Specialists Meet at CSWE to Review Resources for MAC Project

The Resource Reviews project of the MAC Project began in June with three meetings of national committees of specialists in the fields of mental health, substance use, health, and aging. Group members included social work faculty, representatives from governmental agencies involved in research and dissemination, and other experts in the specialty areas.

The goal of the meetings was to define an agenda for social work education, practice and research in aging and the specialty areas. Each committee discussed the organization, content, and strategies for dissemination of the resource reviews. Each group provided feedback on areas in the literature to be addressed in the reviews and generated a wealth of existing research and curricular resources in aging and the specialty areas.

Committees will work to create specific guidelines for social work educators in terms of gerontology-related topics in the specialty areas and include supporting data for their inclusion into the curriculum. The reviews will also examine existing curricular resources and their usefulness to social work educators in increasing gerontological knowledge and competencies in the specialty areas.

We encourage social work faculty nationwide to send their current curricular resources for inclusion in this review (send to sdiwan@casa.sjsu.edu).

For more information on the MAC Project and the Resource Reviews, please visit www.Gero-EdCenter.org/mac.