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Interactive Workshop

Field Education

Empowering Students with Disabilities in Practicum Settings: Best Practices and Paths Forward

Social work practicum requirements can pose unique challenges for students with disabilities and present dilemmas of status disclosure, navigating systems, and satisfying curriculum requirements in an equitable, empowered way. Our approach seeks to address barriers that students with disabilities face in practicum education.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Understand the prevalence of students with disabilities in higher education and the unique challenges they face.
  2. Understand best practices for meeting student practicum needs while balancing issues related to disclosure, autonomy, and reasonable accommodations.
  3. Apply best practices to practicum education administration.