MSW Program Director, Associate Professor Nazareth University
The social work profession has centered on advocacy and policy yet few serve at a macro level. This presentation summarizes an assignment used to promote policy action across all social work practice areas and roles. Themes from a qualitative analysis of 115 students who completed the assignment will be provided.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Summarize how an assignment can be used to promote policy action across all social work practice areas and roles
Describe policy action activities students engaged in for the policy action assignment including relevancy to policy and social work
Explain information learned or expanded on by social work students completing a policy action assignment
