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ALT Screenshot of the title and abstract page of the research article: Text reads: Are Social Work Students Being Adequately Prepared to Intervene With Suicide? Results of a National Survey of BSW and MSW Programs Author: Rebecca G. Mirick Abstract: Suicide is a major public health issue in the United States, but it is unknown how many social work programs have courses specializing in this topic. The purpose of this study was to establish baseline knowledge of suicide-focused course offerings in social work programs in the United States. A survey of CSWE-accredited programs (n=151) in the United States was used to collect data on social work programs’ suicide content in their curricula at three levels: baccalaureate, graduate, and continuing education. While only 6% of programs offered a required course on suicide, 13.9% offered an elective focused on suicide, and courses with substantial suicide content were available in 25.2% of programs...
ALT On anti-racist pedagogy in field education: https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/24095 Questions of the day: How do conversations about race, privilege, oppression, etc. show up in field education? Do people use specific anti-racism-focused assignments or frameworks when covering these issues in field seminars? How can we boost the capacity of our field instructors to be able to talk about race, privilege and oppression with our students given what they are getting in the academic classroom setting? How could you identify field placements that are already doing best practices around anti-racism? How do you know when they are not doing this work?
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