Social Work Education and the Grand Challenges : Approaches to Curricula and Field Education

The Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) provides an agenda for society, and for the social work profession. The 13 GCSW have been codified by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and are emerging as a significant underpinning in the education of undergraduate and graduate social work students throughout the USA. This volume serves as a guide as to how this can best be achieved in alignment with the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) from the Council of Social Work Education. Divided into four parts • Individual and Family Well-Being; • Stronger Social Fabric; • A Just Society; • The Grand Challenges in the Field. Each chapter introduces a Grand Challenge, situates it within the curricula, and provides teaching practices in one of the targeted domains as well as learning objectives, class exercises, and discussions. By showing how to facilitate class discussion, manage difficult conversations, and address diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of teaching the topic, this book will be of interest to all faculty teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It should be noted that there are additional supplementary chapters beyond the 13 GCSW that provide further context for the reader. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Integration of the 12 Grand Challenges Into Social Work Curricula Part One Individual and Family Well-Being 2 Ensuring the Healthy Development of All Youth 3 Close the Health Gap 4 Build Healthy Relationships to End Violence 5 Advancing Long and Productive Lives Part Two Stronger Social Fabric 6 Eradicate Social Isolation 7 End Homelessness 8 Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment 9 Harnessing Technology in Social Good Part Three A Just Society 10 Eliminate Racism 11 Smart Decarceration: A Multi-Prong Approach to Healing With the Incarcerated 12 Building Financial Capability and Assets for All 13 Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality 14 Achieving Equal Opportunity and Justice Part Four The Grand Challenges in the Field 15 Addressing the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work via Simulation Labs: A New Approach in Undergraduate Education 16 Translating the Grand Challenges in Field Education 17 An Inclusive Model of Evaluation Capacity Building During the COVID-19 Pandemic Epilogue: Mobilizing Social Work Educators in Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) Index "The Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) provides an agenda for society, and for the social work profession. The 13 GCSW have been codified by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and are emerging as a significant underpinning in the education of undergraduate and graduate social work students throughout the U.S.A. This volume serves as a guide as to how this can best be achieved in alignment with the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) from the Council of Social Work Education. Each chapter introduces a Grand Challenge; situates it within the curricula; and provides a teaching practices in one of the targeted domains as well as learning objectives, class exercises and discussions. By showing how to facilitate class discussion, manage difficult conversations and address diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of teaching the topic, this book will be of interest to all faculty teaching at bother undergraduate and graduate levels"-- Provided by publisher