CLINICAL PRACTICE WITH FAMILIES

Catalog description

This course is intended to provide students with the knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes necessary to effectively and compassionately engage in clinical practice with diverse family structures. Grounded in the values of the social work profession, this course examines the various stages of family development, challenges they face, strengths and capacities they possess, and the interactive influence with their environments. An emphasis on family system theories guides the student in their assessment and intervention work with family systems.