Discussion Post: Critical Incident
• Describe in some detail a critical experience or incident, and the impact (learning) the experience had on you as an aspiring social worker. That is, for the critical incident:
o "put into words" the significance of the incident;
o key learning outcomes acquired as a result of the incident;
o self-insights you gained with respect to your own sense of professional identity
• Detailed description of the overall field experience on key learning specific to social work:
o values (e.g. personal and social work values, principles, ethics and ethical dilemmas, strengths, empowerment, cultural competency, etc.);
o knowledge (e.g. policy, theory, research, practice, context, client systems, organizational dynamics, etc.); and
o skills (e.g. engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation, verbal and non-verbal communication, analytic skills, etc.)
• What did the experience teach you about yourself? Looking back, in 20-20 hindsight, provide an explanation of how incidents like the one you encountered
o Created awareness of qualities that are needed to thrive as well as overcome challenges; and produced changes on your part (behavioral, attitudinal, self-awareness, values clarification, etc.) or prompted you to think about changes that may be important for you to become an effective, culturally competent practitioner.
o From this, use your current understanding to evaluate what will be important as you move forward in a social work career, i.e. factors related to future supervisor and/or employment setting.
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.