Generalist Practice with Families and Groups

Catalog description

This three-credit course is the second in a three-part sequence in generalist social work practice that specifically focuses on assessment and intervention with families and groups. Students acquire knowledge and skills of assessment and intervention with couples, families, and groups utilizing a systems framework within the strengths and empowerment traditions in social work. In this course, students will learn social work processes with families and groups and practice social work skills used with these client systems. This course is taken concurrently with SWK 480 - Generalist Field Practicum: Part A, an educationally directed field practicum that assists students to develop competency in generalist social work practice. Another central component of this course is consideration of social work values as the foundation of all social work practice. Students will demonstrate the integration of these values in the classroom and in their field practice.