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Petrila, Ann; Fireman, Orah; Fitzpatrick, Leslie Schnoll; Hodas, Robyn Wertheimer; Taussig, Heather N. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
This article describes an internship program designed specifically to meet graduate students' training needs within the context of their work in a prevention program for children in foster care. An internship based on a strong model of intern recruitment and supervision, structured inclusion of interns in a supportive agency culture, a…
Descriptors: Innovation, Internship Programs, Participant Satisfaction, Graduate Students
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Strand, Virginia C.; Dettlaff, Alan J.; Counts-Spriggs, Margaret – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
For many years, schools of social work have engaged in partnerships, especially with public child welfare agencies, to prepare a competent and professional child welfare workforce through the mechanism of Title IV-E training. In 2008 the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) established an additional resource for preparing students in…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Social Work, Caseworker Approach
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Cross, Suzanne L.; Drywater-Whitekiller, Virginia; Holder, Lea Ann; Norris, Debra; Caringi, James; Trautman, Ashley – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Twelve universities and one American Indian (AI) tribal college were selected for the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute's 5-year stipend traineeship program. These tribal traineeships were designed to provide social work child welfare education for tribal and nontribal students. Twenty-two AI students and 58 nontribal students completed a…
Descriptors: Trainees, Student Diversity, Child Welfare, American Indian Education