Wogan supervises social work (MSW and BSW) interns. He established the field placement settings such as Wellness Centers where interns serve students as part of multi-disciplinary teams. Field placement is aligned with university standards as outlined in learning agreements.
Future workers come from CSUEB, SFSU, SJSU, and UC Berkeley.
The core values of social work are embedded in field placement and clinical supervision. Group supervision, didactic training, and individual supervision for this year’s cohort is provided by experts in the field.
Wogan trains interns in initial intake procedures, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment and prevention, and advanced clinical social work. Each school year, we introduce the interns to the field of family therapy and family systems as well as structural family therapy, ie Salvador Minuchin, Gregory Bateson, Jay Haley, and “family sculpture” by Virginia Satir.
We use process recordings and with permission, audio recording of some therapy sessions. As supervisors, we learn from our interns. People who are new to an agency and system can see things with fresh eyes, notice things through the lens of equity, and often through younger eyes.Social work interns see youth with mild, moderate, and periodically (with support) severe (MTSS Tier 3) concerns. Interns are valuable full members of School Coordinated Care Teams.
James Wogan LCSW 