Archive for August, 2009
Training Social Workers
by David Meitzler on Aug.27, 2009, under Closets Are For Clothes, WCBN-FM
Laura Sanders, MSW with 20+ years of experience and ajunct professor at the University of Michigan teaches students in the Social Work Masters Program. One of her courses focuses on teaching students about the needs of transgendered, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. The interview examines how such a course fits into a social worker’s training and how it is part of an overall effort to create connections between oppressed communities.
Also featured is Dr. Robert Snyder who has participated as a test subject in past classes, acting in the role of a client for these future caregivers.
