Utilizing actors to simulate clients in social work student role plays: Does this approach have a place in social work education?

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 223-233

  Petracchi, Helen E ^a   Collins, Kathryn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor simulations; Role play; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749465085     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J067v26n01_13     Document Type: Article

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