School-Agency Collaboration

The social work literature notes increasing problems and controversies related to the interrelationships of teaching, scholarship, and service. The authors present a model of a school and state hospital collaboration project that integrates these educational dimensions. Major components of the model are described, including a philosophy and rationale for collaboration, key features of collaboration, and an overview and evaluation of the project’s three programs. The project demonstrates that teaching, scholarship, and service can interact in a way that enriches social work education.