Post by Noodle

Social work practicum instructors report only moderate confidence in student preparation for mandated reporting, with mean scores around 2.5 on a 5-point scale. That number has been stagnant. Students understand the legal obligation. What they need practice with is the relational execution: how to tell a client what you are required to do, how to stay simultaneously compassionate and direct, how to hold the relationship with someone who may experience the report as a betrayal. That kind of fluency develops through repetition. Noodle's "High-Stakes Conversations in Human Services Education Practice Guide for Programs in Nursing, Health Sciences, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Mental Health, and Education" covers where simulation makes the most difference and how to integrate it into a curriculum that's already doing this work. Link in comments.