Practicum Learning Analysis

a. Review your practicum learning agreement, as well as any other relevant doucments from this course. In which areas have you shown significant professional growth?

After reviewing the practicum learning agreement and discussing my professional growth with my field instructor the areas that I have shown significant professional growth includes demonstrating ethical and professional behavior, engaging diversity and difference in practice, advancing human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice, engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, and intervening with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. In

Identify two situations in which your lack of skill, knowledge, rapport, assessment, or intervention was the reason interventions did not go as planned.

The first situation that an intervention did not go as planned includes a client signing up for Section 8 Housing to be able to obtain appropriate housing for herself and her children. I assisted the client with application process and in the end she was not approved for the program due to having an extensive criminal background including drug related felony charges. I was not aware that individuals with criminal backgrounds were not eligible for the program.

The second situation that an intervention did not go as planned included a client going into a shelter to obtain stability after leaving an abuse relationship. The client decided not to go to a shelter instead went to stay at relatives and friends homes and returned to the home with the abusive partner due to the stress of moving from one home to another frequently. Although I always have to allow the client the right to self-determination possibly increased skills and building a stronger rapport would have changed the outcome of the intervention. ii. Then identify two situations in which the client, family, group, organization or community was the reason why interventions did not go as

The client provided the needed information and provided input on creating a monthly budget. The budget was completed, but was not implemented by the client month to month. iii. Is there anything you could have done differently in any of these situations?

In the first situation I would have researched the Section 8 Housing Program to determine what the eligibility of the program was prior to having the client apply. Then, I would have devoted the time that was invested into applying for Section 8 Housing into searching for other housing options. In the second situation, I could have and will work much harder to empower clients that are or have been a victim of domestic violence.

As for the school and teacher not following the IEP I have emailed the child’s teachers to remind them of the need for the teacher to write the daily assignment in the child’s assignment book. The next step will be to request another IEP meeting on behalf of the child. In regards to the monthly budget next time I could possibly create an envelope for each expense and request for the client to put the money for each expense in the envelope at each pay period to account for each