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The impact of Indian residential schools on First Nation parenting in Saskatchewan
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2000-09) Redman, Calvin
The Indian residential school system in Canada is one issue that has been at the forefront of social and cultural revitalisation for Aboriginal people in recent years. The reason for this attention is the influence that this system has had on changing Aboriginal families and culture. Rueven Feuerstein identifies culture as "the process by which knowledge, values, and beliefs are transmitted from one generation to the next" (Feuerstein in Ballester, 1984, p. 32). Aboriginal people are attempting to reclaim the cultural losses suffered due to this system. One participant in this study stated, "do not deprive your children of their tradition, [let them] know their history and not be ashamed of who they are". This study examined the experiences of twenty-five (n=25) Aboriginal Saskatchewan participants who had attended residential school in Saskatchewan. The over-all focus consisted of the impact of their experiences on parenting. Aspects in this approach included memories,traumatic events and resolution suggestions from the participants. The findings in this study support the over-all focus consisted of the impact of their experiences on parenting. Aspects in this approach included memories, traumatic events and resolution suggestions from the participants. The findings in this study support the over-all views found in the literature that purport First Nation parenting to be a central factor impacted upon by the role-models who cared for the children at residential school. The examples available to the students in the schools for the most part were lacking due to the substandard parenting and nurturing examples that Aboriginal children experienced. Most of these twenty-five students were raised without support from their family and community and subjected to a system that was raised with abuse and lacked the healthy patterns that should prepare them for their role as parents.
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A critical case study on the meaning and role of 'race' in human rights work
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2004-02) Lwanga, Christine S. K.; Geller, Gloria; Watkinson, Ailsa
Throughout history, whenever society has used 'race' as a human identity and categorization of people it has been associated with denial of dignity and rights. However, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948, with the goal to promote and protect equal dignity and opportunity for all people, incorporated 'race' as a neutral and valid human identity. This article presents the findings from a qualitative case study on the meaning and role of 'race' in contemporary human rights work. The case study is based on three human rights discrimination in employment complaint cases, filed by women of different ancestry: Aboriginal, African and European. Framed within Structural Social Work (critical theory and postmodernism), this study exposes the complexity and contradictions within 'race'. It demonstrates that 'race' is a distinct and necessary prohibited ground of discrimination; however, 'race' as a human identity is in and by it-self oppressive, and identifies six distinct discourses of 'race'. These findings imply a need for further research and critical work on the position of 'race' in human service programs that reify 'race'.
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Counselling experiences of a Master of Social Work student at Family Service Saskatoon
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Kanigan, Myrna
This report discusses the counselling experiences and agency involvement of an MSW student at Family Service Saskatoon. Formal individual counselling sessions are highlighted and depict the theoretical components of Cognitive Therapy and Solution- Focused Brief Therapy as they were utilized with two clients of the agency. Examples of strategies incorporated into an eight week Intimate Partner Violence Program is discussed and the importance of therapeutic alliance is examined. Other important learning aspects related to the practicum are described in relation to values, ethics skills and visions.
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Development of volunteer mentor program manual
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Miller Moyse, Gwen
A volunteer mentor program manual was developed for the use of Vanier Collegiate, targeting high school students as volunteers to work with elementary aged children. Research on mentor programming indicated that organized and structured programming, similar to Big Brothers/Big Sisters’ model, is more likely to achieve successful outcomes. The manual closely followed the recommendations in order to emulate this success and to minimize any potential harm to youth receiving services.
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Reflections on a practicum in clinical social work : adult community services for the Prairie North Health Region, Battlefords Mental Health Centre, North Battleford, January to April, 2009
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Hult, Karen Elaine; White, Judy
Battlefords Mental Health Centre, North Battleford, Saskatchewan was the site of my practicum experience from January to April, 2009. The opportunity to practice social work and counseling theories in North Battleford was significant, given the history intertwined within the local area. Saskatchewan Hospital was the first institution specifically designed to provide mental health care and rehabilitation for individuals diagnosed with mental illnesses. With the introduction of psychotrophic medication in the 1970’s, individuals were treated instead of controlled, and institutions were replaced by mental hospitals in local communities. The Saskatchewan Plan changed mental health policies from an institutional approach to small mental hospitals (Dickinson, 1984), followed by a community based system. Today, federal and provincial governments are endeavoring to change the face of mental illness. As the highest indicator of disease that results in unemployment, disability or death (Conway, 2003), the alleviation of mental illness has grown significantly in public importance. The National Mental Health Commission, launched in 2007, was created in response to recommendations of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (2006) report “Out of the Shadows at Last”. Governments now recognize that without intervention, individuals with mental illnesses are at risk of further marginalization in our globalized economy. Mental health centers play a major preventative role for governments in ensuring individuals with mental illnesses have access to support as requested. Social workers implement brief therapies to empower clients in articulating their chosen goals and assisting them in lifestyle changes. Examples of cognitive behavioral and solution focused therapies demonstrate that social workers can implement therapies to assist individuals in creating positive life changes.
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Addictions services and transitional outreach: a field practicum report
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Labatt, Ryan; Durst, Douglas
This report is a reflective consideration of my MSW graduate student practicum at the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region’s Addiction Services, an agency which provides several programs and services to address client needs in the Regina and surrounding area. My practicum objectives were for me to improve my knowledge in the area of addiction services and to specifically develop a program model to transition addiction clients who required housing into homes in the community. The result of my practicum was the creation of the Transitional Outreach Program (TOP) Model which I believe addressed the scope, objectives and learning activities identified in my MSW Practicum Proposal. This paper utilizes the Direct Practice Framework outlined for MSW Integrative Practicum Reports with headings that include: Ideology, Theory, Values, Ethics, Relationships, Strategies, Skills and Visions. It is through this identified structure that existing Addiction Services Programs and the TOP Model are explored. This report bridges both the theoretical and practice implications present in my practicum experience. Relevant literature is considered in relation to existing Addiction Services Programming and for the TOP Model.
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Peer specialist training: integration of peer support in mainstream mental health
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Nugent, Marcie Marie
Consumer involvement has become the holy grail of mental health services. Research shows that the use of consumer peer supporters delivers similar outcomes in recovery to mainstream mental healthcare. The effectiveness for peer support in outcome achievement is attributed to the flexibility, creativity, and ability to connect on a deeper level with their peers through the sharing of their own lived experience. Despite the evidence of the effectiveness of consumer providers, the mainstream mental health system is slow to integrate their usage. The purpose of this project was to develop a training program for peer specialists in mental health that embodies the recovery model, and allows for flexibility and creativity that makes peer supporters effective. The aim of this project is to provide a resource for agencies embarking on integrating peer specialists into their own service delivery system.
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Healthy mothers, healthy babies: a practicum utilizing self regulation therapy to address symptoms of pre-natal and postpartum depression and anxiety
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Tucker, Kim M.
No abstract supplied by the author. Abstract created by the cataloguer from information contained in the Introduction. Research does bear out and delineate the myriad ways that early relationships, especially those with our primary caregivers, can shape and potentially harm us. The potential for damage to development, or attachment trauma, is especially relevant in the case of pre-natal or post-partum depression (PPD) or anxiety (PPA). Even if all other health determinants are ideal, presence of PPD and PPA can create a toxic and potentially traumatic initial environment for infants. PPD or PPA causes attachment trauma, which later manifests as anxiety and depression, which later still surfaces as PPD and PPA, which interferes with attachment…and the toxic gift keeps giving - generationally. Clinical psychologist David Wallin (2007) states that in order to resolve issues from earliest childhood (those which occur prenatally up to 18 months) something other than verbal or cognitive therapy is required. Therefore, to effectively resolve inaccessible or early childhood issues, the therapy must focus on where the memory is stored – the body and nervous system.
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Anti-poverty strategy: a reflective review of an anti-poverty organizing practicum with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Englot, Kirk; Cruikshank, Jane
The intention of this report is to serve as a reflective review of an eight-month part-time Master of Social Work field practicum, which I competed with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW) between the months of May and December 2009. My practicum activity drew from community development theory and was informed by a trend emerging across Canada towards the incorporation of anti-poverty strategies. I contributed to an organizing effort to draw together anti-poverty and social justice activists and organizations into a provincial network that has adopted the title Action for a Poverty Free Saskatchewan. The pages of this report outline the ideological and theoretical tenants that underpinned my work. I also reflect upon my fieldwork experiences through an evaluation of values, ethics, strategies, skills and future visions for my career and the profession of social work. I conclude that an anti-poverty strategy can assist in collective anti-poverty organizing.
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Social work and the multidisciplinary mental health team
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010) Fraser, Karla Christina; Jeffery, Bonnie
This practicum report is a combination of my practice experience gained while completing a practicum at Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) Mental Health Services from May 2009 to July 2009 and the literature reviewed on the topic of multidisciplinary mental health teams. This report explores the strengths and challenges experienced by multidisciplinary mental health teams, including those that I observed while completing my practicum. Issues explored in the report include differences and similarities of ideologies amongst the different professionals that belong to the multidisciplinary mental health team, social work values and ethics and how they are similar and different to those practiced by other professions, strategies and skills that are utilized by the members of the multidisciplinary mental health team, and an examination of the relationships of varying levels by multidisciplinary mental health teams. Throughout the paper I make connections between the literature and my observations and experiences from my practicum. I conclude that many of the strengths challenges that are discussed in the literature reflect similar strengths and challenges that exist at PAPHR Mental Health Services.
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Integrating theory and practice: clinical counselling experience at the South East Integrated Care Center
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010-04-20) McMullen, Marnie; Novik, Nuelle
This Master of Social Work practicum report is a culmination of my clinical experiences at the South East Integrated Care Center in Moosomin, Saskatchewan from January 6, 2010 to April 1, 2010. This practicum experience is in portion of the requirements to obtain my Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Regina. During this practicum, I was able to meet my goals which included: exploring counselling theory and its application to individuals with palliative health issues; gaining an understanding of issues related to resources available to rural palliative care individuals; gaining knowledge and skills to work with a multidisciplinary team and gaining experience in group work. The report is divided into nine sections which include ideology, values, theory, strategies, ethics, skills, relationships, practicum findings and visions. Within the practicum findings the writer will provide case examples to demonstrate knowledge and practice. The writer will also include complied statistical information obtained through the practicum and provide overall themes of evaluation. This paper will conclude with a summarization of the benefits and learned experience gained through this practicum. The report is divided into nine sections which include ideology, values, theory, strategies, ethics, skills, relationships, practicum findings and visions. Within the practicum findings the writer will provide case examples to demonstrate knowledge and practice. The writer will also include complied statistical information obtained through the practicum and provide overall themes of evaluation. This paper will conclude with a summarization of the benefits and learned experience gained through this practicum.
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Women and economic empowerment: gender and HIV/AIDS in Ghana
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010-08) De Ciman, Memunatou Abib; Durst, Douglas
This report discusses a practicum project that was focused on empowering women economically in the face of HIV/AIDS. The project was carried out in three African countries, namely Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda. Its purpose was to develop and deliver a multi-faceted, inter-generational training program designed to promote gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. It operated in both institutional and community settings and focused on cultural and social impacts on sexual behaviour. The project also designed and implemented an income-generating activity to create long-term sustainable income for women living with HIV/AIDS.
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A social work practicum with the Regina Public School Division
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010-08) Boyd, Neeja Carling; Sanchez, Miguel
This field practicum report discusses my experience as a Master of Social Work (MSW) student from the University of Regina with the Regina Public School Division (RPSD). I was able to work alongside a school counsellor at three elementary schools within the RPSD. In this paper, I will outline my practicum objectives and discuss how I was able to achieve them. An overview of the agency and the roles and duties of a school counsellor will be reviewed. In this report I will incorporate the main projects and activities I was able to participate in such as: group facilitation, assisting with implementing interventions, attending specialized meetings and working collaboratively with outside agencies. I have discussed the theoretical orientation of each of these interventions and the strengths-based perspective and cognitive behavior therapy within this report. I have also discussed social work values and ethics.
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Knowledge.spirit.strength: we are teachers to each other
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2010-11-15) Peterson, Terri
No abstract supplied by the author. Abstract created by the cataloguer from information contained in the Introduction. This document describes the stories, hopes, and intentions of a local practitioner and a community of Métis students. It illustrates an empowerment based approach to community work informed by both narrative ideas and the sharing traditions of the Aboriginal people of Saskatchewan. Over the last several months, the students of SUNTEP (Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program) have explored and documented their narratives of struggle and determination with the dream of inspiring local Aboriginal youth and addressing social inequities within the larger community. Using the cultural and narrative custom of sharing, the students created a collective document describing the hopes, knowledge, and skills of their community to distribute among their many neighbors.
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Working toward a provincial strategy to eliminate poverty: a reflective review of a practicum with poverty-free Saskatchewan.
(2011) Yung, Angela; Mulvale, Jim; Enoch, Simon; Novik, Nuelle
This report is a reflective review of an eight-month part-time Master of Social Work field practicum, which I competed in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office (CCPA-SK) and the Poverty-Free Saskatchewan (PFS) network between the months of January and August of 2010. My practicum experience focused on the continued development of Poverty-Free Saskatchewan, a network of concerned individuals seeking to develop a poverty elimination strategy. PFS is following the trend of other Canadian provinces which are working on poverty reduction strategies. My practicum followed the work of my colleague, Kirk Englot, who completed his MSW Field Practicum with PFS prior to my involvement. This report outlines the ideologies, theories, and values which underlie my work. Furthermore, I also reflect upon my practicum experience by evaluating my professional beliefs, skills, ethics and future career goals.
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Strength-based practice in a community based agency
(2011) Down, Debra Lynn; Bryson-Sarauer, Deborah
This paper is a reflection of my clinical counseling experience during practicum placement at Family Service Saskatoon (FSS) for my Master of Social Work from the University of Regina. The practicum report presents and analyses strength-based group work, from a feminist, mutual aid perspective. Issues related to culture and social work ethics are discussed. Barriers to learning, practices that could enrich the practicum experience and visions for future social work group work are presented. While I have chosen to apply the integrative practicum report framework outlined in the University of Regina Faculty of Social Work Guidelines for the MSW Practicum in a flexible manner for the purposes of this report, I have covered the suggested topics in the body of the report.
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Mental health and addiction services administration: a field practicum report
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2011) Johnson, Sara Elizabeth; Durst, Douglas; Novik, Nuelle
This report reflects my practicum experience with the Regina Qu’Appelle Mental Health and Addiction Services Administrative Leadership. The practicum took place between September 5, 2010 and December 13, 2010. This report follows the Direct Practice Framework recommended for Integrative Practicum Reports as outlined by the University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work. This framework includes the areas of: Ideology, Theory and Models of Practice, Values, Ethics, Relationships, Strategies, Skills and Vision. This report is a synthesis of my observations, research, participation and personal experience of my practicum. Its purpose is to highlight critical thinking, and experiential and reflective learning.
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Healthy mothers, healthy babies: a practicum utilizing self regulation therapy to address symptoms of pre-natal and postpartum depression and anxiety.
(2011-02-23T16:21:17Z) Tucker, Kim M.
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Rural Saskatchewan seniors: perceptions of health
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2011-07) Tremblay, Larina L.; Jeffery, Bonnie
No abstract supplied by the author. Abstract created by the cataloguer from information contained in the Introduction. The objective of this report is to focus on one aspect of the study: an examination of the health beliefs of elderly Canadians living in rural Saskatchewan and specifically, how rural seniors conceptualize health. Increased understanding of how seniors’ conceptualize what it means to be healthy ensures that service programs and delivery of those programs will better meet the needs of the aging population. The findings from this study will assist in informing rural social work practice, service delivery and policy making in the area of rural seniors health.
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Individual advocacy strategies and individual advocacy casework at the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry
(Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, 2011-08) Nguyen , Thi Hong Thu; Durst, Douglas; Mulvale, James
This practicum report is about low income people in Regina, the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry (RAPM), and the journey of the writer to learn about poverty in its true colour. The report partly retells the self-exploration of the writer regarding low income people in Regina, her awareness of the deplorable conditions that low income people in Regina, and possible causes for damages in the lives of low income people. The report looks at the work of RAPM in the three following areas: 1) individual advocacy, 2) public education, and 3) social justice. The staff members at RAPM do not work by themselves to bring change to policies and regulations of the government. They work in collaboration with many community based organizations, non-governmental organizations, government organizations, self-advocates, and researchers to use case advocacy for cause advocacy. RAPM has achieved many successes in the individual advocacy area, public education area, and social justice area. The successes of RAPM have inspired me to be a social work advocate who is determined to bring change to the world around me.

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