Tara Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 5157515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8341-3606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Crisis Responders’ Perspectives on the Unique Needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ Individuals in Crisis
2SLGBTQIA+ populations experience disproportionately higher rates of completed suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation compared to heterosexual and cisgendernormative populations. However, assumptions of heteronormativity and cisnormativity, and fear of judgment in general healthcare settings, remain prevalent. The question ‘how can general crisis lines in Canada adopt more trauma-informed, gender-affirming, and sexual identity affirming…
Supporting ethnocultural diverse callers in crisis services
Racialized individuals face significant stigma and discrimination that has been shown to be correlated with an increased risk of suicide and mental health issues. Although crisis lines are effective in deterring suicide in White populations, ethnocultural diverse communities often encounter lack of affirming care, language barriers, and distrust of service providers which deters them from accessing potentially lifesaving lines. In Canada there is…
Hidden Challenges Experienced by Families With Military-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Family systems theory explains how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the family affects family members who must cope with disturbing behaviors from the military member. Although military-related PTSD has been studied in the United States for over a decade, Canadian research is in its infancy. This article focuses on the challenges military families face for both active military members and retired veterans. Corbin and Strauss’ (2015) groun…
Transforming the Field Education Landscape
The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) project conducted a survey to gather information from field education coordinators and directors (FECDs) about their field education programs, staffing models, resources, and activities, and to invite their perspectives on field education in Canada. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to better understand the state of social work field education in Canada, from the perspectives of FECD…
Role Plays to Enhance Readiness for Practicum
Although field education is considered the signature pedagogy of social work education, there is a paucity of research examining how Bachelors of Social Work (BSW) and foundation year-Masters of Social Work (FY-MSW) students perceive strategies designed to prepare them for field placement. To enhance readiness for practicum, an interactive role play activity was introduced to BSW and FY-MSW students, and their perspectives of the activity were el…
Canadian Social Work Field Education During a Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected all aspects of social work education, including field education. The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) partnership conducted two national online surveys to determine the impacts of the pandemic on social work field education. The first survey explored the perspectives of students and received responses from 367 Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students. …
Role-Playing
Field practicum plays a central role in social work education by socializing social work students to the profession and facilitating the integration of theoretical knowledge with skill development. Students can be apprehensive about beginning practicum and often lack adequate formal preparation for the practicum experience. This study evaluates role-playing as a prepracticum preparatory activity for foundation year MSW students. Focus groups were…
Military Parent’s PTSD and Children’s Mental Health
It is widely recognized that the mental health of parents impacts children’s well-being. A scoping review was conducted to examine what was known from the research specific to mental health issues facing children as a consequence of their military parent’s PTSD. The parameters of this review were based on Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) recommendations for completion of a scoping review. From the search, 163 articles were located from 5 electronic d…
Unconscious Desire
Canadian Social Work Field Education During a Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected all aspects of social work education, including field education. The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) partnership conducted two national online surveys to determine the impacts of the pandemic on social work field education. The first survey explored the perspectives of students and received responses from 367 Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students. …
Role-Playing
Field practicum plays a central role in social work education by socializing social work students to the profession and facilitating the integration of theoretical knowledge with skill development. Students can be apprehensive about beginning practicum and often lack adequate formal preparation for the practicum experience. This study evaluates role-playing as a prepracticum preparatory activity for foundation year MSW students. Focus groups were…
Unconscious Desire
Military Parent’s PTSD and Children’s Mental Health
It is widely recognized that the mental health of parents impacts children’s well-being. A scoping review was conducted to examine what was known from the research specific to mental health issues facing children as a consequence of their military parent’s PTSD. The parameters of this review were based on Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) recommendations for completion of a scoping review. From the search, 163 articles were located from 5 electronic d…
Role-Playing
Field practicum plays a central role in social work education by socializing social work students to the profession and facilitating the integration of theoretical knowledge with skill development. Students can be apprehensive about beginning practicum and often lack adequate formal preparation for the practicum experience. This study evaluates role-playing as a prepracticum preparatory activity for foundation year MSW students. Focus groups were…
Canadian Social Work Field Education During a Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected all aspects of social work education, including field education. The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) partnership conducted two national online surveys to determine the impacts of the pandemic on social work field education. The first survey explored the perspectives of students and received responses from 367 Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students. …
Role Plays to Enhance Readiness for Practicum
Although field education is considered the signature pedagogy of social work education, there is a paucity of research examining how Bachelors of Social Work (BSW) and foundation year-Masters of Social Work (FY-MSW) students perceive strategies designed to prepare them for field placement. To enhance readiness for practicum, an interactive role play activity was introduced to BSW and FY-MSW students, and their perspectives of the activity were el…
Transforming the Field Education Landscape
The Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) project conducted a survey to gather information from field education coordinators and directors (FECDs) about their field education programs, staffing models, resources, and activities, and to invite their perspectives on field education in Canada. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to better understand the state of social work field education in Canada, from the perspectives of FECD…
Hidden Challenges Experienced by Families With Military-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Family systems theory explains how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the family affects family members who must cope with disturbing behaviors from the military member. Although military-related PTSD has been studied in the United States for over a decade, Canadian research is in its infancy. This article focuses on the challenges military families face for both active military members and retired veterans. Corbin and Strauss’ (2015) groun…
Crisis Responders’ Perspectives on the Unique Needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ Individuals in Crisis
2SLGBTQIA+ populations experience disproportionately higher rates of completed suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation compared to heterosexual and cisgendernormative populations. However, assumptions of heteronormativity and cisnormativity, and fear of judgment in general healthcare settings, remain prevalent. The question ‘how can general crisis lines in Canada adopt more trauma-informed, gender-affirming, and sexual identity affirming…
Supporting ethnocultural diverse callers in crisis services
Racialized individuals face significant stigma and discrimination that has been shown to be correlated with an increased risk of suicide and mental health issues. Although crisis lines are effective in deterring suicide in White populations, ethnocultural diverse communities often encounter lack of affirming care, language barriers, and distrust of service providers which deters them from accessing potentially lifesaving lines. In Canada there is…
Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (4 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Practicum (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works)