Sport Social Work: Unique Opportunities, Benefits, and Barriers
Tarkington Newman,
Katlin Okamoto,
Lauren Beasley
et al.
Abstract:Summary: Sport social workers operate across all sport systems and settings, from youth recreation to professional athletics. Due to the diversity of ways in which social work practice intersects with sport, the specialization of sport social work remains nebulous. To begin to disentangle this ambiguity, the current exploratory study sough to better understand the unique perspectives and lived experiences sport social workers who: (1) use sport to promote healthy development and holistic wellbeing, and (2) pro… Show more
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