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An Empirically Based Field-Education Model: Preparing Students for Culturally Competent Practice with New Immigrants (article in Child Welfare Practice with Immigrant Children and Families -- Special Issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare).
Carten, Alma J.
Finch, Jeanne Bertrand.
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Published: July-September 2010
Journal of Public Child Welfare
Vol. 4, No. 3
, p. 365-385
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This article reports implementation themes and a content analysis of student portfolios and learning contracts from year one of a 4-year service/educational initiative undertaken with metropolitan schools of social work, the public child welfare agency, and community-based agencies serving new immigrants. The initiative designed, implemented and evaluated a model preparing MSW students for culturally competent preventive practice with immigrant families. The discussion identifies: emerging themes, implications, and the challenges and benefits of university-public child welfare collaborations in addressing the needs of immigrant children and their families.
Keywords:
immigrants; cultural competency; schools of social work; public agencies; community based services; university Partnerships