Practice Behavior
Integrates the importance of
diversity and difference in
shaping life experiences into
clinical practice
Learning Activities: (Will demonstrate this competency as evidenced by…)
The student will review current research journals and provide a summary to supervisor
of strategies to support non- English speaking patients accessing healthcare.
By when
December
15th
Core Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Advanced Social Work Practice
The Integration of Theory and Practice (ITP) Loop Model by Bogo and Vayda.
Use the content/description box to summarize your responses to the items on the left.
Retrieval
Content/Description
Recall a recent practice experience during which you felt positively about your work. Or recall a situation that you feel was
challenging. It could be:
• An interaction indicative of the client / family or your own insight, growth, and change
• A thematically related issue (e.g., loss; difficulty in relationships; feelings of hopelessness; examples of self-efficacy,
participation, empowerment, leadership)
• An interaction indicative of phases of the planned change process with the client or family (e.g., briefly summarize that
experience (with client information disguised)
Summary of client or family and interaction: [required]
Reflection
Content/Description
Recall your thoughts, feelings, and reactions about this situation.
• What subjective beliefs and attitudes were operating? Did they reflect aspects of your personality, worldview, or particular life
experiences? How were these issues evident in your interactions, assessments, and intervention planning?
• What specific observations of yourself do you have?
• How is the work with the client progressing? Are there signs of progress? What effect are your interventions having? What
specific observations of the client do you have?
Subjective Beliefs (describe your feelings and reactions to the client/s). [required]
Client / Family Progress [required]
Specific Observations of the Client or Family / Significance [required]
Actions and Linkages
Content/Description
What were some key actions you took? Why?
• Explain how you decided to do what you did?
• Describe how your actions were based on concepts from a theory, model, principles of practice, evidence-based approaches,
and previous experience with similar clients, or techniques that you generally use? Try to articulate these underlying
influences.
• Do your various explanations of this situation come from one source? If they come from many sources, are there contradictions
among them, or do they “hang together” for you? Explain.
• What competencies/skills did you demonstrate? Identify and explain 2 to 3.
Key Actions and Rationale [required]
Theories used and why? [required]
Skills and Competencies Demonstrated [required]
Professional Response / Evaluation
Content/Description
• In retrospect, were your responses selected through deliberate reflection, linkage, and planning? If not, how did they arise?
• Explain what cultural and/or ethical issues or dilemmas arose in the interaction, and how you responded. What might you do
differently in the future?
• Do you need more information, knowledge, or advice on this case? Where will you find it (e.g., in the literature, from a
colleague, or from a supervisor)?
• What goals, plans and professional responses are needed future interventions and how do they fit with the client’s goals?
• What questions will you follow up with your supervisor on regarding this case.
Reflections on Responses, Professional Growth and Next Steps [required]
Cultural and Ethical Issues Identified [required]
Questions for Supervision (Identity follow-up questions to be addressed with your field supervisor based on this interaction) [required]
After reflecting on this interaction, what will you do differently or add to your approach next time? [required]
Professional or Peer Reviewed Resources Cited or Reviewed [required]
MSW FIELD EDUCATION
Clinical Process Recording Template – Individuals and Families
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The Integration of Theory and Practice (ITP) Loop Model by Bogo and Vayda.
Use the content/description box to summarize your responses to the items on the left.
Retrieval
Content / Description
Recall a recent practice experience
during which you felt positively about
your work. Or recall a situation that
you feel was challenging. It could be:
Summary
?
An interaction indicative of the
client / family or your own
insight, growth, and change
?
A thematically related issue
(e.g., loss; difficulty in
relationships; feelings of
hopelessness; examples of
self-efficacy, participation,
empowerment, leadership)
?
The client, a 40-year-old Hispanic female, Maria*, was upset because her husband verbally abuses their
children when he is disciplining them.
The situation is troubling me. After we had a few meetings together, Maria canceled other
appointments with me at the last minute. I am concerned that either I did or said something that
offended Maria or that she might be in danger.
*Pseudonym
An interaction indicative of
phases of the planned
change process with the
client or family (e.g., briefly
summarize that experience
(with client information
disguised).
Reflection
Recall your thoughts, feelings, and
reactions about this situation.
Content / Description
Subjective Beliefs (your feelings and reactions)
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?
What subjective beliefs and
attitudes were operating? Did they
reflect aspects of your personality,
worldview, or particular life
experiences? How were these
issues evident in your interactions,
assessments, and intervention
planning?
?
What specific observations of
yourself do you have?
?
How is the work with the client
progressing? Are there signs of
progress? What effect are your
interventions having? What
specific observations of the client
do you have?
I recall my father verbally abusing me and I still feel the effects of his criticism in my self-doubt. I really
want to help Maria’s children avoid the lack of self-esteem I’ve experienced because of a verbally
abusive father. I may have come across too strongly in my conversations with Maria. I even might have
seemed judgmental toward her, because I know how hurtful verbal abuse can be to a child and I want
her to better protect her son.
Client Progress
Because Maria has canceled her sessions with me, I am concerned that I have lost my ability to help her
and that she might eschew all contact with social workers or therapists for future assistance. I don’t
know if Maria has made the type of progress she wanted to make, and this worries me. I think I might
have gotten away from our agreed-upon intervention because of my own feelings and judgments.
Specific Observations of Client or Family
Maria sounded nervous and scared when she called to cancel her session, talking in a soft and low
voice. Based on her constrained comments and lack of explanation or details, I would conclude she was
anxious and worried.
Linkages
Content / Description
What were some key actions you took?
Why?
? Explain how you decided to do
what you did?
Key Actions and Rationale
I decided to talk to my supervisor about Maria and get her input on what I might do to address my
concerns.
?
Describe how your actions were
based on concepts from a model,
principles of practice, evidencebased approaches, and previous
experience with similar clients, or
techniques that you generally use?
Try to articulate these underlying
influences.
According to Ingram (2007), women who have abusive partners are often very concerned about their
partners finding out that they are seeking help because of possible negative consequences, so we
decided that it would be best if I did not try to contact Maria.
I will continue to implement a solution-focused, strengths perspective to help Hispanic female survivors
of domestic violence connect with their own resourcefulness and power to bring positive changes to
their lives (Lee, 2007, p. 102).
I felt very guilty that I might have so negatively impacted my relationship with Maria. My supervisor
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?
Do your various explanations of
this situation come from one
source? If they come from many
sources, are there contradictions
among them, or do they “hang
together” for you? Explain
?
What competencies/skills did you
demonstrate? Identify and explain
2 t0 3.
and I talked about this. I decided that I would repeat affirmations that I will learn from this situation
and do my very best to not repeat the same behaviors or attitudes in future interactions with clients in
abusive relationships.
Based on several sources, including literature on domestic violence (Lipsky, 2016, p. 19), input from my
supervisor, the knowledge that I made a mistake and that I will do my best not to repeat it, and seeking
wisdom from my pastor when I go to church on Sunday, I will continue to improve my social work
practice.
The competencies and skills I addressed include demonstrating professional and ethical behavior
(although I may have acted unprofessionally and unethically with Maria, I am learning how to improve);
engaging with individuals; using reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and improve
professionalism in practice; applying self-regulation and self-awareness to manage the influence of
personal biases and values when working with diverse clients; assessing feedback from supervision and
consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior; demonstrating character, scholarship, and
leadership in becoming a world changer through application of course content to personal life and
professional social work practice; and demonstrating Christ-like attitudes, values, worldviews, and
ethical and professional behavior within advanced clinical practice.
Professional Response / Evaluation
?
?
In retrospect, were your
responses selected through
deliberate reflection, linkage,
and planning? If not, how did
they arise?
Explain what cultural and/or
ethical issues or dilemmas
arose in the interaction, and
how you responded. What
Content / Description
Professional Growth and Next Steps
I decided to volunteer at a battered women’s shelter so that I can participate in the shelter’s training
and work with more women and their children (or male victims if they are also served by the shelter). I
also will read more literature on working with people who are in abusive relationships, specifically
focusing on research on how social workers can improve their work and interactions with those in
abusive relationships. Murdaugh (2004) states that violence is a significant health issue for Latinas in
the United States, with 54.9% reporting violent victimization. Committing to learn more about this
important issue can increase my ability to help this vulnerable population.
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might you do differently in the
future?
?
Do you need more
information, knowledge, or
advice on this case? Where
will you find it (e.g., in the
literature, from a colleague, or
from a supervisor)?
?
What goals, plans and
professional responses are
needed future interventions
and how do they fit with the
client’s goals?
?
What questions will you follow
up with your supervisor on
regarding this case?
I believe that through all of these actions (especially by volunteering, talking things through, and being
present in group meetings with the shelter residents), I’ll improve my responses, focus on effective
interventions, and hopefully address my own feelings about having been verbally abused by my parent
and be able to lessen my reaction to similar situations with clients (reduce countertransference, in
other words).
Two Questions for Supervision (Identify follow-up questions to be addressed with your field
instructor based on this interaction.)
1.
When was a time that you perhaps noticed your own bias interfering with best practices with a
client, and what did you do to correct that? How do you think both the bias and the correction
impacted your client?
2.
Are there specific cultural issues that I should be more aware of when working with domestic
violence victims from diverse groups?
What will you do differently based on your review, feedback or research?
Professional or Peer Review Resources Cited or Reviewed
Ingram, E. M. (2007). A comparison of help seeking between Latino and non-Latino victims of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 13(2), 159–
171.
Lee, M. Y. (2007). Discovering strengths and competencies in female domestic violence survivors: An application of Roberts’ continuum of the duration and
severity of woman battering. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 7(2), 102
Lipsky, S., Caetano, R., Field, C. A., & Larkin, G. L. (2006). The role of intimate partner violence, race, and ethnicity in help-seeking behaviors Ethnicity and
Health, 11(1), 81–100
Field Instructor Signature _______________________________________
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*Bogo & Vayda’s Integration of Theory and Practice Loop Model (1998)
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