Bundle: The Human Services Internship: Getting the Most from Your Experience, 4th + LMS Integrated for CourseMate, 1 term Printed Access Card

Integrating theory with real-world practice, THE HUMAN SERVICES INTERNSHIP: GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, 4th Edition helps students make meaningful connections between classroom learning and their own field experiences through ongoing reflection, analysis, and exercises. This workbook-formatted text reviews and updates basic information that is useful to students in human service field programs. An excellent tool for self-assessment and analysis, the text intersperses exercises throughout to engage students in thinking about how the material being discussed relates to their own experiences. A unique six-step model--which students are encouraged to use throughout their field experience--guides students in enhancing self-awareness, integrating the knowledge and values of the profession, recognizing challenging and dissonant situations, decision-making, and follow-through. Chapters on getting started, ethics, cultural diversity, communication, self-care, and other topics help students maximize their learning from experience. Covering information relevant for every stage of an internship, the text helps students analyze different experiences and situations they encounter on a daily basis in their field work. This edition includes new material on macro-practice settings; macro-practice roles related to communication; issues of prejudice, discrimination, and oppression; use of technology in reporting and networking; mindfulness; workplace safety, and many other topics.