Assessment and Intervention with Adolescents

Catalog description

SOWK 4713. Assessment and Intervention with Adolescents. Development of practice skills for multi-systems social work with adolescents across diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities. Course topics include trauma (including physical and sexual abuse), depression and suicidality, substance use, pregnancy and parenting, community and gang-related violence, family conflict, and system involvement. Emphasis on culturally responsive engagement, assessment, and intervention using strengths-based and ecological frameworks at the individual, family, and community levels. This course and its learning objectives are required for CSWE accreditation. Prerequisites: SOWK 3221 and SOWK 3223 . Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.