Child, Youth & Family Interventions in Social Work.

Catalog description

This specialized course will examine the bio-psycho-social development of children and adolescents as a basis for understanding healthy functioning and the ways that environments and circumstances shape us at physical, cognitive, emotional, and neurological levels. Special attention will be paid to the impacts of oppression on development with focuses on the impacts of racism, poverty, and the welfare system. Developmentally appropriate clinical interventions for children will also be introduced. Theories framing the foundation for social work practice with families will be explored and critiqued as they assist in understanding (1) the relationship between the family and its environment, (2) intergenerational family culture, structure, and process; (3) family life cycle processes; (4) internal family organization and process and (5) individual family meanings and narratives. This course is taught in a hybrid or online format. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all previous SOCW course sequence.