Beyond inclusion: Creating affirming classrooms for d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing students

Elspeth Slayter, MSW, MA, PhD, Salem State University Cate Thomas, BSW, GradCertLearn&TeachHigherEd, GradDipPA, MPAdmin, PhD, Charles Sturt University We often have d/Deaf[1] and hard-of-hearing students in our university student bodies, but they can, at times, feel excluded… Continue reading →

“School sucks for a blind student:” Creating disability-affirming classrooms for blind students

Co-authored by Ben Chase, BSW Candidate and Elspeth Slayter, MSW, MA, PhD Recently, Ben, a legally blind social work student with partial visual impairment wrote to Elspeth, saying “school sucks for a blind… Continue reading →

By any means necessary: Teaching about social injustice in statistics courses

Teaching statistics to social work students can be challenging on the engagement front.  It is critical to help students make important connections between the use of statistics and the practice of social work –… Continue reading →