Application of Group Skills

Catalog description

This course builds on the process model of SWK 772 to advance the application of theory and skills for clinical social work practice with groups. The advanced nature of this course includes 1) more in-depth attention to theory and skills for facilitating groups for therapeutic purposes; 2) more sophisticated application of action and process- based techniques to the stages of group development and to the cultural diversity of members in therapeutic groups; 3) more comparative assessment of the types of/and models for social work practice with groups in diverse contexts; 4) more intensive experience in a group process designed to increase awareness regarding current strengths and obstacles to the "use of self" in clinical social work practice with groups.