Resource Reviews

“Aging Baby boomers need competent social workers! We must prepare our students to work with them across all practice settings. But who has time to research the literature and create curricular materials with gerontological content? That’s why the Master’s Advanced Curriculum Project created Resource Reviews on aging and mental health, substance use, and health. A must for faculty who need quality, evidence-based resources to update their courses and meet the diverse needs of our aging society!”

-Jeanne Marsh, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Service Administration,
University of Chicago

About the Resource Reviews

The reviews contain:

• An examination of the evidence-based knowledge available in each advanced area related to screening, assessment, models of best practice, and empirically-based interventions for effective social work practice with older persons and their families.

• A scan of current curriculum resources relevant to gerontological social work competencies in each specialty area. These teaching resources include research articles, books, case studies, media, and web-based instruction.

• A synthesis of the available knowledge to provide specific guidelines for social work educators in terms of gerontology-related topics and supporting data for inclusion into the curriculum. These guidelines along with an annotated bibliography of available supporting research and curricular material allow the translation of research findings into the advanced curriculum in each specialty area.

Questions or Feedback?

E-mail gero-edcenter@cswe.org