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This dictionary offers students and faculty a common definition of professional terms in a structure that is readily understood and organized for cross referencing of overlapping ideas and terms.\u003Cbr>This dictionary will help you integrate terms into your understanding of academic material as well as help you apply what you are learning in the practicum experience. It will also help you as you prepare your BSW Competency Examination and your MSW Professional Portfolio.\u003Cbr>There may be times when terms used in textbooks, journalsand the classroom are not in sync with each other, which reflects the ongoing development of knowledge in the profession of social work. Try not to let this confuse you, and use this resource as away of providing a conceptual framework foryour very important profession.\u003Cbr>1 |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| How is the dictionary organized?\u003Cbr>¾ There are two sections to this dictionary, including:\u003Cbr>1. Social Work Academic Terms\u003Cbr>This section defines and describes commonly used terms in social work education and practicum.\u003Cbr>2. Social Work Practice Terms\u003Cbr>This section defines and describes commonly used terms in social work practice in real client situations.\u003Cbr>¾ A number of terms and groups of terms are crossreferenced in the dictionary, which will help you understand similar terms and how some terms relate to each other.\u003Cbr>2 | ¾ Several sections in the dictionary are expanded and organized in such a way as to show the relationship between concepts and definitions. The following sections will be especially helpful in bringing together these sometimes abstract terms and how to use them professionally.\u003Cbr>¾ Conceptual frameworks\u003Cbr>¾ Group work\u003Cbr>¾ Evaluation of practice\u003Cbr>¾ Intervention\u003Cbr>¾ Interviewing / counseling\u003Cbr>¾ Levels of practice\u003Cbr>¾ Organizations\u003Cbr>¾ Orienting / explanatory theories\u003Cbr>¾ Practice theories / models\u003Cbr>¾ Professional perspectives\u003Cbr>¾ Research\u003Cbr>¾ Social work roles\u003Cbr>¾ Theory\u003Cbr>3 |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| \u003Cbr>Section 1\u003Cbr>Social Work Academic Terms\u003Cbr>Academic advisor\u003Cbr>Faculty member responsible for meeting with individual students to provide academic planning and mentoring.\u003Cbr>Academic misconduct\u003Cbr>The violation of the UM Student Conduct Code in regard to academics, including (1) plagiarism,(2) misconduct during an examination or academic exercise,(3) unauthorized use or possession of examination,(4) tampering with course materials,(5) submitting false information,(6) cheating,(7) submitting work from previous courses,(8) inappropriately influencing conduct to obtain grade. 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