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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
The course will focus on preparation of students for entry into the field, and facilitate the process of finalizing field placements. An overview of the field instruction program will be given with an emphasis on policies and procedures, requirements and expectations of field internship. Strategies that will ensure a successful internship will be articulated, including time management skills, strategies to manage personal safety, and standards for professional ethics and behavior in field. Students will be exposed to the elements of effective professional writing will have the opportunity to evaluate their professional writing skills.
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1.00 Credits
This is the second of a three course sequence that will focus on integrating the social work knowledge, values and skills learned in the classroom with experiences through the concurrent agency-based foundation MSW field placement. Students will consider common experiences and concerns encountered in beginning fieldwork as they integrate theory and knowledge with the person-in-environment perspective to assess and intervene with clients, reason through ethical dilemmas, use research to inform their practice, and identify ways to advocate for human rights and social and economic justice. By reflecting on their own practice, students will continue the transition to professional social worker.
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1.00 Credits
This is the third of a three course sequence that will focus on integrating the social work knowledge, values and skills learned in the classroom with experiences through the concurrent agency-based foundation MSW field placement. Students will consider common experiences and concerns encountered in beginning fieldwork as they integrate theory and knowledge with the person-in-environment perspective to assess and intervene with clients, reason through ethical dilemmas, use research to inform their practice, and identify ways to advocate for human rights and social and economic justice. By reflecting on their own practice, students will continue the transition to professional social worker.
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2.00 Credits
MSW Intermediate Field Instruction internships are designed to give students opportunities to apply social work knowledge, values and skills to practice situations. In this half semester field placement, the principles of intermediate MSW social work practice will be carried out through engagement, assessment, intervention, or prevention activities with individuals, small groups, and families, communities, and organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on more advanced use of self and other interpersonal skills, critical understanding of, and familiarity with differences in social work assessments and medical models of assessment and diagnosis, and place of the helping relationship itself to facilitate change. Students will develop their ability to identify the ways that contexts impact the client's circumstances, with special attention to the ramifications of diversity matters as well as social and economic justice concerns. Critical thinking skills will be called upon to determine optimal ethical intervention strategies and students will be required to use available research to inform practice.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
MSW Field Instruction is designed for students who may be off sequence from the regular courses for field instruction. Like all MSW field instruction, the internship is designed to give students opportunities to apply social work knowledge, values and skills to practice situations. In a Foundation placement, the fundamental principles of foundation MSW social work practice will be carried out through engagement, assessment, intervention, or prevention activities with individuals, small groups, and families, communities, and organizations. Students will learn to identify the ways that contexts impact clients, with special attention to issues of diversity and social and economic justice. Critical thinking skills will be called upon to determine optimal ethical intervention strategies. In advanced field instruction, students will achieve advanced social work knowledge, values and skills through experiences in practice. Using a person in environment and strengths based perspective, students will demonstrate competency in engagement, assessment, and intervention with individuals, families and groups, or with groups, organizations, and communities within specific concentrations and fields of practice.
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2.00 Credits
This course will focus on brief methods of social work treatment for alleviating client distress. Efficiency will be emphasized. Course content will focus on different treatment techniques for different groups, as well as the research evidence that supports their use. Treatment models will also be evaluated in terms of social work values and their differential impact on diverse populations.
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2.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the development of knowledge, competencies, and skills in direct practice with children, adolescents, and their families who require mental health services. Theoretical and practical approaches to mental health assessment and intervention planning will be studied and examined in light of social work values and ethics. Current trends in the ever-changing mental health system will also be reviewed, and evidence-based approaches will be identified. Social work practice, roles, and methods will be examined in terms of their effectiveness and innovation in regard to mental health issues and services with children, adolescent, and their families. The role of culture, race, gender, and class will be considered throughout the course.
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2.00 Credits
This course prepares students to work effectively in educational settings as Licensed School Social Workers. The course addresses major issues in American Schools; a theoretical framework for school social work services; design, delivery and evaluation of school social work services; legal and ethical issues; and the roles and intervention strategies of school social work. Problems of children and families that will be covered include truancy, dropping-out-of-school, violence/bullying, and juvenile delinquency. Basic educational testing and mediation will be covered. This course is required for those participating in a planned program of study leading to state licensure as a school social worker.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed for those graduate social work students who wish to advance their understanding of leadership and enhance their personal leadership knowledge, skills and effectiveness in direct practice and administrative social work environments. The course will provide opportunities to: (1) understand the theoretical and practical nature of leadership; (2) understand the basic concepts and practices of successful leadership behavior within a variety of social work and community settings; (3) identify, evaluate and practice personal leadership behaviors in a structured-learning environment; and (4) develop a personalized model of leadership within the context of social work ethics and values. Students will learn how to critically examine current and emerging models of leadership and the influences of leadership, while taking into account the impact of these practices on the poor, people of color, women, and other at-risk populations.
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on expanding knowledge and understanding of family and consumer perspectives regarding their shared and different experiences with mental illness. The importance of consumer and family involvement in planning, decision making, and treatment is studied. Psychoeducational resources for families are examined and various models of family adaptation and coping are reviewed. The importance of self-help efforts, social support networks, and family and consumer-operated alternative services will be explored. Specific family concerns related to their family member's quality of life, relationships, functioning and social stigma will be identified and explored. Advocacy for consumers and families, and potential conflicts between these two groups, is highlighted. The subjective experience of both consumers and family members is emphasized; methods for identifying perspectives of family members are provided; and strategies for becoming a direct resource to both consumers and their families are identified. Ethical issues and dilemmas will be examined and strategies for resolution will be identified as related to social work values. The role of culture and diversity in family experience with mental illness is explored.
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