Social Work Practice with Parents

Catalog description

Introduces students to assessment and intervention with individuals/couples/groups who are in parenting roles. Parenting techniques from a strengths based perspective and introduced. This course is a continuation of the ecological perspective of systems theory and social work practice illustrated in Human Behavior and the Social Environment and Social Work Practice & Techniques. Ethnic, culture and gender issues are included in the course information as they apply. Family violence, parenting styles, parenting roles, substance abuse and adolescence conflict are among the topics discussed in this course.