Social Work in Educational Settings

Listen.Up.People. by USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Episode notes

School social workers play an increasingly important role in fostering students’ social and emotional well-being for productive learning in the classroom. Kerry Doyle, associate teaching professor, and MSW alumna Maria Ruelas, district social worker for the Lawndale Elementary School District, have experienced many different sides of social work in educational settings, in the training and education of school social workers and on the ground in classrooms.

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