SOWK 558 - Gay/Lesbian Issues for the Social Work Practitioner

Institution:

Eastern Washington University

Subject:

Description:

This course is designed to assist professionals who may encounter lesbians and gay men as clients. Students in the course will be encouraged to deal openly with their feelings and attitudes about homosexuality. Class members will be allowed to explore their motivations and resistance to working with this client group and those hostile to them and will be helped, where possible, to resolve blocks to effective social provision. The course is designed to educate and to suggest counseling approaches that might be most helpful to gays and lesbians and to explore available support systems. Issues that will receive special attention include health, problems of rural lesbians and gay men, the aging, child welfare, homophobia, the "coming out" process and societalattitudes toward gays and lesbians.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ewu.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 359-6200

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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