- Social Work Practice with Families and Groups

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to beginning social work practice associated with families and groups. This course emphasizes the application of theory and the acquisition of practice skills to work with families and groups in diverse practice settings. This course will emphasize engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, termination, and follow-up in mezzo practice. The impact of the larger social system, as well as cultural factors, on families and groups will be emphasized throughout the course. In addition, students will gain knowledge and skills in conceptualization of groups, planning of groups, and group facilitation. Additional therapeutic techniques such as confrontation, conflict management, and additive empathy will also be discussed throughout the course.