Association News: Vol. 34, No. 3

  • Field education is described as the "signature pedagogy" of social work, and Scott Wilkes, Ph.D., JD, LCSW, sees the importance of concurrent learning in both classroom and internship placements.
    Photo of Scott Wilkes
  • The development of the next iteration of competence assessments for social work licensing, slated for launch in 2026, took a major step forward when the 2022–2024 Practice Analysis Task Force held its final meeting on September 6 and 7 in Reston, Virginia.
    Photograph of the 2024 Practice Analysis Task Force
  • Enforcement, while sometimes viewed as limited to administrative prosecutions, is a broad term that describes all aspects of social work regulation. Understand it and use it to fulfill the public protection obligations of social work regulators.
    ASWB legal counsel Dale Atkinson

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