Policy Clearinghouse
The Policy Clearinghouse is a national database of teaching resources to support faculty in developing and/or integrating policy into the classroom. The clearinghouse was made possible with generous funding from the Fund for Social Policy Education and Practice (FSPEP) which is supported by the Lois and Samuel Silberman Grant Fund of The New York Community Trust.
Material Submission
If you would like to submit materials for the clearinghouse, please send the resource permission form, a brief (50 words or less) description of your materials, and your materials to policyclearinghouse@cswe.org.
Resource Type
Topic Area
Course Type
Social Work Competency
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Accessibility Survey and Personal Reflection
This assignment is designed to increase student awareness of the need for policies to protect civil rights of various groups. The focus is the disability accessibility of physical structures in our community. Contributor: Julia Kleinschmit |
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Blendspace Agency Assignment
In this assignment, instructors crete a Blendspace lesson to help students learn about agency services and resoruces. Students then complete an analysis of an agency's website to determine the efficiency of the website. Contributor: Amy McLean |
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Citizenship Social Work In-Class Exercise
This is an in-class exercise during the first class of the Citizenship Social Work Policy course. The exercise helps students start to consider what social justice is and how they can anchor social justice in the concept of embodied citizenship. Contributor: Jessica Toft |
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Conflict Skills for Social Workers
To help students learn and practice conflict skills, this module is used to explain the value of conflict, the steps in managing conflict, and approaches to amplifying conflict when necessary.
Contributor: Barrett Bonella |
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Conversations about Culture: Video & Lesson Plan
This module conveys the importance of two-way learning in the social worker-client relationship through a dialogical approach. It situates the social worker as “learner” as opposed to the “expert professional.” Contributor: Laura Lewis |
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Data-informed Policy Scavenger Hunt
This in-class exercise discusses the role of data in policy/advocacy. Students will become more familiar with available demographic data sets and deepen their understanding of the relationship between data and policy.
Contributor: Rosemary French |
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