ERIC Number: EJ1403257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-7797
EISSN: EISSN-2163-5811
Teaching Note--Self-Care in Social Work Education: An Experiential Learning Exercise
Journal of Social Work Education, v59 n4 p1281-1286 2023
Self-care is an essential social work practice skill that should be taught in social work courses. This teaching note describes the evaluation of an assignment for BSW students (N=48) designed to teach self-care skills. The purpose of this project was to 1) understand students' conceptualization of self-care and 2) determine if this assignment expanded the breadth and depth of students' understanding and practice of self-care. These goals were accomplished through an analysis of students' self-care strategies, using a priori self-care domains, and a thematic analysis of responses to open-ended questions about learning. The most common self-care strategies focused on emotional (43.3%), relational (34.9%), and physical (22.5%) well-being. Learning themes included understanding self-care, awareness of personal self-care, and strategies to use learning in the future. Implications for social work programs include emphasizing the intentionality of self-care, clarifying the scope of self-care, considering negative coping, and facilitating the development of self-care practices.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Social Work, Self Management, Assignments, Undergraduate Students, Daily Living Skills, Well Being, Coping
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (Buffalo)
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