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Best Practices For Teaching Effective Social Work Writing Skills Online, Patricia Desrosiers, W. Gabbard, Emily Funk Oct 2015

Best Practices For Teaching Effective Social Work Writing Skills Online, Patricia Desrosiers, W. Gabbard, Emily Funk

Social Work Faculty Publications

A number of research studies have documented problematic issues with student writing inundergraduate and graduate programs in the United States. Some discipline-specific writing courseshave been developed to address these deficiencies, including some all online offerings. This papercritically synthesizes the latest available research on best practices in teaching effective writing in anonline format, with a focus on social work graduate students. However, the teaching modalitiesexamined herein can be applied in online writing courses in all human services professions and at alllevels.


United Way Of Southern Kentucky's Dolly Parton Imagination Library: A Program Evaluation, Simon Funge, Dana Sullivan Apr 2015

United Way Of Southern Kentucky's Dolly Parton Imagination Library: A Program Evaluation, Simon Funge, Dana Sullivan

Social Work Faculty Publications

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Show Me: Effectively Collaborating With Community Partners To Develop Students' Macro-Practice Skills, Rashida Crutchfield, Simon Funge Mar 2015

Show Me: Effectively Collaborating With Community Partners To Develop Students' Macro-Practice Skills, Rashida Crutchfield, Simon Funge

Social Work Faculty Publications

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The Bes Model: Student Support And Gatekeeping Tool, Patricia Desrosiers, Amy Cappiccie Jan 2015

The Bes Model: Student Support And Gatekeeping Tool, Patricia Desrosiers, Amy Cappiccie

Social Work Faculty Publications

Universities are ill equipped to handle the specialized nature of students with psychiatric disabilities. Dueto the increasing numbers of students with both identified and unidentified psychiatric disabilities, thiscase study provides guidance through a description and application of the Behavioral EcologicalStrengths-Focused (BES) Model. Use of the BES Model assists administrators and faculty tosimultaneously support students with psychiatric disabilities while maintaining standards for gatekeepingrequired in master’s level programs.