Dawn Apgar
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4100458 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Dawn Apgar |
| PRENOMES | Dawn |
| SOBRENOME | Apgar |
| ASSINATURA | APGAR D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Seton Hall University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5474-1811 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Teaching and Assessing Research Competency in Social Work Education
In response to the increasing demand for accountability and evidence-informed practice, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) require that students in accredited programs demonstrate engagement in practice-informed research and research-informed practice. The CSWE accreditation involves the evaluation of how schools teach and assess the competencies and mandates that accredited schools m…
Creating Accreditation Standards for Online Social Work Education
To date, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) has not developed specific accreditation standards for online courses or programs, positing that the methods of delivery do not matter in a competency-based model of education. However, CSWE has maintained standards that dictate the number of faculty and practicum hours required for accreditation, indicating that there are some standards that transcend competency outcomes given their importance…
Social Work Practice Data Support Advanced Generalist Graduate Education
Licensing is an important part of the professionalization of social workers. The practice analysis, done by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), produces the largest dataset of knowledge needed and tasks performed by practicing social workers. Analyses of these data support ending specialization of social work graduate education based on practice method. Review of the knowledge, skills, and abilities statements for the clinical and advan…
The Wild West
There are increasingly more undergraduate and graduate social work programs online, with almost all social work practice doctorate programs built on an online model. Despite some concern about the proliferation and quality of select online offerings, the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) has not developed separate or additional accreditation standards for online programs. Workforce data indicates that Black social workers are more likely th…
Renaming “Field” in Social Work Education
The University of Southern California (USC) announced the removal of the term “field” from its social work curriculum due to racist connotations, with other accredited university programs following suit. The 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards promulgated by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) charge social work educational programs to challenge racist practices and closely examine existing traditions considering professio…
Integrating the Grand Challenges for social work into an undergraduate capstone course
Over the last decade, social work has focused on identifying widespread societal problems that should drive research, teaching, and practice in the coming years. There are very few scholarly articles about the integration of the Grand Challenges into curricula, despite reports that about half of social work academic institutions have done so. This study provides pre-post data from a cohort of social work students who focused their undergraduate c…
Examining State Policy Responses to Racial Disparities in Social Work Licensure Exams
This study explored how states responded to the release of the 2022 ASWB Exam Pass Rate Analysis, which revealed significant disparities in pass rates between Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) test takers and their White counterparts on the Association of Social Work Boards’ social work licensure exams. Using the conceptual framework of policy advocacy developed by Gen and Conley Wright (2013) to assess the inputs, activities, and ou…
Reflective journaling
Social work students are required to develop competency in research and evaluation prior to graduation. However, anxiety and fear about taking research courses can inhibit learning and are well documented in the literature. Much effort has been made to develop pedagogical methods to reduce student disdain for these courses in order to enhance engagement and facilitate knowledge acquisition. This empirical study found that journaling, when incorpo…
Video narratives as a trauma-informed pedagogical tool in remote social work education
This article describes the use of video narratives with undergraduate social work students to assist with implementing explicit and implicit curricula during remote instruction due to COVID-19. While use of video narratives was not originally planned in a senior capstone course, technology was quickly employed to help students process feelings about grief and loss associated with abruptly ending classes and activities. Modification of assignments…
Post-Master's Career Progression of Social Workers
Social work is one of the fastest growing professions in the nation with an expected job growth of 9% by the end of the decade and more than 62,888 Masters of Social Work (MSW) students in the United States in 2021 (BLS, 2022; CSWE, 2023). The receipt of a graduate social work degree represents an important milestone, often accompanied by entry into professional practice. While much is written about formal social work education, scholarly literat…
Examining the Views of Master of Social Work (MSW) Graduates on the Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society
Despite the social work profession's unified commitment to identify and address widespread societal problems, there have been few scholarly articles that have focused on the Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society ('Grand Challenges'). While half of social work academic programs have reported incorporating content about the Grand Challenges initiative into curricula, there have not been any known empirical studies about whether graduates hav…
Missing the Mark
The 2021 revision to the ethical code for social workers mandated engagement in self-care. A review of workforce data suggests that the need for self-care in social work is largely due to poor working conditions, inadequate pay, unavailability of quality supervision, and lack of professional recognition. Thus, making self-care largely a personal responsibility is adopting a 'blaming the victim' mentality that the profession has historically rejec…
Linking Social Work Licensure Examination Pass Rates to Accreditation
Unlike other disciplines, social work has made accreditation decisions about undergraduate and graduate programs independent of licensure examination pass rates of graduates. While education, regulation, and practice are heralded as the three pillars of social work, there have been few meaningful linkages between them. Despite recognition that licensure impacts employment opportunities and salaries of social workers, the academy has been resistan…
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform
Linking Social Work Licensing Exam Content to Educational Competencies
Purpose: There has been increasing interest in the academy to assist social work graduates to become licensed which is likely to grow as the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) cites licensure pass rates as a post-graduation outcome required for accreditation by newly adopted standards. This study determines the ability of academics to reliably link Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities statements that are the bases of licensure tests with the CSW…
Critical Time in Regulation of Social Work Practice
Social Work Licensure Portability
COVID-19 highlights the need for portability of social work licensure to be a priority. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) spearheaded some initiatives, such as the creation and promotion of the Social Work Registry and Model Social Work Practice Act, with the hope that these efforts would enhance the ability of social workers to be licensed in multiple states. Neither has solved the portability problem. Licensure endorsement, an approa…
Developing the next generation of social work activists
Social action is an ethical mandate, but the literature suggests that social work's engagement in activities that remedy systemic social injustices have been inadequate. This study examined the social action of Master of Social Work graduates. Social workers who concentrated on macro practice felt more confident in nine competencies found to be common to this method. Enhanced social action was reported by macro social workers. Seven macro practic…
Increasing Social Work Students' Participation in Macro Specializations
Much effort has been made to increase the number of social work students in macro practice specializations in graduate school. Despite the development of pedagogical techniques which have shown to increase interest in and appreciation for macro practice, the proportion of macro students has stayed low and stable over time. Using survey data collected from 474 Master of Social Work students and graduates, this exploratory study identified both str…
The use of group text messaging to enhance social support of social work students
The use of technology in higher education, including that related to social work, has received considerable attention in the literature in recent years. Much of this focus has been on enhancing learning through the integration of technological advances. This article focuses on the use of group text messaging as a method of enhancing the social support of undergraduate social work students in the United States. It examines the importance of social…
The Fate of the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) Degree
As the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) begins to approve accreditation standards for programs granting practice doctorates, it is unclear as to what implications accreditation of these programs will have on the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) degree. This article examines threats to the MSW by comparing the evolution of social work education to that of allied professions, as well as identifying market conditions of supply and demand that ha…
Social Work Minors in Undergraduate Education
While much is written about the professionalization of practitioners with bachelor’s degrees in social work, there is a void in the literature with regard to the role of those with undergraduate minors in social work. The few articles on social work minor programs are dated, yet the number of such programs is increasing, but with little consistency in requirements and no agreed upon competencies for their graduates. Much like the debate that took…
Ethical Beliefs of Social Work Researchers
The purpose of this study is to examine the beliefs of social work researchers about ethical practices. Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 240 members of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) to elicit their views about ethical practices in social work research. Responses from 160 members (67% response rate) yielded information regarding the appropriateness of dual relationships, authorship practices, informed consent procedures,…
Developing the next generation of social work activists
Social action is an ethical mandate, but the literature suggests that social work's engagement in activities that remedy systemic social injustices have been inadequate. This study examined the social action of Master of Social Work graduates. Social workers who concentrated on macro practice felt more confident in nine competencies found to be common to this method. Enhanced social action was reported by macro social workers. Seven macro practic…
Missing the Mark
The 2021 revision to the ethical code for social workers mandated engagement in self-care. A review of workforce data suggests that the need for self-care in social work is largely due to poor working conditions, inadequate pay, unavailability of quality supervision, and lack of professional recognition. Thus, making self-care largely a personal responsibility is adopting a 'blaming the victim' mentality that the profession has historically rejec…
Linking Social Work Licensure Examination Pass Rates to Accreditation
Unlike other disciplines, social work has made accreditation decisions about undergraduate and graduate programs independent of licensure examination pass rates of graduates. While education, regulation, and practice are heralded as the three pillars of social work, there have been few meaningful linkages between them. Despite recognition that licensure impacts employment opportunities and salaries of social workers, the academy has been resistan…
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform
Increasing Social Work Students' Participation in Macro Specializations
Much effort has been made to increase the number of social work students in macro practice specializations in graduate school. Despite the development of pedagogical techniques which have shown to increase interest in and appreciation for macro practice, the proportion of macro students has stayed low and stable over time. Using survey data collected from 474 Master of Social Work students and graduates, this exploratory study identified both str…
Ethical Beliefs of Social Work Researchers
The purpose of this study is to examine the beliefs of social work researchers about ethical practices. Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 240 members of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) to elicit their views about ethical practices in social work research. Responses from 160 members (67% response rate) yielded information regarding the appropriateness of dual relationships, authorship practices, informed consent procedures,…
The use of group text messaging to enhance social support of social work students
The use of technology in higher education, including that related to social work, has received considerable attention in the literature in recent years. Much of this focus has been on enhancing learning through the integration of technological advances. This article focuses on the use of group text messaging as a method of enhancing the social support of undergraduate social work students in the United States. It examines the importance of social…
The Fate of the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) Degree
As the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) begins to approve accreditation standards for programs granting practice doctorates, it is unclear as to what implications accreditation of these programs will have on the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) degree. This article examines threats to the MSW by comparing the evolution of social work education to that of allied professions, as well as identifying market conditions of supply and demand that ha…
Social Work Minors in Undergraduate Education
While much is written about the professionalization of practitioners with bachelor’s degrees in social work, there is a void in the literature with regard to the role of those with undergraduate minors in social work. The few articles on social work minor programs are dated, yet the number of such programs is increasing, but with little consistency in requirements and no agreed upon competencies for their graduates. Much like the debate that took…
Developing the next generation of social work activists
Social action is an ethical mandate, but the literature suggests that social work's engagement in activities that remedy systemic social injustices have been inadequate. This study examined the social action of Master of Social Work graduates. Social workers who concentrated on macro practice felt more confident in nine competencies found to be common to this method. Enhanced social action was reported by macro social workers. Seven macro practic…
Increasing Social Work Students' Participation in Macro Specializations
Much effort has been made to increase the number of social work students in macro practice specializations in graduate school. Despite the development of pedagogical techniques which have shown to increase interest in and appreciation for macro practice, the proportion of macro students has stayed low and stable over time. Using survey data collected from 474 Master of Social Work students and graduates, this exploratory study identified both str…
Linking Social Work Licensure Examination Pass Rates to Accreditation
Unlike other disciplines, social work has made accreditation decisions about undergraduate and graduate programs independent of licensure examination pass rates of graduates. While education, regulation, and practice are heralded as the three pillars of social work, there have been few meaningful linkages between them. Despite recognition that licensure impacts employment opportunities and salaries of social workers, the academy has been resistan…
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform
Linking Social Work Licensing Exam Content to Educational Competencies
Purpose: There has been increasing interest in the academy to assist social work graduates to become licensed which is likely to grow as the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) cites licensure pass rates as a post-graduation outcome required for accreditation by newly adopted standards. This study determines the ability of academics to reliably link Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities statements that are the bases of licensure tests with the CSW…
Critical Time in Regulation of Social Work Practice
Social Work Licensure Portability
COVID-19 highlights the need for portability of social work licensure to be a priority. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) spearheaded some initiatives, such as the creation and promotion of the Social Work Registry and Model Social Work Practice Act, with the hope that these efforts would enhance the ability of social workers to be licensed in multiple states. Neither has solved the portability problem. Licensure endorsement, an approa…
Missing the Mark
The 2021 revision to the ethical code for social workers mandated engagement in self-care. A review of workforce data suggests that the need for self-care in social work is largely due to poor working conditions, inadequate pay, unavailability of quality supervision, and lack of professional recognition. Thus, making self-care largely a personal responsibility is adopting a 'blaming the victim' mentality that the profession has historically rejec…
Reflective journaling
Social work students are required to develop competency in research and evaluation prior to graduation. However, anxiety and fear about taking research courses can inhibit learning and are well documented in the literature. Much effort has been made to develop pedagogical methods to reduce student disdain for these courses in order to enhance engagement and facilitate knowledge acquisition. This empirical study found that journaling, when incorpo…
Video narratives as a trauma-informed pedagogical tool in remote social work education
This article describes the use of video narratives with undergraduate social work students to assist with implementing explicit and implicit curricula during remote instruction due to COVID-19. While use of video narratives was not originally planned in a senior capstone course, technology was quickly employed to help students process feelings about grief and loss associated with abruptly ending classes and activities. Modification of assignments…
Post-Master's Career Progression of Social Workers
Social work is one of the fastest growing professions in the nation with an expected job growth of 9% by the end of the decade and more than 62,888 Masters of Social Work (MSW) students in the United States in 2021 (BLS, 2022; CSWE, 2023). The receipt of a graduate social work degree represents an important milestone, often accompanied by entry into professional practice. While much is written about formal social work education, scholarly literat…
Examining the Views of Master of Social Work (MSW) Graduates on the Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society
Despite the social work profession's unified commitment to identify and address widespread societal problems, there have been few scholarly articles that have focused on the Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society ('Grand Challenges'). While half of social work academic programs have reported incorporating content about the Grand Challenges initiative into curricula, there have not been any known empirical studies about whether graduates hav…
Renaming “Field” in Social Work Education
The University of Southern California (USC) announced the removal of the term “field” from its social work curriculum due to racist connotations, with other accredited university programs following suit. The 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards promulgated by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) charge social work educational programs to challenge racist practices and closely examine existing traditions considering professio…
Integrating the Grand Challenges for social work into an undergraduate capstone course
Over the last decade, social work has focused on identifying widespread societal problems that should drive research, teaching, and practice in the coming years. There are very few scholarly articles about the integration of the Grand Challenges into curricula, despite reports that about half of social work academic institutions have done so. This study provides pre-post data from a cohort of social work students who focused their undergraduate c…
Examining State Policy Responses to Racial Disparities in Social Work Licensure Exams
This study explored how states responded to the release of the 2022 ASWB Exam Pass Rate Analysis, which revealed significant disparities in pass rates between Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) test takers and their White counterparts on the Association of Social Work Boards’ social work licensure exams. Using the conceptual framework of policy advocacy developed by Gen and Conley Wright (2013) to assess the inputs, activities, and ou…
Teaching and Assessing Research Competency in Social Work Education
In response to the increasing demand for accountability and evidence-informed practice, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) require that students in accredited programs demonstrate engagement in practice-informed research and research-informed practice. The CSWE accreditation involves the evaluation of how schools teach and assess the competencies and mandates that accredited schools m…
Creating Accreditation Standards for Online Social Work Education
To date, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) has not developed specific accreditation standards for online courses or programs, positing that the methods of delivery do not matter in a competency-based model of education. However, CSWE has maintained standards that dictate the number of faculty and practicum hours required for accreditation, indicating that there are some standards that transcend competency outcomes given their importance…
Social Work Practice Data Support Advanced Generalist Graduate Education
Licensing is an important part of the professionalization of social workers. The practice analysis, done by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), produces the largest dataset of knowledge needed and tasks performed by practicing social workers. Analyses of these data support ending specialization of social work graduate education based on practice method. Review of the knowledge, skills, and abilities statements for the clinical and advan…
The Wild West
There are increasingly more undergraduate and graduate social work programs online, with almost all social work practice doctorate programs built on an online model. Despite some concern about the proliferation and quality of select online offerings, the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) has not developed separate or additional accreditation standards for online programs. Workforce data indicates that Black social workers are more likely th…
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