Resumen
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about new socio-health standards that had a direct impact on the teaching and academic reality of university students. At Laval University, Quebec (Canada), almost all courses had to migrate to distance or asynchronous modalities. As a result, students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program have expressed a need for face-to-face practical activities to consolidate their theoretical learning before their practicum. To address this concern, in May 2022, three professors at the School of Social Work and Criminology established a practical social intervention lab. The intervention lab, in which 25 students were enrolled, consisted of two days of training allowing them to experiment with individual, marital and group intervention. Six scenarios dealing with different social issues were tested and then performed by actors with a background in theater. The purpose of this poster presentation is to outline the process of developing and carrying out this laboratory, the objectives around which the pedagogical activities were based, and the means that facilitated their operationalization. For the students, the experimentation of the three intervention methods in an intensive formula allowed them to consolidate their learning, in addition to promoting the development of their confidence before entering the internship. In addition, this experience supported the acquisition of a better understanding of the complementarity of the methods, the transferability of certain skills and attitudes from one method to another and allowed the students to better understand the specificities of each method. Finally, the issues and recommendations related to the implementation of such an experience for the development of social work students' skills will be discussed.
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Social work, university, students, development, methodologies, laboratory