School Social Workers' Needs in Supporting Adolescents with Disabilities toward Dating and Sexual Health: A Qualitative Study.
School social workers approach their direct practice from ecological systems and justice-oriented perspectives. As such, they may hold a critical role in providing needed sexual health and dating education and services to adolescents with disabilities. Thirteen high school social workers who work cl...
| Publicado en: | Children & Schools Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 79 - 91 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2014
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107854505&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107854505 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15328759 FB3 jtl: Children & Schools issn: 15328759 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2014 vid: 36 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 107854505 96354050 10.1093/cs/cdu006 107854505 ppf: 79 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: School Social Workers' Needs in Supporting Adolescents with Disabilities toward Dating and Sexual Health: A Qualitative Study. aug: au: Rueda, Heidi Adams Linton, Kristen F. Williams, Lela Rankin affil: Assistant professor, Department of Social Work, University of Texas, San Antonio sug: subj: School Health Services Social Worker Attitudes Needs Assessment Students with Disabilities Sexual Health Human Qualitative Studies Dating Education Sex Education Interviews Adolescence Thematic Analysis Purposive Sample Descriptive Statistics Adult Middle Age Data Analysis Software kappa Statistic Professional-Client Relations Adolescent Development Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: School social workers approach their direct practice from ecological systems and justice-oriented perspectives. As such, they may hold a critical role in providing needed sexual health and dating education and services to adolescents with disabilities. Thirteen high school social workers who work closely with adolescents with disabilities were interviewed to identify their needs and challenges in supporting such adolescents toward dating and sexual health. Mesosystemic challenges at the school level evidenced three themes: (1) the desire for school-based comprehensive sexual education for all adolescents, (2) a multitiered and ancillary approach to educating adolescents with disabilities about dating and sexual health, and (3) increased time (that is, via additional funding) to provide social work services to adolescents with disabilities. Exosystemic needs and challenges were reflected in discussions about community resources that social workers deemed integral to their work with adolescents with disabilities. Finally, dialogue reflective of macrosystemic needs and challenges included environmental factors that adolescents with disabilities brought with them to school and that affected social workers' intervention efforts. Consistent with social workers' dialogue, recommendations for social work education, policy reform, and programs for adolescents with disabilities are presented. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|