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Understanding School Social Workers’ Roles In Bullying Prevention And Intervention, Jessica Staples
Understanding School Social Workers’ Roles In Bullying Prevention And Intervention, Jessica Staples
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The primary purpose for this research was to gain a better understanding how school social workers are assisting in bullying prevention and intervention efforts at schools. Semi-structured interviews were done with three school social workers and three school administrators from school districts around the Twin City metropolitan area, in Minnesota. Interview questions were asked regarding: understanding of roles, consideration of school bullying prevention programs, exploring opinions about bullying prevention policies, understandings of laws and policies, talking through the successes and lack of success of the current bullying program in the school and lastly, exploring roles in policy making. Findings from …