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Interactive Workshop

Latina / Latino Issues

Session: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Language, Access, and Equity in Social Work Systems

Examining Implicit Curriculum: Recruiting and Retaining Hispanic and Latino/a/e Students in Social Work

The 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards include important changes to promote an explicit and implicit social work curriculum grounded in anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). The focus of this presentation is to share practices in social work implicit curriculum that have been effective in promoting Hispanic/Latinx student success.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Participants will increase knowledge about ways to increase recruitment and retention among Hispanic/Latinx social work students.
  2. Participants will evaluate practices in their respective MSW programs as it relates to recruitment and retention efforts of Hispanic/Latinx students in their implicit curriculum.
  3. Participants will analyze scenarios and discuss culturally responsive strategies.