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Developing Simulation-Based Learning for Forensic Social Work
Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.25(2), pp.34-53
2025
Abstract
Simulation-based learning is emerging as a pedagogy to teach and assess specialist competencies in social work education. At present, the use of simulation-based learning in forensic social work education is unexplored in published literature. Forensic social workers regularly engage with a range of vulnerable and high-risk client groups and in scenarios fraught with hostility and difficult conversations. Utilising simulation-based education, educators can control the exposure and learning specifics to support emerging practitioners. This article explores the design process for creating a simulation activity representing a social work interview with a justice-involved client. This includes the creation of an outcome measure framework using holistic competency measures and metrics/indicators as structured benchmarks to determine and set educational expectations for both learners and educators. The findings suggest that simulation-based learning can be integrated to enhance student competence within forensic social work education.
Details
- Title
- Developing Simulation-Based Learning for Forensic Social Work
- Authors
- Dimitra Lattas (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyGerard Jefferies - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyRachel Ross - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleBrittany Adams - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Publication details
- Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.25(2), pp.34-53
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education
- Date published
- 2025
- ISSN
- 1329-0584
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2025 Copyright © Australian & New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991103242802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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