improving student behavior
To align with social work terminology and values, consider revising to something like:
"...the teachers at your school might be interested in decreasing classroom disruptions or enhancing subject matter learning, while the administration is solely focused on test scores."
If the participant does become upset or affected by their participation in the interview we may help facilitate their connection with appropriate supportive services to address this, such as counseling or crisis numbers (and indeed, this is our ethical obligation as a competent and caring researcher), however counseling and treatment is not our responsibility and we should be very careful not to confuse it as such.
To make sure the text is aligned with current social work terminology, consider revising to something like the following:
"...we may help facilitate their connection with appropriate resources, such as counseling or crisis supports. Indeed, this is our ethical obligation as competent and caring researchers. Counseling and treatment, however, are not our direct responsibilities as researchers, and we must be very careful not to confuse research and clinical roles."
(replacement of the original terms "counseling or crisis numbers" with "counseling or crisis supports or contacts will help align text with social work terminology. Actually, this is not necessarily a terminology problem, per se, but more of a practical usage issue. We usually need to provide more than contact numbers; we may need to provide descriptions of available resources, service types, etc.).
you may choose to meet at your office
I remember reading in my Group Practice MSW class text that office settings may involve inherent power imbalances, and that the physical office layout can emphasize or de-emphasize such imbalances. Because this and other chapters remind students to think about power dynamics of researcher-participant interactions, perhaps we can add something about striving toward power-balanced physical office layouts if and when interviews are conducted in office settings. (As an example: The actions required to ease power imbalances in this environment are relatively straightforward: Instead of a researcher sitting behind a desk and having the participant sit opposite in a different sized/styled chair, arrange the chairs across from each other, with no person behind a desk.)
Al-Anon
May want to expand on this a bit to clarify the nature of Al-Anon. Not all students will be familiar with this organization, so perhaps a brief explanation will be helpful here. Perhaps revise to something like:
"As an example, let's say you're interested in studying the experiences of family members who have a loved one struggling with substance use. To aid in your recruitment for this study, you enlist the help of a local person who does a lot of work with Al-Anon, an organization facilitating mutual support groups for individuals and families affected by alcoholism."
(Also: note replacement of original phrase "loved one with a substance addiction" to "loved one struggling with substance use." This will help the text align with current social work terminology.
that
Use "who" instead of "that" to keep the focus and style aligned with person-centered social work values
By failing to address this, the inadvertent exclusion of older adult voices from your data could be disempowering for this subgroup
(Not really a social work terminology issue, but rather a social work concepts/values note)
To emphasize social work commitment to diversity and inclusion, perhaps we can add to this sentence a bit. We could potentially revise to something like "...could be disempowering for this subgroup, and could limit the inclusion of valuable perspectives from your study."
Latin American
Would the term "Latinx" apply here?