Academic and methodological aspect of training future social workers for professional activity with young families

Methodological Contributions to Professional Education and Training

Professional education and training plays a crucial role for successful transfer of innovative Software Engineering technologies and for achieving long-term strategic goals of an organization. We describe how empirically validated knowledge related to methods, tools, and techniques is organized and maintained in an organizational unit called Experience Factory. Emphasis of the paper is to descr...

Training for Social Workers

answer to a question in the House that legislation was to be introduced, on December 12th the Report was again brought before the notice of the Minister by Mr. Kenneth Robinson who asked whether the recommendation concerning financial assistance from central government funds for the training of social workers was to be accepted. The Circular states that, pending the formation of the new Council...

Burden, professional support, and social network in families of children and young adults with muscular dystrophies

INTRODUCTION This study explores burden and social and professional support in families of young patients with muscular dystrophies (MDs) in Italy. METHODS The study was carried out on 502 key relatives of 4- to 25-year-old patients suffering from Duchenne, Becker, or Limb-Girdle MD who were living with at least 1 adult relative. RESULTS A total of 77.1% of relatives reported feelings of lo...

Future Trends in Academic Professional Development

Universities have changed over the past two decades in response to more dynamic employment environments (Hager, Holland, & Beckett, 2003). Government and employers around the world expect university graduates to have more relevant knowledge and, perhaps more importantly, a range of professional skills developed as a result of their university education (Business Higher Education Round Table, 19...

Biotechnology and Social Aspect