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Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: Self Care

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Prerequisites: Contact Information:

PY565 - Self Care Social and Behavioral Sciences / Social Work Thomas H. Schear, Ph.D., LMHC, LMFT, CADC, MAC E-Mail 1 - E-Mail 2 - Vita None Phone: (641) 692-3278 Fax: (509) 461-5656 E-mail: tschear@canyoncollege.edu or tschear@ccmsinc.net

Course Objective:
Explores the challenges helping professionals face as they deal with stress in their workplace. Helps the helping professional to better understand burnout and how to effectively deal with it. Offers strategies that, if implemented, can begin to reduce the impact that stress has. Understand the theories as they relate to stress in the workplace. Identify how stress effects and is impacted by the individual, interpersonal relations and organizational elements. Utilize and critique readings related to professional stress. Apply the information gained from the readings and discussion in the student’s current work situation.

Required Texts: Online Bookstore

Resilient Practitioner: Burnout Prevention & Self-Care Strategies for Counselor, Therapists, Teachers & Health Professionals by Thomas M. Skovholt. Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated. ISBN #: 020530611X

When Helping Starts To Hurt: A New Look At Burnout Among Psychotherapists by William N. Grosch & David C. Olsen. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN #: 0393701670

Course Requirements:
There will be two exams given in this course, one a Midterm exam and the other a Final Exam. Each exam will be essay and will focus on the material outlined in the textbook. The exams are expected to be completed no later than the last day of the week on week 4 and week 7 respectively.

• Exam One will be a Midterm exam covers the Thomas M. Skovholt book and should be completed no later than the end of the 4th week after starting the course.

• Exam Two will be a Final exam covering the William Grosch book and should be completed by the end of the 7th week of the course.

• The Term Paper is due by the end of the 8th week. The student will probably find that it is best to work on the paper throughout the 8-week period, writing it as they read the books.

Writing assignments are essentially the student emailing the instructor questions either about the readings, their work on the term paper or whatever may be of interest to the student in this topic area. The student and instructor will then engage in an email exchange discussing the question in greater depth.

Grading Procedure:
First Exam - 30%
Second Exam - 30%
Term Paper – 30%
Written Assignments - 10%

91 - 100% 81 - 90% 71 - 80% 61 - 70% Below 60%

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