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Intersecting Social Work Practice, Education, And Spirituality: A Conceptual Model, Hillary Cole
Intersecting Social Work Practice, Education, And Spirituality: A Conceptual Model, Hillary Cole
Scholar Week 2016 - present
The relationship between spirituality, social work, and social work education is complicated and often difficult to teach. Though social work has significant religious roots, it distanced itself at the turn of the 20th century in pursuit of professionalism and scientific respectability. Today the National Association of Social Work (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) recognize spirituality and religion as aspects of client diversity; however, few strategies exist for integrating this content into social work curriculum. This presentation offers a conceptual framework for understanding the spirituality-social work relationship based on the Ecological Model and the concept of …
Preparing Students For Applied Learning: Assessment Of Mentor Training, Denise Anderson, Michael Keigher
Preparing Students For Applied Learning: Assessment Of Mentor Training, Denise Anderson, Michael Keigher
Scholar Week 2016 - present
Applied learning plays an integral role in social work education. From the beginning of the program, social work majors complete a required 30 hour applied learning in a school setting where they mentor children. In order to better prepare the social work and other majors for the learning opportunity, this semester a 2 hour mentor training (that is offered to community members who mentor in the Kankakee School District) was required at the start of the semester. This presentation compares the post applied learning feedback from last semester and this semester (preliminary) to determine the impact of the training on …