Journal of Social Work Education articles from January 2007

Journal of Social Work Education archives from January 2007

Expanding knowledge and competencies to reflect our diversity: a special section by alumni scholars of the minority fellowship program.(Editorial)
January 1, 2007... E. ARACELIS FRANCIS ACCEPTED the position of director of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) in 1985 and has been changing the complexion of social work education since that time. The MFP was developed specifically to train minority...

Engaging dialogue in our diverse social work student body: a multilevel theoretical process model.(MINORITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM)
January 1, 2007... EDUCATING SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS in the present day requires that particular attention be paid to issues of diversity and social justice. Mandates in the code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (1999) articulate the...

Teaching cultural competence: an innovative strategy grounded in the universality of storytelling as depicted in African and African American storytelling traditions.
January 1, 2007... [T]O THOSE OF US who share these storytelling traditions as well as [a] window through which those who have been brought up to look inwards only can peep and learn a little about their neighbours. (Kuzwayo, 1990,...

The effects of family and community violence exposure among youth: recommendations for practice and policy.
January 1, 2007... THE UNITED STATES, youths 18 and under represent 26 percent of the U.S. population, but account for approximately 50 percent of the witnesses and victims of violent acts (U.S. Census Bureau, 2003). Of that disproportionate number, the...

A survey of African American deans and directors of U.S. schools of social work.(MINORITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM)(Author abstract)
January 1, 2007... THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES of academic institutions toward teaching, scholarship, and service typically rest on the shoulders of academic leaders. In higher education, college and university presidents, provosts, vice-presidents, deans, and...

Implications of the equality-of-oppressions paradigm for curriculum content on people of color.
January 1, 2007... UNRAVELING THE CAUSES and consequences of oppression is a primary goal of social work education (Council on Social Work Education, 2001). Social work's concern over oppression dates back to the social reformers of the late 19th and early 20th...

Latino population growth, characteristics, and settlement trends: implications for social work education in a dynamic political climate.(MINORITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM)(Author abstract)
January 1, 2007... On June 18, 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest population estimates for the United States. These projections for July 1, 2002, indicated that of a total U.S. population of 288.4 million, 38.8 million (or 13.4%) were Hispanic. In...

Students with psychiatric disabilities: an exploratory study of program practices.
January 1, 2007... THE REHABILITATION ACT of 1973 (Section 504) and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provided mandates for accommodating students with disabilities (Cole, Christ, & Light, 1995). Accommodations for students with physical...

A qualitative study of immigration policy and practice dilemmas for social work students.
January 1, 2007... SOCIAL POLICY PROVIDES a key context in which social work practice occurs (van Wormer, 1997). Social policies (a) lead to structural arrangements within society by which social work services are provided and (b) set limits on social work's role...

Reframing multicultural education: teaching white privilege in the social work curriculum.
January 1, 2007... THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION'S (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) require accredited social work programs to include significant curriculum content on human diversity, populations at-risk, and social and...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... To the Editor: The assumptions of Wayne, Bogo, and Raskin (2006) that infer that field education is broken are troublesome and misleading for two reasons. First, the problems of budget cuts and overworked staff that are identified as...