Advanced Policy Practice with Organizations and Communities

Catalog description

This is the first course on social policy and examines how social workers collaborate with organizations and communities to intervene in social policy. Strategies for policy practice include values clarification, legislative advocacy, analytic advocacy, and implementation advocacy, and these strategies build upon concepts and skills from community development, social planning, and community organizing. Emphasis is given to working with economically disadvantaged and historically disempowered communities. This course is restricted to students admitted to the MSW Program.