ABSTRACT

Providing adequate training on suicide assessment and intervention for students is of utmost importance in social work education. Given students’ anxiety around working with clients who have potential risk of suicide, scholars underline the benefits of experiential learning to enhance competence in MSW students in suicide risk assessment, prevention, and intervention (SRAPI). This paper illustrates how a required advanced mental health practice course has utilized simulation-based learning (SBL) and behavioural activation (BA) to foster specific skill building in SRAPI. Using a flipped classroom approach permitted students to increase knowledge related to suicide and BA using a self-guided online format. They also had opportunities to apply the online learning to classroom learning through practice activities. SBL was an innovative pedagogical approach that was critical for SRAPI training as it provides students with opportunities to engage in simulated practice with no harm to real clients. Using BA, students learned to conduct detailed functional analysis of suicide risks with corresponding graded tasks to mitigate suicidal risk. This paper discusses lessons learned from the SRAPI training and makes suggestions for future research and educational policies in social work education.

摘要

为学生提供充分的自杀评估和干预培训对于社会工作教育至关重要。鉴于学生对与有潜在自杀风险的客户打交道感到焦虑，学者们强调了体验式学习对于提高 MSW 学生自杀风险评估、预防和干预 (SRAPI) 能力的好处。本文阐述了所需的高级心理健康实践课程如何利用基于模拟的学习 (SBL) 和行为激活 (BA) 来培养 SRAPI 中的特定技能。采用翻转课堂方法，学生可以通过自助在线形式增加与自杀和文学学士相关的知识。他们还有机会通过实践活动将在线学习应用到课堂学习中。SBL 是一种创新的教学方法，对于 SRAPI 培训至关重要，因为它为学生提供了参与模拟实践的机会，而不会对真实客户造成伤害。通过 BA，学生学会了对自杀风险进行详细的功能分析以及相应的分级任务，以降低自杀风险。本文讨论了 SRAPI 培训的经验教训，并为社会工作教育的未来研究和教育政策提出了建议。