According to the NASW dictionary, termination is “the conclusion of the social worker –client intervention process; a systematic procedure for disengaging the working relationship. It occurs when goals are reached, when the specified time for working has ended, or when the client is no longer interested in continuing.” (Felton & Polowy, 2015) Termination is an important, yet difficult process the worker and client go through. The ending phrase can trigger deeper feelings in both the client and worker. The textbook explains how positive feelings during ending sessions can be more difficult for workers than the negative feelings. Social workers tend to have a hard time accepting thank yous from their clients for helping them. When offered
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Dr. Jane C. Hickerson describes self-care as part of our self-regulation to create inner and outer balance. It’s important for us to self-regulate in order to understand our feelings and physical needs. (Tooley, 2017) Professor Sarah Keiser explains how important it is to learn self-care as social work students, to recognize stress and learn how to cope with stress.
Being in a school system, a social worker sees their mandated students throughout the entire school year, unless earlier terminated from services. One of my students that I have been working with since the beginning of the school year is one that I see has changed the most. They started off doing poorly in school and didn’t have motivation to do well. A few months in the school year, my student was going through some difficult family situations which led his grades to drop a little more. He wasn’t doing his homework, as he would go home and play video games.
By providing this student with strategies to do better in school and to pull his grade up, he started to becoming a little motivated. He started getting more of his homework done, finding ways to get to school on time, and became interested in becoming a movie editor. He has become a much happier person as he has seen great feedback from his teachers, my supervisor, and …show more content…
This student may have a difficult time keeping his motivation for the following school year during the summer. There is a chance that he may have to attend summer school; therefore, that may help his motivation continue to doing well in school from the start of the next year. Doing poorly in school and attending summer school are risk factors that students have that may led them into drugs and bad behaviors. By being a mandated student for the following year, he will have the support of my supervisor to make sure he does well in school and has positive
Dr. Jane C. Hickerson describes self-care as part of our self-regulation to create inner and outer balance. It’s important for us to self-regulate in order to understand our feelings and physical needs. (Tooley, 2017) Professor Sarah Keiser explains how important it is to learn self-care as social work students, to recognize stress and learn how to cope with stress.
Being in a school system, a social worker sees their mandated students throughout the entire school year, unless earlier terminated from services. One of my students that I have been working with since the beginning of the school year is one that I see has changed the most. They started off doing poorly in school and didn’t have motivation to do well. A few months in the school year, my student was going through some difficult family situations which led his grades to drop a little more. He wasn’t doing his homework, as he would go home and play video games.
By providing this student with strategies to do better in school and to pull his grade up, he started to becoming a little motivated. He started getting more of his homework done, finding ways to get to school on time, and became interested in becoming a movie editor. He has become a much happier person as he has seen great feedback from his teachers, my supervisor, and …show more content…
This student may have a difficult time keeping his motivation for the following school year during the summer. There is a chance that he may have to attend summer school; therefore, that may help his motivation continue to doing well in school from the start of the next year. Doing poorly in school and attending summer school are risk factors that students have that may led them into drugs and bad behaviors. By being a mandated student for the following year, he will have the support of my supervisor to make sure he does well in school and has positive