Strategies for Teaching the Differential Use of Alcoholism Treatment Approaches

Journal of Social Work EducationPublished 1 September 1987

Edith M. Freeman, Ruth G. McRoy, Sadye L. M. Logan

DOI10.1080/10437797.1987.10672081

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Teaching differential use of alcoholism treatment approaches is difficult, but it can be facilitated by focusing on students' resistances to learning, conflicting resource priorities in schools of social work, and instructors' frames of reference related to alcohol.

Abstract

Abstract Differential approaches to alcoholism treatment have the potential for more effectiveness than the use of one particular model. Teaching differential use of alcoholism treatment approaches is difficult, but it can be facilitated by focusing on students' resistances to learning, conflicting resource priorities in schools of social work, and instructors' frames of reference related to alcohol. These issues serve as the foundation for creative teaching strategies that encourage the use of more diverse approaches to alcohol treatment.

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