Social work students' risk assessment of neurodivergent children and adolescents.
This study examined how 95 Danish social work students assessed the risk of neurodivergent children (autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) facing social issues later in life. We used the vignette method where all students studied the same cases, followed by each assessi...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 437 - 456 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2026
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