CONFRONTING THE THREAT OF PRIVATE-PRACTICE - CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL-WORK EDUCATORS

Although an increasing number of social workers are engaging in privat e clinical practice and a majority of entering MSW students plan to do so, content on private practice is generally not included in MSW curr icula. This article reports on a 1992-93 survey of faculty and student attitudes concerning various aspects of studying private practice in MSW programs. It compares the views of the two groups, assesses the im plications for social work education, and encourages creative approach es to integrating the realities of professional practice with the trad itional values and mission of social work.