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1.00 Credits
This course will provide students with a broad overview and hands-on practice in researching, writing, and submitting grant proposals. Federal, state, and local sources of funds will be discussed, as well as strategies for success.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the first of a two-course series that provides the knowledge, concepts and fundamental skills needed for beginning level practice in public and private child welfare.The course focuses on interventions to protect children from abuse, neglect and sexual abuse by strengthening, supporting and empowering families. The course is organized around four themes: 1) Content is provided on the mission and scope of child welfare practice, articulating the underlying philosophy and values, and addressing cultural and relationship issues when working with families. 2) The course provides conceptual and practical information on identifying child maltreatment, assessing family needs and strengths, and determining both immediate and long term risk of future maltreatment. 3) Information is presented on case planning and applying a casework model when working with families. 4) Content is presented on interviewing skills in a child welfare setting, especially as these skills relate to family assessment and case planning. Social Work ethics and diversity will be explored as they apply to child welfare practice. This course is open to graduate students and seniors in Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the second in a series of two child welfare courses. It addresses the developmental and permanence needs of children in the welfare system. The developmental perspective provides the conceptual underpinning for the course. The course content is divided into five sections, covering: 1) an introduction to the developmental perspective and the social worker's role in promoting healthy development; 2) the effects of maltreatment on children; 3) the trauma of separation; 4) placement issues and practices; and 5) permanency through reunification or adoption. Cultural and diversity as well as social work values and ethics will be explored as they relate to child welfare practice.
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2.00 Credits
This course examines family violence as it occurs across the life cycle. The prevalence, dynamics and theories of various types of family violence ranging from child abuse to elder abuse will be addressed. Issues related to ethics and social work values will be examined within the context of direct practice. Macro issues including federal and state laws, domestic violence coordination councils, policies, and program development will be discussed. A special emphasis will be placed upon violence against women within intimate relationships. The knowledge base for this course is based on empirical research, encouraging students to think about research related to family violence and its utility for social work practice.
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2.00 Credits
This course will examine Gays, Lesbians and Transgender people with a focus on significant historical events, conflicts and current issues. This course will focus on the following content areas: (a) sexual orientation and cultural diversity; (b) policies and resources affecting Gay, Lesbian and Transgender people; and (c) oppression and discrimination that these populations face. Ethical Social Work practice with Gay Lesbian and Transgender people will be considered.
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2.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the field of gerontology and the roles and settings for gerontological social workers. The course will explore a broad range of micro- and macro-level issues. The biological, psychological, and social factors that affect older adults will be examined. The variety of experiences of older adults will be highlighted, along with the effects of human diversity, such as gender, race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and relationship status. The demographics of aging and their implications for public policy and the aging services delivery system will be discussed. Ethical dilemmas in the field of gerontology will be presented.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for social work students to examine the central processes involved in loss and grief. Theoretical perspectives on loss and grief will be examined. Loss and grief across the life span will be considered, with special attention paid to bereaved children. Gender, cultural, and ethnic/racial variations in grief expression will be explored along with the impact of religious beliefs and practices. Models for counseling people in grief will be reviewed with an emphasis on identification of unresolved and traumatic grief as well as opportunities for growth during the process of grief. The value and ethical issues involved in grief work will be identified. The social worker's own response to loss and grief and strategies for self-care will be discussed.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of substance addiction and abuse. This course is designed for social work students who may or may not work directly in substance addictions. The content provides a basic overview and the most recent information available on the substances most likely to result in addiction and dependence, and why knowledge of these substances is so important for ethical, efficient and effective professional practice. Emphasis is placed on how this information can influence the therapeutic/counseling relationship and supports the use of progressive treatment plan development and documentation strategy.
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2.00 Credits
This course takes a multi-disciplinary look at crisis intervention and focuses on how social work plays an integral role. The focus will be on macro and micro level issues that result from crises and interventions for those issues. Working with first responders in their struggles as emergency workers will also be discussed. The course will consider how cultural diversity influences the response to crisis situations. Ethical dilemmas faced by social work professional when utilizing crisis intervention strategies will be examined.
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2.00 Credits
Individual psychotherapy is and has been the most popular choice for therapy for clients across the years. From the early days of Freud and Jung to modern times with Satir and Papp, individual therapy has helped people identify, understand and resolve significant life issues. Individual therapy is often about empowerment, choice and change. This course will focus on issues in individual therapy such as disclosures, resistance, avoidance, feedback, mutuality, responsibility, decision making, timing, scheduling, boundaries, abandonment, attraction and sexuality, anniversary reactions, inclusion of others, transference and countertransference, change, use of paradox, story-telling, transfers, dream interpretation and termination.
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