Seminar Actors Small Grant Proposal

Seminar Actors Small Grant Proposal

Academic Year:
2011 - 2012 (June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012)
Funding Requested:
$500.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
This request is for funding to support payment to professional male and female actors who will assist with role play simulations in an advanced graduate course in Interpersonal Social Work Practice with Families. (This is similar to a couples and family therapy course.) The course prepares Master of Social Work students with knowledge, skills, and values associated with evidence-based models of social work practice with couples and multigenerational families. Part of the structure of the course is a one-hour experiential segment devoted to practicing the model being covered for that week. Prior to the start of the term, students submit de-identified case studies from their practice or prior social work experience. I select those case studies in which the content coincides with a practice model. These model-based case studies are assigned randomly to students at the start of the term. Students then take turns serving as practitioner or co-practitioner (depending on the number of students in the class) in a role play simulation demonstrating the implementation of the practice model assigned for that week.
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

Prepare Master of Social Work students with knowledge, skills, and values associated with evidence-based models of social work practice with couples and multigenerational families.

Project Achievements:

Seven different male and female actors from the U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Drama Department worked in student-led role plays as part of the Interpersonal Practice with Families course. It had become difficult to utilize students who were simultaneously taking the course in the role play simulation, and the ability to use paid actors was a virtual 'lifesaver'.

Continuation:
A Social Work faculty member has since developed a course in which MSW students learn to act out certain therapy roles. Students can then 'practice' on them in role play situations set up outside of class and at the convenience of the student practitioner (a member of the class) and the role players (who receive course credit).
Dissemination:
N/A

Source URL: https://crlt.umich.edu/node/85740