VOICE UP
PERSONALIZED 8-WEEK PLANNING & READINESS GUIDE
Helping people understand and access the mental-health and community resources that already exist
Practicum Edition: Alliant University
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START HERE: ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE THREE PLATFORMS
Your Voice Up work happens across three platforms: voiceuplearning.com, voiceuplearning.life, and voiceuplab.org. This section lists the different types of activities you can complete on each one. Everything counts when it is documented on the platform. If it is not documented on the platform, it did not happen.
Required viewing at the beginning: watch both of these videos before you start the Week 1 work.
Video 1: Voice Up Student Introduction: The Eight Activities That Count. This video goes over all the different areas you can complete on and across the three platforms. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60YgUdhHnkY
Video 2: How to Complete Your Weekly Log. This video shows exactly how to fill out and complete your weekly log. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/uVOWI_4KrKY
On voiceuplab.org (Voice Up Lab)
- Meeting Attendance. Come to the required meetings. Your attendance is tracked and recorded automatically on the platform.
- Learning Modules. Work the learning modules here, including the trilogy modules and the video library modules.
- Video Library. Watch the interview videos in the video library.
- 7-Day Sprint Activities. Complete the 7-day Sprint that goes with each library video.
- The Trilogies. Read and work through the trilogies and their modules on this site.
- Case Studies on Voice Up Lab. Work the Lab case study walkthroughs and write your responses.
- Weekly Log. Submit your weekly log in the Intern Hour Logs, with 2 to 3 specific sentences for each day and your weekly reflection.
- Hours Logs. Log every hour in the Intern Hour Logs on this site.
- Special Projects. Work on special projects assigned or requested. They tie directly to your guide and the areas you chose. If you are stuck, ask through the help desk on this site.
On voiceuplearning.com (Voice Up Learning)
- Case Studies on Voice Up Learning. Work the scenario case studies and answer the reflection questions.
- Learning Library. This site also holds a library of its own learning modules, alongside its case studies.
On voiceuplearning.life (the Learning Site)
- Minutes Reflections. After each meeting, write your minutes reflection here: what was covered, and what it means for your work.
- Your Guide and Dashboard. Your personalized 8-week guide and your dashboard live on this site.
On Base44 (your own app)
- Base44 Planning and Creation. Plan and build your own site or app by talking directly to AI. This is where your weekly Base44 development block happens. Week 1 of this guide walks you through getting access.
| Weekly Hour Table: 20 hours, every week | Recommended Hours |
|---|---|
| Field placement: direct and indirect practice | 8 hours |
| Licensed supervision | 1 hour |
| Reading and reflection | 1 hour |
| Voice Up Learning Site engagement (case studies: reflections on real-world scenarios from the field) | 2 to 3 hours |
| Base44 site development: build on your own site or app every week, and put the live link and your build note in your weekly log (in Week 1, this begins with the required access email to info@ellingtonbooks.com) | 2 hours |
| Video library + 7-day Sprint: complete three separate video module reviews every week, plus the 7-day Sprint activities | 2 hours |
| Lifeline development, revision, and review: weekly updates and refinement based on lessons learned each week | 10 to 15 minutes |
| Minutes reflection: reflect on the week's meeting minutes and write the reflection on the platform | 15 minutes |
| Weekly log: submit your weekly log every week, and log every hour in both Time2Track and the Voice Up Intern Hour Logs | 30 minutes |
| Community outreach: reaching out and discussing the work you are doing with new people every week, or planning who the new people will be, the best methods of reaching out to them, and tracking those methods | 1 hour |
| Weekend Meeting: attend the required Weekend Meeting, Saturday at 1:30 PM ET. The 1.5 hours covers action items, reviewing the minutes and the next steps, and planning for the upcoming week. | 1.5 hours |
| Total | 20 hours |
Note: every row counts on its own, and the rows add up to exactly 20 hours a week. In the total, the case studies count at 2.5 hours, the middle of the 2 to 3 hour range, and the lifeline counts at 15 minutes.
START HERE: THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF VOICE UP
Before anything else in this guide, start here. Voice Up runs on five principles. They guide every meeting, every project, and every week of this guide.
- Collaboration: all are welcome.
- Humility: we all have much to learn.
- Precision: all the details matter.
- Patience: we all need forgiveness; we all make mistakes and learn from each.
- Empathy: we must understand your why.
This is how Voice Up has achieved what it has to date.
Why these principles matter in an AI economy:
AI tools can now do many tasks. They can write, sort, plan, and answer questions fast. What they cannot do is care about people.
The people who succeed in this economy are the ones who work well with others, keep learning, get the details right, stay patient when things go wrong, and take time to understand people. That is exactly what these five principles teach.
These principles are how a person stands out. They are how a person earns trust. And trust is what leads to real work, real responsibility, and real pay.
One expectation matters most:
In today's economy, one of the most important expectations is how well a person reads and follows the exact directions provided. This is not a small thing. It can literally be the difference between doubling your earning potential and not being successful.
This guide runs on exact directions. Every week has required blocks, clear deliverables, and a weekly log. Following them exactly, from Week 1, is part of the work itself.
So read each direction before you start. Follow it as written. Then check your work against it before you turn it in.
THE TRILOGIES: WHY THEY MATTER
In these guides, a trilogy is three connected parts of one story or theme. Your anchor trilogy is The Naming Gap Trilogy. You return to it across the weeks, so each part adds to what came before.
The trilogy is the anchor for this guide. Each week's work connects back to it. That repeated return lets you see one theme from several angles instead of meeting it once and moving on.
Real change is seen over time and in parts. A trilogy shows that pattern. Place your own lifeline and fire statement next to the trilogy's story as you read and work. At the end, your portfolio draws on all three parts and on the way your own purpose grew beside them.
ONE SET OF RULES, EVERYWHERE
The same rules that apply in this guide apply on every Voice Up platform you use: voiceuplab.org, voiceuplearning.com, voiceuplearning.life, and Base44.
The required blocks, the deadlines, the logging, and the exact directions do not change from platform to platform. Follow the same directions in the same way everywhere.
Precision. All the details matter.
INTRODUCTION TO BASE44: A NEW SKILL FOR THE AI ECONOMY
REQUIRED FIRST STEP: When you begin the Base44 section of this guide, your first step is to submit an email to info@ellingtonbooks.com requesting access to the VoiceUp Base44 platform. This is an important and required step. Your Base44 work cannot begin until your access is in place, so send this email first, before you start the Week 1 Base44 block.
This work is designed on purpose to develop a new type of skill, one that is exceptionally valuable in the AI economy. The skill is learning how to talk directly to AI in specific ways. You learn to take the ideas in your head and explain them so clearly and in such detail that the AI can turn them into a real tool that other people can use. That is the heart of the Base44 work: you are not just using technology, you are learning to direct it.
Be patient with yourself in this process. Talking directly to AI in this specific way takes a while to learn. It is a skill you build step by step, week by week, through practice, clear words, and revision.
The reward for learning it is real. This skill has unmatched earning potential. It holds its value regardless of the field you eventually decide to pursue, and across multiple fields if you decide to pursue more than one, because every field now needs people who can turn their ideas into real tools that others can use.
STUDENT INFORMATION
Name: Allison Frame
Email: aframe@alliant.edu (school)
Emergency Contact Name: Kathleen Cavanaugh
Emergency Contact Phone: 916-342-4093
College / University: Alliant International University
Program: Master of Social Work (MSW), LCSW Licensure Track, Specialized Practicum, Spring 2027
Phase: Planning (Pre-Execution)
Guide Start Date: January 11, 2027
Selected Pathway: Alliant Practicum Pathway (20 Hours / Week)
Field Placement Site: Voice Up (remote placement)
Licensed Supervisor: To be confirmed with Alliant Field Education
Selected Anchor Trilogy: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Competency Track: CSWE 2022 EPAS Competencies
Assigned Mentor: Voice Up Mentor
Community Focus: Families and adults
A NOTE BEFORE YOU BEGIN: THIS GUIDE IS A LIVING DOCUMENT
This guide is a starting point, not a fixed path. As you move through the 8 weeks, you will encounter new information, new people, and new questions. That is the point.
Each week includes a Trilogy Connection box tied to your anchor trilogy, a Competency Alignment box tied to your track, reflection questions for your weekly log, and three hard coded required blocks that appear in every week of every Voice Up guide:
- BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT: the first steps are exploring. You learn all that the Base44 platform can do, then explore how it connects directly to your lifeline and your fire statement as you build your own project site week by week. Every week you post the live link and a build note in your weekly log, and your build note states how that week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement.
- LIFELINE: you write, revise, and review your lifeline, the short statement of your purpose in your own words, with formal revisions at Weeks 4 and 7 and a final review at Week 8.
- VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT: one assigned interview module and its 7-day sprint every week. You complete three separate module reviews at a minimum every week: the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library, and there are plenty to choose from. Your weekly log lists each module by title with your review and one takeaway from each, plus a short sprint reflection.
The goal is never compliance with a document. The goal is growth, connection, and purpose. This guide exists to serve that goal, and to serve you.
REQUIRED: STUDENT HANDBOOK & FOUNDER MEETING
BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS 8-WEEK GUIDE, TWO STEPS ARE REQUIRED:
Step 1: Read and Complete the Voice Up Student Handbook: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentHandbook
Step 2: Schedule Your Founder Meeting with Art Fuller: https://calendly.com/ellingtonbooks-info
These two steps must be done before you begin Week 1. They are not optional. They are the gateway into the Voice Up 8-week journey.
OFFICIAL PROGRAM LINKS
- Student Handbook (REQUIRED): https://voiceuplab.org/StudentHandbook
- Schedule Founder Meeting (REQUIRED): https://calendly.com/ellingtonbooks-info
- Submit References (REQUIRED BEFORE WEEK 2): https://voiceuplab.org/references
- Join Saturday Meetings (1:30 PM or 9:30 PM Eastern): https://voiceuphub.com/
- Voice Up Main Site: https://voiceuplab.org/
- Competency Alignment & Standards: https://voiceuplab.org/CompetencyAlignment
- Explore Video Modules: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules
- Weekly Intern Hour Logs: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
- Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
- Miracle Has a Monster Trilogy Page: https://voiceuplab.org/MiracleHasAMonsterTrilogyPage
- Anonymous Student Feedback (End of Week 4 & Week 8): https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
- Participation Waiver: https://voiceuplab.org/ParticipationWaiver
- Support / Contact: info@voiceup.life
WHY THIS PLANNING GUIDE EXISTS
This section is personalized for the student from their planning entry, in their own words. Every element below reflects what the student told us about their cause, their goals, and how they work.
Your Fire:
"I am committed to helping people better understand and access mental-health and community resources. Too often, services exist, but people do not know where to start, whether they qualify, or how to navigate complicated systems. I want to help make those systems easier to understand and more accessible."
Why This Cause Matters to You:
"This cause is important to me because I have seen how difficult it can be for people to navigate systems when they are already dealing with stress, health concerns, or financial hardship. In healthcare, I worked with patients who sometimes struggled to access care because of paperwork, technology, insurance requirements, or confusion about the process. Through my work with LIHEAP, I also saw how important community programs can be for families experiencing financial hardship. Those experiences helped me realize that I am especially interested in the connection between people and the systems designed to support them. As I pursue my MSW, I want to learn how to help people feel less overwhelmed, better informed, and more connected to resources that can improve their well-being."
Your Community Focus:
"Families and adults"
What You Will Accomplish in the Next 3 to 4 Months:
"Over the next three to four months, I would like to focus on identifying common barriers that prevent adults and families from finding and using mental-health and community resources. I would like to learn directly from individuals and community partners about where confusion or gaps exist and use that information to help create practical, easy-to-understand resources or outreach that connects people with support. I would also like to better understand how social workers can help bridge the gap between available services and the people who need them."
Your Vision of Success:
"Success would mean creating something practical that can continue helping people beyond my individual practicum experience. That could include a resource guide, educational materials, outreach tools, or recommendations based on what I learn from community members and partners. I would also consider it a success if I leave the experience with a better understanding of the barriers adults and families face when seeking support and stronger skills in listening, community engagement, resource navigation, and program development. Most importantly, I would want the work to make it a little easier for someone to understand where they can turn for help and how to take the next step."
Your Research Approach:
"I would begin by reviewing reliable information about barriers to accessing mental-health and community services, including government reports, nonprofit research, and information from local service providers. I would also look at existing resource guides and outreach materials to see what information is already available and where gaps may exist. Just as importantly, I would want to learn from people with direct experience. I would speak with community organizations, social service professionals, and, when appropriate, individuals who have tried to navigate these systems themselves. Combining research with lived experience would give me a stronger understanding of both the services available and the barriers people actually face when trying to access them."
Your Communication Strategy:
"I would share the work in several formats so that it is accessible to different audiences. This could include a simple resource guide or one-page handout for individuals and families, a digital version that can be shared through websites or social media, and a short presentation for community partners or professionals. I would also consider creating brief educational content, such as infographics or short posts, that explain common barriers and where people can begin looking for help. For professional audiences, I could summarize key findings, patterns, and recommendations in a short report or presentation. Using multiple formats would make the information useful to people with different needs and levels of familiarity with the topic."
Your Tracking Commitment:
"I would keep a regular reflection log throughout the project. I would document what I worked on, what I learned, questions that came up, feedback I received, and anything that changed my understanding of the issue. I would also track recurring themes, such as barriers people mention frequently or resources that are difficult to find or understand. Periodically reviewing those notes would help me identify patterns and make adjustments rather than waiting until the end of the project to reflect. This would also support my development as an MSW student by helping me connect what I am learning in practice to my social work education."
How You Receive Feedback:
"I would actively ask for feedback throughout the process rather than waiting until the project is finished. I would share drafts or early ideas with my Voice Up supervisor, community partners, and other people familiar with the population or services involved. When appropriate, I would also want feedback from the people the resource is intended to help. I could ask whether the information is easy to understand, whether anything important is missing, and what could make it more useful. I would then use that feedback to revise and improve the project. I think this is especially important because something can look clear from a professional perspective but feel very different to someone who is actually trying to navigate the system."
Core Belief:
"Purpose grows through reflection, relationships, and repetition."
REQUIRED PARTICIPATION COMMITMENTS
- Reference Submission (REQUIRED BEFORE WEEK 2): Submit at https://voiceuplab.org/references
- Dual Hour Logging (REQUIRED): Log every hour in BOTH Time2Track and the Voice Up Intern Hour Logs at https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs. If an hour is not logged in both places, it does not count.
- Weekend Meeting (REQUIRED): Attend the weekly Weekend Meeting, Saturday at 1:30 PM ET, plus your scheduled supervision sessions. If you cannot attend live, watch the recording and submit your reflection.
- Weekly Trilogy Reflection Prompts (REQUIRED): Answer the trilogy reflection prompts in your weekly log every week.
- Anonymous Student Feedback (REQUIRED AT WEEKS 4 AND 8): Complete the Anonymous Student Feedback form at the end of Week 4 and Week 8: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
- Submit Your Questions: Submit questions each week at https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
- Weekly Log Submissions: Document progress every week at https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
- Participation Waiver: Required for any activity involving participants: https://voiceuplab.org/ParticipationWaiver
YOUR 8-WEEK PLANNING PATHWAY
Each week includes: a focus theme from the clinical practicum arc, THREE activity choices (select ONE), the three hard coded required blocks (Base44 Site Development, Lifeline, and Video Library + 7-Day Sprint), a TRILOGY CONNECTION box, a COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT box, reflection questions for your weekly log, and your 11 weekly hours logged in both Time2Track and InternHourLogs.
WEEK 1: Ethics and Consent
REQUIRED INITIAL SETUP: WEEK 1 (MANDATORY)
These setup steps are absolutely required. Complete every step below in Week 1, before the regular weekly work. This setup comes first, ahead of the weekly blocks that follow.
Required viewing at the beginning: before you start the Week 1 work, watch the two required beginning videos listed at the front of this guide in "Start Here: Activities Across the Three Platforms": the student introduction video on the activities that count, and "How to Complete Your Weekly Log" (https://youtu.be/uVOWI_4KrKY).
Part 1: The First Five Steps on voiceuplearning.com
Go to voiceuplearning.com and complete the first five steps on the platform. Here is what each of the five steps is:
Step 1: Official Sign-Up & Registration. This is the registration and demographic survey that opens your student record. Complete the full sign-up so your record is open before you do anything else on the platform.
Step 2: Find Your Purpose, Elevate Your Impact. This is the video interview application. You record and submit your video interview on the platform.
Step 3: Well-Being Assessment. This is the student well-being assessment questionnaire. Complete the full questionnaire.
Step 4: Share Your Talents. This is the talents inventory. You document your talents and strengths.
Step 5: Do You Have That Fire? This is the fire assessment. You write your fire statement.
The platform also shows a Step 6 (Create Your Lifeline) and a Step 7 (First 100 Hours in the AI Economy). Those two steps are optional on the platform. The lifeline is different: in this guide, lifeline work is required every week, starting with your first lifeline draft in Week 1. See the Lifeline block for each week.
Part 2: Set Up Your Account on voiceuplearning.life
You also need your own account on voiceuplearning.life, the Voice Up learning site where your guide dashboard and weekly work live. Set it up in Week 1, in this order:
Step 1: Go to voiceuplearning.life and open the registration page (Create your account).
Step 2: Choose how you will sign up. You can select Continue with Google, or you can sign up with your email address and a password.
Step 3: If you sign up with email: enter your email address, create a password, and enter the same password again to confirm it. The two passwords must match. Then select Create account.
Step 4: If you signed up with email, check your email. The site sends you a 6-digit code. Enter the code on the Verify your email screen and select Verify. If the code does not arrive, select Resend to get a new code.
Step 5: When your email is verified, you are signed in and the site takes you to the home page. Your account is officially set up.
Ground your practicum in the rules that protect clients and the people who serve them. Before technique comes trust: consent, confidentiality, and the limits of both.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Ethics Standards Review
Read the ethics standards that govern your placement and your profession. Write one page: the standards you will lean on most, and one real situation where each one will be tested.
OPTION B: Consent Script Draft
Draft the exact words you will use to explain informed consent, confidentiality, and its limits to a new client, in plain language a first-time client understands. Review the draft with your licensed supervisor.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: A Practicing Clinician
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a licensed clinician about how they handle consent and boundaries in real practice, including the moments that are hardest to get right. Listen more than you speak.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Explore the Platform: What Base44 Can Do
Step 1 (required): Send an email to info@ellingtonbooks.com requesting access to the VoiceUp Base44 platform. This is an important and required step, and your Base44 work cannot begin until your access is in place. When your access is set, go on to Step 2, the exploration step below.
Your first step is to explore, not to build. Take a guided look at the whole Base44 platform and learn all that it can do. Go through your app part by part: pages, components, data and entities, forms, media and files, backend functions, integrations, sign-in, and publishing. Try the tools as you go, and for each part write down what it does and one way you might use it. Confirm your site opens correctly on a phone and on a computer, and note anything that does not work yet.
Deliverable: Post the live link to your site in your weekly log, with this week's build note: a short What Base44 Can Do capability map that lists what you found across the platform and what each part can do. In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. In your build note, also record the date you sent your access email to info@ellingtonbooks.com. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Write Your First Lifeline Draft
In this week's log, write your lifeline in one to two sentences, in your own words, tied directly to your Fire. A lifeline says why this work matters to you and who it is for. It does not need to be perfect. It needs to be true. Save this first version exactly as you wrote it. You will return to it all guide long.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Noguera Bridge Interview and the Noguera Bridge 7-Day Sprint (education equity). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Your anchor trilogy opens with trust being built or broken. Where does the story show consent, honesty, or a boundary being honored? What does it teach you about the first conversation with a client?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Ethics and Professional Behavior]. This week you establish the ethical ground of your practice: informed consent, confidentiality and its limits, and professional boundaries.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- Which ethics standard will be hardest for you to hold in real practice, and why?
- In your own words, how will you explain the limits of confidentiality to a client?
- What did your supervisor, or the clinician you spoke with, say that changed your thinking?
- How does this week's trilogy reading connect to the trust you are building with clients?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 2: Listening and Client Conversation
The session is a conversation before it is an intervention. This week is about listening a client can feel: open questions, reflection, summarizing, and silence used well.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Listening Skills Study
Study the core listening skills used at your site: open questions, reflections, affirmations, and summaries. For each one, write an example line you could actually say in session.
OPTION B: Session Conversation Map
Take one de-identified session from your placement and map the conversation: where listening opened something up, where it closed something down, and what you would do differently.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: The Client's Side
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a mentor, peer, or community member about what makes people feel truly heard by a helper, and what makes them shut down.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Keep Exploring: Map the Tools to Your Own Project
Keep exploring the tools of the platform inside your own app. Try the page builder, the data and entity tools, forms, media uploads, and at least one backend function or integration. For each capability you try, write one line that maps it to your own project: what it can do, and where it could fit in the site you want to build. If your exploring points you to a first page or feature, you may start it, but exploring comes first this week.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Lifeline in the Log
Write one paragraph in this week's log connecting your lifeline to the actual work you did this week. Where did the lifeline show up in the work? Where was it tested?
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Slater Commencement Interview and the Slater Commencement 7-Day Sprint (purpose). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
In your trilogy this week, find the conversation that changes something. Who listens, and how? What does the story show about the difference between hearing words and understanding a person?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Communication and Interpersonal Skills]. This week you practice the listening and conversation skills at the center of clinical work.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- Which listening skill is strongest in your practice right now, and which needs the most work?
- Describe a moment (de-identified) where listening changed the direction of a conversation.
- What did you learn about how clients experience being heard?
- What is one listening habit you will practice deliberately in session this week?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 3: Systems and Referral Mapping
No client lives inside one system. This week you map the world around your clients: schools, health care, benefits, housing, faith communities, and the law, and how referrals actually move between them.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Local Systems Map
Draw the systems map for the community your site serves: the main systems your clients touch, who runs them, and where they connect or collide.
OPTION B: Referral Resource Inventory
Build a verified inventory of 8 to 10 referral resources: name, contact, eligibility, wait time, and how a referral is actually made.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: Referral Partner
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with someone at a community agency your site refers to. Ask how referrals really move, and where they break down.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Connect Base44 to Your Lifeline and Fire Statement
This week, begin exploring how Base44 relates directly to your lifeline and your fire statement. Read your lifeline and your fire statement again, then turn them into the heart of your site: the purpose stated on your home page, the pages that carry your story, and the features that serve the people your lifeline names. Build or revise your case study or story page so a first-time visitor can see your lifeline and your fire statement in the content itself. Add the images and links your plan calls for.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Lifeline Wording Revision, With Mentor Feedback
Bring your lifeline to your mentor or supervisor and ask for direct feedback on the wording. Revise it. Keep both versions in your log, and note what changed and why.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Neufeld Purpose Interview and the Neufeld Purpose 7-Day Sprint (purpose in practice). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Your trilogy shows a person moving through a world bigger than one helper. Where do systems help the central figure, and where do they fail them? What does that teach you about your role as a connector?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Systems-Based Practice and Advocacy]. This week you learn the systems around your clients, and your place in connecting them.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- Which system touches your clients' lives most, and what did you learn about how it works?
- Where did you find the biggest gap between what clients need and what the system offers?
- What makes a referral real instead of a phone number on a page?
- How will this map change the way you work with clients next week?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 4: Cultural Humility and Assessment
Assessment is an act of power, and humility is how we hold it well. This week you examine your own lens and the tools your site uses to understand clients.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Cultural Humility Self-Assessment
Complete a structured cultural humility self-assessment. Name two assumptions or biases you will watch for in your own practice, and how you will watch for them.
OPTION B: Assessment Tool Review
Choose one assessment used at your site. Review it closely: what it measures, who it serves well, who it may miss, and what you will do about the gaps.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: Being Assessed
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a community member about their experience of being screened, tested, or assessed by a helping system. Listen for what dignity felt like, or did not.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Build Review and Fix List
Review everything you have built so far against your Week 1 site plan. Write a fix list of at least five items (wording, layout, links, images, order of content) and fix the top three this week.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: FORMAL LIFELINE REVISION 1 (REQUIRED CHECKPOINT)
Submit your before and after lifeline versions in this week's log, with three to five sentences on what the first four weeks taught you that the new wording now carries. This is a required checkpoint, reviewed with your mentor.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Doyle Pandemic Purpose Interview and the Doyle Pandemic Purpose 7-Day Sprint (purpose under pressure). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
In your trilogy, who gets misunderstood, and by whom? What does the story teach about the distance between how a person is seen and who they are?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Cultural Humility and Assessment]. This week you practice assessing with humility: knowing your lens, questioning your tools, and centering the client's own account.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
REQUIRED THIS WEEK: Complete the Anonymous Student Feedback form: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- What is one assumption you caught in yourself this week?
- What does your site's assessment practice do well, and where could it miss the person in front of you?
- What did the community conversation teach you about dignity in assessment?
- What will you do differently in your next assessment conversation?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 5: Crisis, Safety, and Mandated Reporting
Some weeks the work is keeping people safe. This week you learn your site's crisis and safety protocols cold, and the exact steps of mandated reporting in your state.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Crisis Protocol Review
Read your site's crisis and safety protocols end to end. Write the steps in your own words, in order, as a one-page quick reference you could use under pressure.
OPTION B: Mandated Reporting Walkthrough
Work through two practice scenarios provided by your supervisor or your program. For each, write the exact reporting steps: who you call, what you document, and what you tell the client.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: Safety Partner
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a crisis line worker, school counselor, or safety officer about how crisis response works in real life, and what they wish clinicians understood.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Second Feature Build
Build the second feature from your site plan, for example a form, a resources page, a booking link, or a gallery. Connect it to your earlier pages so a visitor can move through the whole site without getting stuck.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Lifeline in Practice
Use your lifeline out loud in one real conversation or presentation this week. Write in your log what happened: how you said it, how the other person responded, and what you noticed about yourself.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Plough Public Health Interview and the Plough Public Health 7-Day Sprint (public health leadership). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Every story has a moment of danger, when someone must act. In your trilogy, who acts when things become unsafe, and what does their courage cost them? How does that shape how you will act?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Crisis Intervention and Legal and Ethical Obligations]. This week you prepare for the highest-stakes moments of practice: safety planning, crisis response, and mandated reporting.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- Walk through your site's crisis steps in your own words. Where do you still feel unsure?
- In a mandated reporting situation, what exactly do you do first, and what do you say to the client?
- What did the safety partner teach you that the protocol document did not?
- How will you care for yourself after a crisis week, and who is in your support plan?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 6: Warm Referrals and Case Conference
A warm referral is a relationship, not a hand-off. This week you practice the warm hand-off and bring real, de-identified work to case conference.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Warm Referral Practice Plan
Choose one real referral pathway at your site. Write the warm hand-off plan: who you call, what you send, how you introduce the client, and how you follow up until the connection lands.
OPTION B: Case Conference Preparation
Prepare one de-identified case for case conference: the question you are bringing, the evidence so far, the options you see, and what you need from the group.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: The Receiving End
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with someone at an agency that receives your site's referrals. Ask what a good hand-off looks like from their side.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Polish Pass: Mobile, Accessibility, Plain Wording
Check the full site on a phone: layout, tap targets, and reading order. Check accessibility basics: headings in order, alt text on images, and enough contrast. Rewrite any hard wording into plain words a first-time visitor understands.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Lifeline Evidence Check
Hold your lifeline up against your documented work: your logs, your hours, your site build, and your reflections. In this week's log, name two places where the evidence matches your lifeline and one place where it does not yet. Name the next step for the gap.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Tegmark and Esvelt Interview and the Tegmark/Esvelt 7-Day Sprint (systems and power). Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
In your trilogy, help arrives through people who know each other. Where does a well-made connection change the story? What made that connection warm instead of cold?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Collaboration and Care Coordination]. This week you practice coordinating care across people and agencies, with the client at the center.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- What are the steps of a warm referral, and where does your site's current process fall short?
- What question did you bring to case conference, and what did you take away?
- What did the receiving agency teach you about hand-offs?
- How does the quality of a referral change a client's willingness to keep going?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 7: Evaluation and Supervisor Interview
Good practitioners ask whether the work is working. This week you look at outcomes honestly, and you interview your licensed supervisor about how they judge growth and good practice.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Outcomes Review
Review the outcome evidence for your placement work so far: what has changed for clients, what your site tracks, and what it does not. Write one page on what the evidence shows, and what it cannot show.
OPTION B: Evaluation Methods Study
Compare two ways programs like yours are evaluated, for example symptom measures, client feedback, or goal attainment. Note what each reveals and what each misses.
OPTION C: Supervisor Interview
Interview your licensed supervisor: How do you judge whether a client is progressing? How do you judge whether I am growing? What should I focus on in my final weeks? Write up the interview in your log.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: User Testing and Revisions
Ask one real person (not a teammate) to use your site while you watch. Give them two tasks to complete. Write down where they hesitated or got lost, and revise the site from what you saw.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: FORMAL LIFELINE REVISION 2 (REQUIRED CHECKPOINT)
Submit your before and after lifeline versions in this week's log. Revise from the Week 6 evidence check and everything the work has taught you since Week 4. Note what changed and why.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Kubansky and Thewlis Interview and the Kubansky/Thewlis 7-Day Sprint. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Near the end of your trilogy, the central figure can see how far they have come. What are the signs of change in the story, and who names them? How will you learn to see change in your own clients?
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Evaluation and Professional Development]. This week you practice evaluating outcomes and using supervision as a tool for growth.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
- What does the outcome evidence say about your work so far, honestly?
- What did your supervisor interview, or your evaluation study, teach you about your own growth edges?
- What is the difference between a client improving and a client being well served? How do you know each one?
- What will you focus on in your final week based on this evaluation?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
WEEK 8: Portfolio and Learning Contract Review
Bring it together. This week you complete your closing product: a 1 to 2 page Competency Portfolio Narrative (or a Learning Contract review meeting, or a one-page forward plan), and you review your Learning Contract with your supervisor: what you promised, what you did, and what comes next.
Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):
OPTION A: Competency Portfolio Narrative
Write your 1 to 2 page Competency Portfolio Narrative: the competencies you set out to build, the evidence from your placement, your final lifeline, and where your practice goes next.
OPTION B: Learning Contract Review Meeting
Prepare for and hold your Learning Contract review meeting with your supervisor. Bring your one-page forward plan: your next placement or practice goals, and the steps to reach them.
OPTION C: Community Conversation: Forward-Facing Mentor
Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a mentor or clinician you admire about the next stage of your practice. Ask what they wish they had known at your stage.
BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: Final Build Review and Launch Summary
Do a final review of the whole site against your Week 1 site plan. Write your launch summary: what the site does, who it serves, what you built across the 8 weeks, and what you would build next.
Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
This week: FINAL LIFELINE REVIEW (REQUIRED)
Place every version of your lifeline side by side: the Week 1 draft, Week 4 Revision 1, Week 7 Revision 2, and your final version. Write a short review of how your words changed as your work deepened. Your final lifeline goes into your closing portfolio product.
VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)
MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.
Assigned module: Student choice: pick the interview and 7-Day Sprint most connected to your cause, or complete a sprint you missed earlier in the guide. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.
Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.
TRILOGY CONNECTION
Book: The Naming Gap Trilogy
Every story needs an ending that is really a beginning. As your trilogy closes, the central figure carries what they learned forward. Your portfolio is that carrying-forward: the proof of these eight weeks, and the plan for what you do next.
APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]
Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]
COMPETENCY ALIGNMENT
[Program Competency: Professional Identity and Lifelong Learning]. This week you step back and name the practitioner you are becoming, with evidence.
HOURS REMINDER: Log this week's 20 hours in BOTH Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs (8 field placement practice, 1 licensed supervision, 1 reading and reflection, 2 to 3 Learning Site case study engagement, and the other required hours listed in the Weekly Hour Table).
REQUIRED THIS WEEK: Complete the Anonymous Student Feedback form: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):
- Which closing product did you complete (narrative, review meeting, or forward plan), and why that one?
- Looking back at Week 1, how has your understanding of ethical, listening, and humble practice changed?
- What are you most proud of from these eight weeks of placement?
- What is the one recommendation you would make to your site, and why?
- What is your next step in practice, and who will walk with you?
1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Allison, what you have chosen is not simply a course requirement. It is the beginning of a practice: showing up for people, with skill, with humility, and with a clear sense of why the work matters.
Your Fire is clear: helping people understand and access the mental-health and community resources that already exist. Across these eight weeks you have practiced the foundations of the work: ethics and consent, listening, systems and referrals, cultural humility, safety, coordination, and evaluation. You have built a site that carries your work to the world, and a lifeline that has been tested and revised by real practice.
Voice Up exists because purpose grows through reflection, relationships, and repetition. Keep going. Your work matters.
"Creating something practical that can continue helping people beyond my individual practicum experience, so someone can understand where they can turn for help and how to take the next step."
With gratitude,
Art
EVIDENCE BASE & STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
The Naming Gap Trilogy
The student's selected anchor trilogy and its companion volumes form the narrative spine of this guide: the story, the people who walk beside the central figure, and the community that makes the work possible. Explore the trilogy pages from the Official Program Links, and the standards page: https://voiceuplab.org/CompetencyAlignment
Program Competency Alignment (Alliant Practicum Arc)
- Week 1: Ethics and consent
- Week 2: Listening and client conversation
- Week 3: Systems and referral mapping
- Week 4: Cultural humility and assessment
- Week 5: Crisis, safety, and mandated reporting
- Week 6: Warm referrals and case conference
- Week 7: Evaluation and supervisor interview
- Week 8: Portfolio and Learning Contract review
Each week maps to the CSWE 2022 EPAS competencies through the practicum arc above: Week 1 to Competency 1 (Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior), and across the eight weeks to engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Confirm the exact practice behaviors for your Learning Contract with your MSW Supervisor and Faculty Liaison. Full standards: https://voiceuplab.org/CompetencyAlignment
Hour Logging Standard
Practicum hours count only when they are logged in both Time2Track and https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs, in the 8 / 1 / 1 / 1 pattern of the weekly hour table.
Video Modules Referenced
- NogueraBridgeInterview / NogueraBridgeModule: education equity (Week 1)
- SlaterCommencementInterview / SlaterCommencementModule: purpose (Week 2)
- NeufeldPurposeInterview / NeufeldPurposeModule: purpose in practice (Week 3)
- DoylePandemicPurposeInterview / DoylePandemicPurposeModule: purpose under pressure (Week 4)
- PloughPublicHealthInterview / PloughPublicHealthModule: public health leadership (Week 5)
- TegmarkEsveltInterview / TegmarkEsveltModule: systems and power (Week 6)
- KubanskyThewlisInterview / KubanskyThewlisModule (Week 7)
- Week 8: student choice, or a missed sprint completed
Explore all: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules