1st Edition

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

Edited By R. Paul Maiden, Eugenia L. Weiss Copyright 2023
458 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1.Integration of the 12 Grand Challenges into Social Work Curricula
Michael G. Rank, Ron Manderscheid and Darla Spence Coffey

Part One – Individual and Family Well Being

2. Ensuring the Healthy Development of All Youth
Juan Carlos Araque and Wendy Cholico

3. Close the Health Gap
Jennifer Lewis, Ron Manderscheid and Amelia Roeschlein

4. Build healthy relationships to end violence
Bianca Harper and Debbie Murad

5. Advancing Long and Productive Lives
Murali Nair and Elise Marie Collins

Part Two – Stronger Social Fabric

6. Eradicate Social Isolation
Harry Hunter, Jane James and Mike Gent

7. End Homelessness
Jeffrey S. Yarvis, Andreja N. Lukic and David W. Babbs

8. Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment
Melissa Indera Singh, Kelly Smith and Murali Nair

9. Harnessing Technology in Social Good
Kenneth Scott Smith, Katherine Chism Selber and Cathy Newman Thomas

Part Three – A Just Society

10. Eliminate Racism
Todd Vanidestine, Candida Brooks-Harrison, Sandy Bernabei, Onaje Muid, Joyce James and Robin Benton

11. Smart Decarceration: A Multi-Prong Approach to Healing with the Incarcerated
Robert Anthony Hernandez, Steve Kim and Deepa Karmakar

12. Building Financial Capability and Assets for All
Elena Delavega, Kari L. Fletcher and Melissa Hirschi

13. Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality
Mary E. Fortson-Harwell and Lauren Marlotte

14. Achieving Equal Opportunity and Justice
Annalisa Enrile, Renee Smith-Maddox and Eugenia L. Weiss

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
Amy Ward and Ron Manderscheid

16. Translating the Grand Challenges in Field Education
Tory Cox, Ruth Supranovich and Suh Chen Hsiao

17. An Inclusive Model of Evaluation Capacity Building During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eugenia L. Weiss, Michael B. Fileta, Sara L. Schwartz and Bryan Jebo

Epilogue: Mobilizing Social Work Educators in Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ADEI)
Eugenia L. Weiss

Biography

R. Paul Maiden (PhD), Professor Emeritus (teaching) at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Prior to his retirement from USC, he was Vice Dean, and subsequently, Executive Vice Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor (2007–17). From 2017–21 he taught in the school’s online MSW and DSW. His research and scholarship are focused on occupational social work, including workplace behavioral health, workplace violence, trauma management, managing organizational change, and executive leadership.

Eugenia L. Weiss (PhD, PsyD) is a bilingual-bicultural licensed clinical social worker and licensed psychologist. She is Associate Professor and MSW Director at the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada, Reno. She was previously Clinical Professor at the University of Southern California (USC), Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Weiss served in the roles of Academic Center Director for the school’s San Diego and Orange County Academic Centers, and as Senior Associate Dean of faculty affairs. She was a recipient of the Hutto Patterson Foundation Award for Distinguished Social Work Faculty.