Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

At UAB, approximately 400 students from medicine, nursing, dentistry, social work, criminal justice, and other majors participate in a poverty simulation each semester, facilitated by numerous faculty and staff from those same disciplines. For students with a lived experience of poverty, I have mostly seen two responses.

Criminal Justice 130

Criminal Justice Empathy Child Welfare Clinic 130

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system. Empathy and Active Listening 7. Essential social work skills include empathy, authenticity, resilience and respect.

Social Worker 95

Social Worker Treatment Planning Justice and Corrections Interventional 95

Stop Abuse Campaign

AUGUST 14, 2022

This study also broadened our understanding of how poor outcomes, like criminal-justice involvement, addiction, poverty, etc, are passed through the generations. Her next partner wasn’t a wellspring of empathy and understanding. In other words, this is the intergenerational cycle of trauma and its consequences. .

Addiction 98

Addiction Criminal Justice Foster Care Justice and Corrections 98

Stop Abuse Campaign

AUGUST 14, 2022

This study also broadened our understanding of how poor outcomes, like criminal-justice involvement, addiction, poverty, etc, are passed through the generations. Her next partner wasn’t a wellspring of empathy and understanding. In other words, this is the intergenerational cycle of trauma and its consequences.

Addiction 52

Addiction Criminal Justice Foster Care Justice and Corrections 52