ABSTRACT

Little is known about preparing BSW students to work with intimate partner violence (IPV). This study describes an experiential exercise designed to introduce them to working with survivors of IPV. Qualitative methods were used to explore BSW student descriptions of their experiences of and learning from the exercise. Analysis revealed students’ descriptions of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to work with IPV survivors, included awareness of the need for more knowledge about IPV, the complexity of decisions survivors make, empathy for survivors, and how students would work with such clients in the future. Recommendations for social work educators include the need for them to provide information on IPV; to increase both interpersonal and social empathy; how bias can affect attitudes toward survivors; the need to address students’ struggles with issues of self-determination; obtaining resources, and the necessity of supporting students with their own trauma histories.

摘要

关于让 BSW 学生做好应对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的准备工作知之甚少。本研究描述了一项旨在向他们介绍与 IPV 幸存者一起工作的体验式练习。定性方法被用来探索 BSW 学生对他们在练习中的经验和学习的描述。分析揭示了学生对与 IPV 幸存者工作相关的知识、态度和行为的描述，包括意识到需要更多关于 IPV 的知识、幸存者做出的决定的复杂性、对幸存者的同情以及学生将如何与这些客户一起工作未来。对社会工作教育者的建议包括他们需要提供有关 IPV 的信息；增加人际交往和社会同理心；偏见如何影响对幸存者的态度；需要解决学生与自决问题的斗争；获取资源，以及支持学生拥有自己的创伤史的必要性。