Specialized Practice: Integrative Seminar

Catalog description

Building on the strengths-based, collaborative model of social work practice covered in generalist practice courses and the trauma-informed and recovery-oriented theories and models of specialized courses, this seminar prepares students to respond to the impact of trauma, loss, and grief on individuals, families, and communities within a human rights and social justice framework. There are three main foci for the course: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice; crisis theory, response to traumatic loss, and grief; and instilling hope for recovery. The capstone assignment for this course (and for the MSW curriculum) is an interprofessional simulation involving preparedness and response to a community-wide crisis affecting individuals, families, and communities.