Spirituality and Social Work Practice.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: SLWK 693 and 694 , or SLWK 695 , or SLWK 612 , each with minimum grade of C. Designed to educate students for advanced social work practice with persons of diverse religious and nonreligious perspectives of spirituality. It provides a comprehensive introduction to spiritually sensitive social work and is intended to expand the explanatory theories that inform professional social work practice. The concepts of person-in-environment and strengths become vivid as the student in practicum assesses how individuals may use spirituality to establish meaning and purpose in relation to their goals of daily living.