Training Program for Geriatric Social Workers

至少有4个因素强调了社会工作者继续专业教育的必要性：1）我们人口的多样性和老龄化急剧增加; 2）迅速转变的政策必要性; 3）来自相关专业的竞争日益激烈，以及4）新技术，服务和资源的出现。尽管明确需要高质量的培训，使社会工作者在这个不断变化的环境中取得成功，文献表明，越来越多的认识到在传统的继续教育社会工作的转移问题。在老人社会工作方面，培训转介的问题尤其严重。为了解决这个问题，NERI与波士顿大学老年社会工作研究所（IGSW）合作，开发和测试了一个培训计划，即与老年人合作计划，用于实践社会工作者，最大限度地提高实践技能的转移，并采用成熟的专业教育技术。该计划将包括一系列短视频和培训师指南，可用于在工作场所方便和具有成本效益的小组培训课程。录像的设计将使其也可用作独立的培训工具。此外，对于自我导向的学习，该计划将被修改，并制作成CD-ROM。该计划将采取以证据为基础，以客户为中心的方法与老年人合作，将很容易纳入现有的培训，并将获得社会工作学校，社区为基础的机构，和个人从业者。与成人如何学习新技能的教育研究证据相一致，该计划的一个主要目标是通过使用专业质量的录像戏剧性的小插曲来模拟适当的评估和沟通技能。专家评论将伴随着每个小插曲，以加强教学点。第一阶段的目标包括：1）为整个计划制定详细的内容大纲; 2）为原型视频和相关培训人员指南的内容制定脚本处理; 3）制作原型视频和培训人员指南的相关部分; 4）评估计划的可行性; 5）制定第二阶段制作时间表;（六）制定商业化计划。7.项目简介：继续教育是社会工作者进行老年护理专业培训的主要来源。与老年人合作计划的目标是开发可以在医院，疗养院和社区机构等一系列实践环境中应用的核心能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): At least 4 factors underscore the need for continuing professional education for social workers: 1) dramatic increases in the diversity and aging of our population; 2) rapidly shifting policy imperatives; 3) growing competition from related professions, and 4) the emergence of new technologies, services, and resources. In spite of the clear need for high-quality training to enable social workers to succeed in this changing environment, the literature indicates growing recognition of a transfer problem in traditional continuing education in social work. The training transfer problem is particularly acute for the field of geriatric social work. To address this problem, NERI has partnered with the Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University to develop and test a training program, the Working with Older Adults Program, for practicing social workers that maximizes the transfer of practice skills and employs proven techniques of professional education. The program will consist of a series of short videos and a Trainer's Guide that can be used in small-group training sessions delivered conveniently and cost-efficiently in the workplace. The videos will be designed so that they can also be used as a free-standing training tool. In addition, for self-directed learning, the program will be modified and produced on CD-ROM. The program will take an evidence-based, client-centered approach to working with older adults, will be readily incorporated into existing training, and will be accessible to schools of social work, community-based agencies, and individual practitioners. Consistent with evidence from educational research on how adults learn new skills, a major objective of the program will be to model appropriate assessment and communication skills through the use of professional-quality videotaped dramatic vignettes. Expert commentary will accompany each vignette in order to reinforce the teaching points. The Aims of Phase I include: 1) development of a detailed content outline for the full program; 2) development of a script treatment for the prototype video and the content for the associated Trainers Guide; 3) production of the prototype video and related sections of the Trainers Guide; 4) assessment of the feasibility of the program; 5) development of the Phase II production schedule; and 6) development of a commercialization plan. 7. PROJECT NARRATIVE: Continuing education is the primary source of specialty training in geriatric care for social workers. The objective of the Working with Older Adults Program is to develop core competencies that can be applied across a range of practice settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and community agencies.