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Exploring Race: The Collaborative Inquiry Experience Of A Group Of Black Social Work Faculty, Lusta Phanord, Amber D. Bell, Deneen Harris, Crystal George-Moses, Erica Bosque, Carla Fagan, Bianca Brandon
Exploring Race: The Collaborative Inquiry Experience Of A Group Of Black Social Work Faculty, Lusta Phanord, Amber D. Bell, Deneen Harris, Crystal George-Moses, Erica Bosque, Carla Fagan, Bianca Brandon
Title III Professional Development Reports
Through a partnership presentation, presenters discussed the co-inquiry group process through which they explored their experiences as Black faculty who teach race based content in social work programs. They shared insights into what it means, what it takes, and what it costs to teach such content, and the benefits of the group process.
Spring 2022 Training For Licensure Supervision, Andrea Reynolds
Spring 2022 Training For Licensure Supervision, Andrea Reynolds
Title III Professional Development Reports
The 2022 Spring Training for Licensure Supervision was held virtually over four, four-hour sessions. This training sought to educate on six domains: supervisory relationship and process, supervision of supervisee’s practices, professional relationships, self-care, evaluation, and lifelong learning professional responsibility. There were twenty-six participants from across the state of Missouri, all of whom are Licensed Clinical Social Workers seeking to become licensure supervisors. The training highlighted the need for more qualified licensure supervisors in the state of Missouri. Many participants also expressed their desire to further connect with other licensure supervisors within the state.
Social Justice Education Framework: Examination Of An Integrated Model For Teaching And Evaluating Social Justice Education Through Historical Injustices, Amber D. Bell
Title III Professional Development Reports
Social justice continues to be emphasized within the social work profession as a central principle and value, often identified as the professional value that separates it from other human service professions. As varied as definitions of social justice are, so are approaches to effectively teaching about social justice within social work education across the curriculum (practice, research, HBSE, and policy). Equally absent are evidence based approaches to teaching social justice.In recent years, historical injustice and our societal lack of knowledge regarding it has been examined. Numerous studies have confirmed that the K-12 education system is grossly negligent in providing students …
Bullying Is Not A Conflict, Jan Kircher
Bullying Is Not A Conflict, Jan Kircher
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Research
The misconception of workplace bullying as normal workplace conflict is described and refuted. Motivations of workplace bullies are presented and how organizations can identify the difference between bullying and conflicts.
Am I Being Bullied At Work?, Jan Kircher
Am I Being Bullied At Work?, Jan Kircher
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Research
Challenges to identifying oneself as a target of workplace bullying are discussed. Strategies such as maintaining a log and recording events are presented as the first step to remediating workplace bullying.
Targets Can Mutate Into The Bully, Jan Kircher
Targets Can Mutate Into The Bully, Jan Kircher
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Research
The phenomenon of targets turning into bullies occurs in workplace cultures that maintain the status quo of aggression. Targets may become bullies to reclaim the power they once had or regain control of their professional life. The author posits a culture shift is required to remove the conditions necessary to workplace bullying.
How To Confront A Bully?, Jan Kircher
How To Confront A Bully?, Jan Kircher
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Research
Common pitfalls of confronting bullies in the workplace are discussed. A scenario for workplace aggression is presented. Strategies for successful confrontations are presented in terms of the scenario.
Targets Are Not Believed, Jan Kircher
Targets Are Not Believed, Jan Kircher
Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Research
The interpersonal challenges that workplace bullying introduce are discussed in terms of reducing the reputation of the target within the workplace and the veracity of their claims. Strategies for understanding the organization and developing a successful report are presented.