Shifting sands: Changing the way we think about practice
Author(s)
Dorsett, Pat
Fronek, Patricia
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2007
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Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate more negative consequences of psychosocial adjustment to SCI than is necessarily experienced by individuals themselves. This has implications for effective clinical interventions. This practice issues paper aims to present current research finding which debunk seemingly persistent ...
View more >Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate more negative consequences of psychosocial adjustment to SCI than is necessarily experienced by individuals themselves. This has implications for effective clinical interventions. This practice issues paper aims to present current research finding which debunk seemingly persistent myths surrounding adjustment to SCI, and to consider strategies for bridging the research/practice divide.
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View more >Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate more negative consequences of psychosocial adjustment to SCI than is necessarily experienced by individuals themselves. This has implications for effective clinical interventions. This practice issues paper aims to present current research finding which debunk seemingly persistent myths surrounding adjustment to SCI, and to consider strategies for bridging the research/practice divide.
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Journal Title
SCI Psychosocial Process
Volume
20
Issue
1