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RESI Courses

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Students attending this residency have the opportunity to engage in supervised clinical practice in preparation for the foundation field experience. This clinical residency is designed to provide students with the opportunity to practice the essential skills required of social workers. Throughout this residency, students can demonstrate their skills in ethical practice, case conceptualization, and oral communication. In addition to familiarizing students with the Master of Social Work (MSW) program and the profession itself, faculty members will work with students throughout the residency and identify specific clinical development needs for each student to address prior to their first field experience.

Pre-requisites

• SOCW 6000
• SOCW 6101

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This residency is designed to complement the advanced curriculum. In this residency, students continue to develop their clinical skills and are required to demonstrate competency in ethical practice, case conceptualization, and evidence-based practice. Students also have the opportunity to strengthen their supervision and consultation skills through applied practice. Successful completion of this residency indicates that the student has demonstrated proficiency in the prescribed areas and is ready to interact with the public as a clinical social worker in training.

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The purpose of the EdD Residency is to socialize new students into the Walden doctoral community of scholar practitioners. Topics include doctoral competency development, orientation to academic support services and networking, community building, writing at the doctoral level and using American Psychological Association (APA) style, library search skill building, and an introduction to alignment and design of scholarly research. Each session meets measurable outcomes that describe what students should be able to do by the end of the session that demonstrates their mastery of the topic. Upon completion, students produce the initial draft of the EdD Doctoral Committee Assignment Form (DCAF) and identify goals for continual development of the skills and practices required of new doctoral students.

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The purpose of the EdD Advanced residency is to develop skills in reviewing and performing scholarly research. Topics include refinement of research questions, research question and methodology alignment, and literature critique and synthesis. Upon completion, students will have developed key components of a research plan. Each session meets measurable outcomes that describe what students should be able to do by the end of the session that demonstrates their mastery of the topic.

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In this residency, students continue to develop their clinical skills and are required to demonstrate competency in ethical practice, action research skills, and evidence-based practice. Students also have the opportunity to practice their own supervision and consultation skills through the supervision of MSW students. Successful completion of this residency indicates that the student has demonstrated proficiency in the prescribed areas and is ready to begin work on the action research capstone project.

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to socialize new students into the Walden University doctoral community of scholar-practitioners and to meet with Walden University faculty, staff, and students. Doctoral students attend required seminar topics that include orientation to academic support services, writing at the doctoral level using American Psychological Association (APA) style, library search skill building, and professional development.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to further socialize students into the Walden University doctoral community of scholar-practitioners. Doctoral students attend required seminars that include doctoral study development, academic support services, research and critical thinking skills, advanced APA Style, and professional development. Doctoral students will attend other seminars that include advising, research methodologies, doctoral study proposal writing resources, and writing skills sessions.

Pre-requisites

• RESI 8301

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to socialize new students into the Walden doctoral community of scholar-practitioners. Topics include doctoral competency development, orientation to academic support services and networking, community building, writing at the doctoral level and using American Psychological Association (APA) style, library search skill building, and professional development. Upon completion, students will have completed a self-assessment and identified goals for continual development of the skills and practices required of new doctoral students.

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to socialize new students into the Walden doctoral community of scholar-practitioners. Topics include doctoral competency development, orientation to academic support services and networking, community building, writing at the doctoral level and using American Psychological Association (APA) style, library search skill building, and professional development. Upon completion, students will have completed a self-assessment and identified goals for continual development of the skills and practices required of new doctoral students.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to develop skills in reviewing and performing scholarly research. Topics include refinement of research questions, research question and methodology alignment, and literature critique and synthesis. Upon completion, students will have developed key components of a research plan.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to develop skills in reviewing and performing scholarly research. Topics include refinement of research questions, research question and methodology alignment, and literature critique and synthesis. Upon completion, students will have developed key components of a research plan.

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The purpose of Residency 3 is to continue developing research skills that will lead to the development of the prospectus or dissertation proposal. Topics include qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research designs; data collection, management, and analysis considerations; and development of the prospectus. Upon completion, students will have completed a research alignment tool to inform and guide their dissertation research planning.

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The purpose of Residency 4 is to build students' capacity in representing themselves as scholar-practitioners. Curriculum tracks are available for student self-selection. Tracks include proposal writing; methods and data collection: qualitative; methods and data collection: quantitative; publishing and presenting; and an all-encompassing track. Upon completion, students will have the requisite skills to continue their doctoral research.

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to orient students to the program, socialize with faculty and doctoral students to become part of the Walden doctoral community of scholar-practitioners, provide a program overview and discussions relating to requirements and expectations, and develop an understanding of the doctoral study requirements for DrPH students. Students will have the opportunity to meet with peers, faculty members, and academic advisors and other staff advisors. Topics include skills and resources for success, critical thinking for doctoral scholarship, library search strategies, tools for organizing and analyzing literature, scholarly writing, and APA Style. Students begin to develop initial ideas for their doctoral study and learn how to move from social programs to research problems and then to research questions. For the required final assignment, students reflect on each session to identify key points learned, specific resources needed for their study, and next steps needed.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to continue to build research knowledge that will support the successful development of students' doctoral study prospectus, proposal, and final study. Topics include the Walden doctoral study process, research design and methods, alignment of research components, feasibility, and the literature review. For the required final assignment, students write a reflection journal for each session, including application to their doctoral study process, resources they will need, and next steps they need to move forward with research and doctoral study development. In this residency, students build their capacity to complete the doctoral study proposal and the sections that make up the completed doctoral study.

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to participate in a problem-solving charrette exercise that will build problem-solving skills and research knowledge. It will support the successful development of students' Professional Administrative Study prospectus and proposal. Topics include participation in a problem-solving charrette project, an overview of the PAS, and the feasibility of students' research ideas. For the required final assignment, students write a reflection paper about the charrette process and initial PAS ideas. They also reflect on the doctoral study process, resources they will need, and next steps they need to move forward with PAS development. In this residency, students build their capacity to complete the PAS prospectus and proposal.

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The focus of this residency is to support engaging in the Professional Administrative Study to include exploration of topics that include tips on working with client organizations, developing technical writing skill, protection of human subjects participants in applied research, assessing study feasibility, and research design and methods. In this residency students build their capacity to engage in the development of the Professional Administrative Study and move forward with the next steps in the applied capstone process.

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to orient students to the program, socialize with faculty and doctoral students to become part of the Walden doctoral community of scholar-practitioners, provide a program overview and discussions relating to requirements and expectations, and develop an understanding of the doctoral study requirements for DHA students. Students have the opportunity to meet with peers, faculty members, and academic advisors and other staff advisors. Topics include skills and resources for success, critical thinking for doctoral scholarship, library search strategies, tools for organizing and analyzing literature, scholarly writing, and APA Style. Students begin to develop initial ideas for their doctoral study and learn how to move from social programs to research problems and then to research questions. For the required final assignment, students reflect on each session to identify key points learned, specific resources needed for their study, and next steps needed.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to continue to build research knowledge that will support the successful development of the doctoral study prospectus, proposal, and final study. Topics include the Walden doctoral study process, research design and methods, alignment of research components, feasibility, and the literature review. For the required final assignment, students write a reflection journal for each session, including application to their doctoral study process, resources they will need, and next steps they need to move forward with research and doctoral study development. In this residency, students build their capacity to complete the doctoral study proposal and the sections that make up the completed doctoral study.

Pre-requisites

• RESI 8601

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The purpose of Residency 1 is to socialize new students into the Walden University doctoral community of scholar-practitioners and meet with Walden University faculty, staff, and students. Doctoral students attend required seminar topics which include orientation to academic support services, writing at the doctoral level using American Psychological Association (APA) style, library search skill building, and professional development. Doctoral students attend elective seminars which include advising, research methodologies, and library research techniques. Upon completion, students will have completed a self-assessment and identified goals for continual development of the skills and practices required of new doctoral students.

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The purpose of Residency 2 is to further socialize students into the Walden University doctoral community of scholar-practitioners. Doctoral students attend required seminars which include doctoral study development, academic support services, research and critical thinking skills, advanced APA Style, and professional development. Doctoral students attend elective seminars which include advising, research methodologies, doctoral study proposal writing resources, and writing skills sessions. Upon completion, students will have completed a self-assessment and identified goals for continual development of the skills and practices required of new doctoral students.

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Residency 1 socializes new students into the Walden doctoral community of scholar-practitioners. Topics include doctoral competency development, orientation to academic support services and networking, community building, writing at the doctoral level, using APA Style, library search skill building, and professional development. At the close of the residency, students will complete a self-assessment and identify goals for continued development of their skills and practices.