Pub Date : 2015-12-23DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.179
J. Schaefer, Shelagh J. Larkin
This teaching note discusses the role interprofessional education (IPE) can play in social work education. The Final 2015 Educational Policy (Council on Social Work Education, 2015) includes the term interprofessional collaboration as a descriptor of Competency 7 (Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities) and as a component behavior in Competency 8 (Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities). We contend that the interprofessional learning initiatives currently under way in many other professions offer opportunities for social work programs as their administrators begin to think about operationalizing these two social work competencies. We present several examples of learning initiatives from our program that can be used to develop student's competence in interprofessional collaboration. In addition, social work's strength as a profession, rooted in collective practice, can be used to move social work into a leadership position in IPE.
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Pub Date : 2015-11-12DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.89
Rebecca G. Mirick
Group learning activities are commonly used in undergraduate social work programs. There are high numbers of nontraditional students (i.e., students over 25 years old) in BSW programs, particularly...
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Pub Date : 2015-11-12DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.79
Stephanie Valutis
Uncertainty is inherent in social work practice, yet there is minimal research in the profession's literature on ambiguity tolerance or its implications for professional socialization and education. There is substantial evidence that ambiguity tolerance is a stable personality trait or cognitive style. In light of such evidence, professional education should acknowledge individual differences and include pedagogical strategies that promote student self- awareness, make explicit student differences in tolerance of ambiguity, and consider implications for practice. This teaching note first discusses the construct of tolerance of ambiguity and the need for educators' attention to it as a variable and stable characteristic in students. Teaching strategies for future social work practitioners, including the measurement of ambiguity tolerance; adaptations to traditional uses of case studies; and uncertainty management strategies are presented to address these issues in the classroom.
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Pub Date : 2015-11-12DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.101
M. Sherr, Brian Beise
This article explores the use of young adult literature as a pedagogical tool for enhancing empathy skills for competent practice in BSW education. Students from two sections of an introductory social work course participated in the study. The instructor used the same textbook in both sections. One section incorporated a 4-week curriculum module that included a young adult novel. Results indicated that students who registered for the section that incorporated literature (n=37) reported higher levels of empathy at posttest t(55)=5.47, p=.002, as compared with students (n=20) from the other section. The findings provide preliminary support for use of literature in BSW education. The findings also warrant the need for additional studies that examine the potential effectiveness of literature for teaching other types of practice behaviors in the BSW curriculum.
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Pub Date : 2015-11-01DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.VII
M. Daley
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Pub Date : 2015-11-01DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.199
D. D. Jong
A sample of BSW faculty members (n=113) responded to a survey asking about perceptions of institutional accommodations and supports for transgender and gender-variant students, about transgender co...
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Pub Date : 2015-11-01DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.219
Peter A Kindle
{"title":"Understanding the Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents","authors":"Peter A Kindle","doi":"10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":152526,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124154055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-11-01DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.221
Vincent J. Venturini
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Pub Date : 2015-07-28DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219-20.1.43
James J. Miller, S. Deck, Erlene Grise-Owens, K. Borders
Professional regulation, namely licensing, has been a dynamic source of debate for the social work profession. Amid this debate, schools of social work are increasingly considering licensing factor...
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Pub Date : 2015-07-28DOI: 10.18084/1084-7219-20.1.27
Jayleen Galarza, B. Anthony
This article focuses on reviewing the existing peer- reviewed literature to offer a working definition of the term sexuality social justice and explore how sexuality social justice is currently understood and applied in social work education. The authors recommend that given the recent increased visibility and discussion of sexuality- related issues in society, it is imperative for social workers to apply a social justice lens when addressing sexuality issues in bachelor's- level programs and classrooms. Given the limited studies and literature that are focused specifically on the topic of sexuality social justice as applied to social work practice as well as on undergraduate social work education, implications for future practice and education are presented and elaborated on.
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