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Simulated Clients in a Group Practice Course: Engaging Facilitation and Embodying Diversity

Pages 310-323 | Accepted 29 Mar 2017, Published online: 01 May 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Social work students need to develop practice skills with racially and ethnically diverse clients. Previous research has found benefits to using individual simulated clients, and working with a group would not only provide facilitation opportunities, it could also increase students’ exposure to diversity. This article presents a social work group practice class that used simulated clients and the evaluation of the pedagogy using a mixed-methods design. Students’ scores on the Diversity and Oppression Scale significantly improved from pretest to posttest. Focus groups clarified the impact. The results of this exploratory pilot study suggest that this approach allowed students to learn to manage emotional responses, promoted student insights, and provided opportunities to challenge student assumptions.

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Jill C. Schreiber

Jill C. Schreiber is an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Joseph D. Minarik is a doctoral candidate and adjunct lecturer at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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