CHAD 202 - Cultural Comp in Child Welfare

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Montclair State University

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College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: CHILD ADVOCACY Credits: 3.00 Cultural Competencies in Child Welfare. Prerequisites: CHAD 100 or ENWR 105 or HONP 100. This course will identify the three components of cultural competency that have been identified in the child welfare field: value base, knowledge, and skills. The course will focus on enabling students to examine the values that are necessary for a culturally competent understanding and response to child welfare, specifically accepting the existence of biases and developing a commitment to a strengths-based model that relies on respect and working toward empowerment as a goal for intervention. Culture is defined broadly, and the course will expose students to a range of belief systems common in different groups concerning child rearing and child maltreatment. 3 hours lecture.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.montclair.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 655-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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