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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Meeting Professional Competencies through Specialized Distance Education: The McMaster University Addiction Studies Program
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Csiernik, Rick; McGaghran, Christie – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2013
Historically, addiction has been an area in which Canadian social workers have received limited formal education. This reality led to the development of 18 core technical competencies through the auspices of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse in 2006. A survey of Canadian schools and faculties of social work found that social work students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Drug Addiction, Graduate Students
Trauma Exposure and the Social Work Practicum
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Didham, Steve; Dromgole, Laura; Csiernik, Rick; Karley, Mary Lou; Hurley, Dermot – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2011
In this study, 58 undergraduate and graduate students at 1 Canadian school of social work voluntarily completed a survey at the conclusion of their academic year consisting of open- and closed-ended questions intended to examine their exposure to trauma during the course of their field practice. The authors discovered that the majority of students…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Surveys, Practicums, Sexual Harassment