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This study explored the Master of Social Work (MSW) student perception of access to documentation training in their program. When a student graduates with a degree, there is an expected level of competency in regards to documentation when entering the field. Currently, there is literature available about the risk of poor documentation and the need for additional documentation training in the field of social work but the literature focusing on the perceptions of the student is very limited. The study contributed to the academic literature on social work documentation by providing awareness of the student perception of where they received documentation training in their graduate program. The research design for this study is qualitative and exploratory due to insignificant literature available. A survey was administered to graduating MSW students through a California State University School of Social Work. The findings suggested that MSW students would benefit from additional clinical documentation training from their MSW program since the student perceptions are there is limited access to training within the program. There are numerous of implications to the field of social work in regards to the lack of documentation training in MSW programs. The absence of training from students may include not having a full understanding of risk management that corresponds with documentation and will have to assume to be ethically responsible for when the student graduates from their program. This can be detrimental to the student’s professional development and can overall create a decrease in the quality of graduating MSW students.

In this study, the focus was on Social Work students’ knowledge about interventions concerning homeless female veterans. The study was conducted from a Positivist Perspective with a theoretical orientation centered on the Feminist Theory. The literature review focused on risk factors associated with homeless female veterans along with their protective factors. Issues involving homeless female veterans were explored along with possible interventions. The study was conducted through an online survey and included participants from California State University, San Bernardino. Participants were from both the Bachelor’s and Master’s Social Work program and attended classes full-time on campus, part-time on campus and part-time online. The results of the study are meant to establish whether or not there is a positive correlation between social work students’ knowledge and their characteristics influencing their choice of appropriate interventions concerning homeless female veterans. The study also aimed to evaluate whether the social work program is educating students on the population of homeless female veterans and the needed support for the community. The study found that there were some correlations between certain characteristics of the social work student body at CSUSB and their knowledge of appropriate interventions for homeless female veterans. There were significant findings in regards to the students’ level within the program and their age. They were able to identify appropriate interventions and were aware of both harmful and protective factors affecting the homeless female veteran population. The implications of this research are to bring more awareness to the needs of female veterans in regards to homelessness and to point out the need for more emphasis on the needs of appropriate intervention strategies for female veterans in university curriculum. Continued research on female veterans is needed so that equality can be found in services such as health care, mental health and housing.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 321-327).

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 321-327).

Social workers are responsible for rendering services to children and families who have experienced sexual abuse. These services are to a large degree guided by legislation and organisational policy, but the question arises whether all social workers perceive child sexual abuse in the same way. This is significant since the possibility that a social worker perceives child sexual abuse differently from legislation and existing policies, could lead to having an adverse effect on the rendering of services to children and families exposed to sexual abuse. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of social work students regarding child sexual abuse by way of a descriptive qualitative research design. For the purposes of this study the non-probability sampling technique of purposive sampling was used to obtain participants. Fourth-year social work students at a specific higher learning institution were allowed to volunteer for this study and ten students agreed to participate. Unstructured in-depth individual interviews were conducted in order to explore their perceptions of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse). The data was coded into six main perceptions with their categories and subcategories. These perceptions were the following: (1) Child sexual abuse is caused by factors within the child’s ecological environment; (2) Description of the sexually abused child; (3) Description of the perpetrator of child sexual abuse; (4) Child sexual abuse is pervasive and can be characterised by the presence of specific aspects; (5) Child sexual abuse affects the child in specific ways; and (6) Children do not disclose sexual abuse. These results were presented in the format of an article with conclusions, recommendations as well as the limitations of the study. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Social workers are responsible for rendering services to children and families who have experienced sexual abuse. These services are to a large degree guided by legislation and organisational policy, but the question arises whether all social workers perceive child sexual abuse in the same way. This is significant since the possibility that a social worker perceives child sexual abuse differently from legislation and existing policies, could lead to having an adverse effect on the rendering of services to children and families exposed to sexual abuse. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of social work students regarding child sexual abuse by way of a descriptive qualitative research design. For the purposes of this study the non-probability sampling technique of purposive sampling was used to obtain participants. Fourth-year social work students at a specific higher learning institution were allowed to volunteer for this study and ten students agreed to participate. Unstructured in-depth individual interviews were conducted in order to explore their perceptions of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse). The data was coded into six main perceptions with their categories and subcategories. These perceptions were the following: (1) Child sexual abuse is caused by factors within the child’s ecological environment; (2) Description of the sexually abused child; (3) Description of the perpetrator of child sexual abuse; (4) Child sexual abuse is pervasive and can be characterised by the presence of specific aspects; (5) Child sexual abuse affects the child in specific ways; and (6) Children do not disclose sexual abuse. These results were presented in the format of an article with conclusions, recommendations as well as the limitations of the study. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

<p>Kontekst savremenih dru&scaron;tvenih promena u sferi obrazovanja i učenja u Republici Srbiji doseže do problema koji prati i obrazovno/vaspitni proces u bolnicama. U oblasti pedago&scaron;kih nauka istraživanja koja se odnose na obrazovno/vaspitni rad u bolnicama su veoma skromna. Cilj istraživanja u doktorskoj disertaciji je da se na osnovu analize utvrdi konzistentnost ciljeva obrazovno/vaspitnog rada u bolnicama Republike Srbije sa ciljevima obrazovnog sistema osnovnih i srednjih &scaron;kola, istraže adekvatni pedago&scaron;ki pristupi u obrazovanju i učenju hospitalizovanih učenika, ustanove parametri stvaranja povoljne klime za učenje u bolničkim uslovima i ponude odgovori na izazove i potrebe obrazovanja učenika na bolničkom lečenju u 21. veku. U tom kontekstu nametnula se potreba za analizom pristupa pedago&scaron;kog rada u bolnicama u zemljama koje u ovoj oblasti imaju dugu i bogatu tradiciju, to su: Kraljevina &Scaron;vedska, Savezna Republika Nemačka, Republika Slovenija, Republika Hrvatska i Republika Mađarska. Ujedno zanimalo nas je da li postojeće obrazovanje i učenje u bolnicama Republike Srbije ima značajnija odstupanja u odnosu na navedene zemlje.<br />Ovako koncipiran istraživački rad opredelio nas je za primenu sledećih metodolo&scaron;kih pristupa: istorijske i komparativne metode i metode teorijske analize. Na&scaron;e istraživanje je potvrdilo osnovna očekivanja da su ciljevi obrazovanja/vaspitanja u bolnicama Republike Srbije konzistentni sa ciljevima osnovnog i srednjeg obrazovanja koji se odnose na redovne &scaron;kole s obzirom da proističu iz Strategija razvoja obrazovanja u Republici Srbiji do 2020. godine, Zakona o osnovama sistema obrazovanja i vaspitanja u Republici Srbiji i Zakona o osnovnom i srednjem obrazovanju. Zaključak je da se pristupi obrazovno/vaspitnom radu u bolnicama Republike Srbije razlikuju u smislu doslednosti po&scaron;tovanja prava deteta, upravljanju i organizaciji obrazovno/vaspitnog rada, teorijskim pristupima i u parametrima stvaranja povoljne klime za obrazovanje i učenje u bolnicama, odnosno da su potrebne promene u pristupu obrazovno/vaspitnog rada sa učenicima u bolnicama Republike Srbije kako bi se on unapredio. U okviru ovih zaključaka mi&scaron;ljenja smo da je potrebno animirati pedago&scaron;ku i dru&scaron;tvenu javnost za veću podr&scaron;ku i značaj ovom obliku pedago&scaron;kog rada.</p> / <p>The context of modern social changes in the sphere of education and learning in the Republic of Serbia reaches the problems that follow the educational process in hospitals. In the field of pedagogical sciences research related to education / educational work in hospitals are very modest. The purpose of this research was to find, on the basis of analysis and determination of the consistency of the goals of the educational process in hospitals in the Republic of Serbia with the goals of the educational systems of elementary and high schools, adequate pedagogical approaches in the education of hospitalized students, to give an account of parameters for the creation of suitable climate for learning in hospital conditions, and give answer to the challenges and needs of the education of students undergoing hospital treatments in the 21st century.<br />In that context, there was a need for analysis of the approach to the pedagogical work with hospitalized students in the countries which have a long tradition in this field and those are: the Kingdom of Sweden, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Hungary. We were also interested in discovering if the existing education and learning in hospitals in the Republic of Serbia have significant deviations from those observed in the aforementioned countries.<br />Our research being conceptualized thus, we opted for the application of the following methodological approaches: historical and comparative methods and the method of theoretical analysis. The research confirmed our basic expectations that the goals of education in hospitals in the Republic of Serbia are consistent with the goals of the systems of elementary and high education in regular schools, as they stem from The Education Development Strategy in the Republic of Serbia until 2020, Law on the Basis of Education System in the Republic of Serbia, as well as the Law on Primary and Secondary Education.<br />The conclusion has been reached that the educational work with students undergoing medical treatments in the Republic of Serbia differs in the field of respect of the children&rsquo;s rights, management and organization of educational work, theoretical approaches, and the parameters for the suitable climate for education and learning in hospital conditions, i.e. that the changes in the educational work with hospitalized students in the Republic of Serbia are needed for the enhancement of this kind of pedagogical work. It has also been concluded that this kind of pedagogical work is not given enough importance in the professional pedagogical<br />and social public of the Republic of Serbia. Wit hen the conclusion of these opinions thet we need animate pedagogical and social public foe greater support for the pedagogical work.</p>

The veteran population is under-served. Due to the current circumstances of increased deployment and the rate of returning soldiers from current wars (Iraq and Afghanistan); there is an increased demand for competent social workers to provide them with services. Furthermore, the Department of Veteran Affairs is the number one employer of social workers. Hence, measuring the knowledge of social work students is essential to explore their competence of working with the veteran population. The study presents an exploratory research method, using a quantitative approach. Further, students’ knowledge was measured in ten domains: Benefits and Services, Service Related Disabilities, PTSD/Trauma, Childcare, Homelessness/Housing, Military Sexual Trauma, Healthcare, Employment/Unemployment, Education, and General Knowledge. In addition, the sample was compromised of social work students throughout different Southern California Universities. An online survey was administered to participants through Qualtrics website; and statistical analysis conducted by using SPSS version 21. Findings suggest that MSW students have a higher level of knowledge than BASW students in most of the domains. In addition, older participants presented a greater amount of knowledge than younger participants. Due to the results of the study, future research should measure a larger amount of participants that are evenly distributed among all demographics. Further, the study should encompass all universities that offer social work programs.