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Msw Professional Portfolio-Glue Players, Chelsea Lucille Solberg Aug 2025

Msw Professional Portfolio-Glue Players, Chelsea Lucille Solberg

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Portfolio, Julia Marie Sweeney Aug 2025

Msw Portfolio, Julia Marie Sweeney

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This portfolio reflects my personal and professional growth throughout the University of Montana’s MSW program. Grounded in lived experience, child advocacy work, and academic learning, it highlights my development across core competencies and advanced integrated practice.


Becoming A Social Justice Worker, Laura Curry Aug 2025

Becoming A Social Justice Worker, Laura Curry

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


A Mother And Social Worker Is Born, Gabrielle Jorns Aug 2025

A Mother And Social Worker Is Born, Gabrielle Jorns

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Narrative describing the social work competencies that helped shape a social worker with an interest in maternal health.


Msw Portfolio, Krystal F. Youngs Aug 2025

Msw Portfolio, Krystal F. Youngs

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Portfolio, Nannie R. Stewart May 2025

Msw Portfolio, Nannie R. Stewart

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Nannie Stewart, a student in the University of Montana's online MSW program, presents her portfolio and provides a narrative about several key topics from her coursework and practicum experiences. She highlights her theoretical orientation, emphasizing the humanistic and strength-based approaches when working with diverse clients, including young adults, adolescents, and the elderly. Nannie further covers her experiences addressing social, racial, and economic justice, and learned experiences from indigenous cultures. Nannie also discusses her engagement in simulated practice, which allowed her to develop skills in micro, mezzo, and macro-level interventions, such as creating a domestic violence support group and advocating for …


For The Marginalized: A Purposeful Path To Social Work, Sarah Christina Stenseth Mathias May 2025

For The Marginalized: A Purposeful Path To Social Work, Sarah Christina Stenseth Mathias

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

In For the Marginalized: A Purposeful Path to Social Work, I reflect on the journey that led me from education into social work, grounded in a commitment to advocacy, ethical practice, and systemic change. Using my experiences in a therapeutic day-treatment school setting, I integrated trauma-informed, culturally responsive approaches with evidence-based practice to support marginalized students navigating mental health challenges, systemic barriers, and educational inequities. My portfolio highlights growth across the Five Elements of Advanced Integrated Practice, focusing on self-reflection, social justice advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, research-informed practice, and leadership. Throughout this journey, I remained anchored in the belief that …


Steps To The Peak, Lisa Hansen May 2025

Steps To The Peak, Lisa Hansen

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Reflective paper on my experience obtaining a Master of Social Work degree. The paper outlines the ten core competencies of social work and examples of how I learned them in my studies and gain practical experience in my practicum.


"Do Not Be Daunted": Master Of Social Work Portfolio, Marit Olson May 2025

"Do Not Be Daunted": Master Of Social Work Portfolio, Marit Olson

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This portfolio outlines my growth and development in meeting the competencies of social work and advanced integrated practice.


Intentional Action, Impactful Risk-Taking, Jill Lombardi May 2025

Intentional Action, Impactful Risk-Taking, Jill Lombardi

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Portfolio: My Journey Of Understanding Social Work Through Mind, Body, Emotion, & Spirit, Olivia Kern May 2025

Msw Portfolio: My Journey Of Understanding Social Work Through Mind, Body, Emotion, & Spirit, Olivia Kern

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Who Do You Want To Become?, Taylor Greene May 2025

Who Do You Want To Become?, Taylor Greene

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Holistic Competence In Social Work: A Professional Portfolio, Hannah Zuraff May 2025

Holistic Competence In Social Work: A Professional Portfolio, Hannah Zuraff

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

An overview of social work competencies and a portfolio relating to work in the clinical, domestic violence, family services, and humanitarian aid spaces.


Grief Into Growth: Msw Portfolio, Shelby Ann Lampi Apr 2025

Grief Into Growth: Msw Portfolio, Shelby Ann Lampi

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Portfolio, Amy Sanders Jan 2025

Msw Portfolio, Amy Sanders

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio through the lens of "otherness".


Msw Portfolio, Steven Asire Jan 2025

Msw Portfolio, Steven Asire

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This work encapsulates my progression both throughout my time in the MSW program as well as my practicum and professional experience working in the mental health field. The portfolio applies past work and describes my progression from a micro lense in practice to a more holistic approach, including mezzo and macro levels of focus and how these progressions will influence my future work.


Social Work Professional Portfolio, Anthony Hoffer Jan 2025

Social Work Professional Portfolio, Anthony Hoffer

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Meeting People Where They Are At: Master Of Social Work Portfolio, Zachary Palmer Alexander Dec 2024

Meeting People Where They Are At: Master Of Social Work Portfolio, Zachary Palmer Alexander

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This portfolio documents my understanding and ability to apply the ten social work competencies through a combination of assignments completed over the course of this degree as well as through examples from the internship and practicum placements I engaged in to develop practical experience. The paper is organized into sections that capture the Five Elements of Integrated Practice and the social work competencies that correspond to each element. Within the discussion of each competency is an examination of the four Dimensions of Practice and how they were applied within each competency both in my assignments and my work. Accompanying examples …


Msw Portfolio, Melissa Sue Wells Dec 2024

Msw Portfolio, Melissa Sue Wells

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This portfolio showcases examples of the work I have completed throughout my master's program.


Portfolio Project Social Work 599, Christopher S. Plummer Dec 2024

Portfolio Project Social Work 599, Christopher S. Plummer

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Abstract This portfolio reflects the culmination of my journey to earn a Master of Social Work (MSW) and demonstrates my mastery of the 10 core competencies outlined by the University of Montana School of Social Work. Through the lens of the five elements of advanced integrated practice, this work illustrates the transformation I underwent as I developed the skills, knowledge, and values essential to ethical and effective social work practice. Each section of this portfolio provides evidence of my growth in applying critical self-reflection, integrating historical and cultural contexts, bridging direct practice with community intervention, engaging in evidence-based practices, and …


Where I’M Meant To Be: Reflections From My Msw Experience, Brittany Nicole Mathena Dec 2024

Where I’M Meant To Be: Reflections From My Msw Experience, Brittany Nicole Mathena

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Professional Portfolio, Jessica J. Christian Dec 2024

Msw Professional Portfolio, Jessica J. Christian

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Portfolio, Nichole Nuehring Dec 2024

Msw Portfolio, Nichole Nuehring

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


The Fundamentals Of Advocacy, Tiffany Borland Dec 2024

The Fundamentals Of Advocacy, Tiffany Borland

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

A portfolio on a compilation and a celebration of my work throughout my MSW program.


Msw Portfolio: Education, Application, Reflection, And Growth, Catherine Ristvedt Keller Dec 2024

Msw Portfolio: Education, Application, Reflection, And Growth, Catherine Ristvedt Keller

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Exploring and the social work competencies, values, and dimensions of practice. Defining and moving past positionality. Applying social work ethics, skills, and tools, and exploring how the Independent Living approach can influence the medical model for improved patient outcomes.


Up For The Challenge: Advancing Social Justice, Dominique P. Mcmurray Aug 2024

Up For The Challenge: Advancing Social Justice, Dominique P. Mcmurray

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio: A Comprehensive Showcase of Academic Work and Achievements

This paper demonstrates the professional development during the Master of Social Work program at the University of Montana. It illustrates the mastery of 5 elements of integrated practice, 9 competencies outlined by the Council on Social Work Education, and one University of Montana-specific competency.


Three Years Of Advanced Integrative Practice, Tyra Rose Klein Aug 2024

Three Years Of Advanced Integrative Practice, Tyra Rose Klein

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio: Narratives and Appendix


Msw Portfolio, Olivia Calvi Aug 2024

Msw Portfolio, Olivia Calvi

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Msw Professional Portfolio, Nicholas Caron Aug 2024

Msw Professional Portfolio, Nicholas Caron

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This paper demonstrates my experience gained through the Online MSW program at the University of Montana.


Msw Portfolio, Kandice C. Mitchell Aug 2024

Msw Portfolio, Kandice C. Mitchell

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Social Work Portfolio for Masters Program