and course readings, describe your plan to continue addressing this
development.
● What has been the most helpful part of this course? Did anything surprise you about this course or
about something in the readings?
● With the completion of your first term in the MSW program, where do you now see yourself when you
finish this program? How has that changed since you started the program seven weeks ago?
Tasks
This paper needs to be 4-5 pages, not including the cover sheet and reference page. It can be written in the
first person but you still need to use APA style and formatting. Please use Times New Roman 12 point font,
double-spaced, and 1-inch margins. Include your course textbook and NASW’s Code of Ethics as references.
Required
Readings Textbook Readings Cournoyer, B. (2017). The Social Work Skills
Workbook (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. Chapter 13 Articles and
Book Chapters Baum, N. (2004). Social work students’ treatment
termination as a temporary role exit. Clinical Supervisor, 23(1),
165–177. Baum, N. (2007). Therapists’ responses to treatment
termination: An inquiry into the variables that contribute to
therapists’ experiences. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(2), 97–106.
Fraser, M. W., Kirby, L. D., & Smokowski, P. R. (2004). Risk and
resilience in childhood. In M. W. Fraser (Ed.), Risk and resilience in
childhood: An ecological perspective (2nd ed., pp. 13-66). Washington,
DC: NASW Press. Mirabito, D. M. (2006). Revisiting unplanned
termination: Clinicians’ perceptions of termination from adolescent
mental health treatment. Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary
Social Services, 87(2), 171–180.