Group Theory and Practice

Catalog description

This course focuses on the application of a generalist, social systems framework for social work groups and community practice. A wide range of content, modalities, theories, and treatment approaches for effective group work and community practice are presented. Emphasis is placed on deepening social work practitioner group practice skills with various at-risk and vulnerable populations as well as content for understanding inclusive practice with organizations and communities. Students learn group and community inclusive practice content that identifies client issues, their problems, and their needs for collaborative service delivery. Course content also includes identifying, assessing, analyzing, documenting, and implementing empirically based group and community interventions; applying empirically-based group and community knowledge and technological advances, and providing leadership for supportive services that promote social and economic justice on behalf of client systems in relation to their broader environments. Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in FSW 201 and FSW 206 ; social work major or social work graduate student status. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: FSW 304 .