Advanced SW Practice I

Catalog description

Section information text: This is an advanced course designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to apply professional social work services. Students in this course focus on the application of evidence-based theories and other intervention methods with individuals and families. This course has a particular focus on individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds and marginalized or oppressed populations. Students demonstrate therapeutic skills to engage clients, to define and prioritize issues, to set mutually developed goals, and to commit to the change process. Students explore and evaluate assessment tools and interventions to use with a variety of populations.