Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups I

Catalog description

In this generalist clinical practice course, students are introduced to basic frameworks, methods, and models for working with individuals, families, and groups. The course content emphasizes relationship- based and reflective practice principles, the client-worker relationship, and the development of interviewing, engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination skills. Students will become familiar with the values and ethics of the profession and the variety of social work roles and practice settings they may engage in when working with children and families. This course is taken concurrently with students’ first field placement.