Teaching Note—Termination of the Social Work Process: Field Education and COVID-19

Micsky, Tami J.

The termination process is integral to social work practice. Social work educators are charged with providing students with curriculum to build knowledge and skills to engage in a deliberate, task-oriented approach to concluding the social work process. However, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, social work students in field placement suffered an unprecedented level of unplanned premature termination experiences. This teaching note describes the experiences of undergraduate students who, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were obliged to prematurely terminate their field placements and client relationships. The author shares lessons learned from the experience, including content and assignment suggestions, along with recommendations for future research regarding termination of the social work process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Social Work Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)