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  • SW 8042: Advanced Practice with Children and Families II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the second of a two-semester course sequence designed to prepare students for advanced practice with children and families. This course focuses on specialized interventions supported by best and evidenced based practice. In particular, students will expand their foundation knowledge and practice skills by exploring the use of different intervention strategies (e.g., play therapy, family therapy, out of home placement, family preservation and residential care). The social work role and functions when working with children and families will be emphasized, including consideration of cultural and diversity issues when planning interventions and the resolution of ethical dilemmas. Self-reflection for effective practice and professional development will be highlighted as students consider issues of their own family and childhood experiences. Strategies for evaluating practice outcomes will be emphasized.
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  • SW 8050: Social Programs and Policies in Health Care and Aging

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course provides students with the contextual knowledge necessary for direct practice and advocacy in health care and gerontology by examining the major policies, programs, trends, and issues in service delivery in these fields. Students will examine policies and programs designed to support health and well-being across the life span and evaluate their effectiveness, particularly in addressing problems of access and health disparities. The current health care system will be considered, with emphasis on employment-based insurance and government sponsored programs as well as reforms enacted by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Additionally, social programs and policies for people with disabilities and older adults, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security and the aging services network, will be discussed. Students will learn ways to negotiate the health care and aging services systems in order to advocate for clients and to promote system change. Particular attention will be paid to the ways programs and policies differentially impact oppressed and vulnerable populations. Controversies in these fields will be discussed in light of social work values and ethics.
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  • SW 8051: Advanced Practice in Health and Aging I

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the first of a two-semester course sequence designed to prepare students for advanced practice in health care and aging services settings. The course begins with a survey of practice issues in these settings, and students will review developmental and human behavior theories and knowledge of human diversity and culture for use in understanding the experiences of illness, disability, and aging. Emphasis will be placed on cognitive and emotional disturbances associated with aging, such as types of dementia, depression and anxiety. Skills for engaging persons with communications difficulties will be considered, and skills for biopsychosocial/spiritual assessments will be expanded to include specialized assessment tools and risk assessment procedures, particularly for use with older adults. Students will develop skills in interventions common across settings in health care and aging, including case management, crisis intervention, and advocacy, and will demonstrate a working knowledge of evidence-based interventions in these fields of practice. Students will consider ethical issue in health care and aging practice, particularly issues around self-determination and safety.
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  • SW 8052: Advanced Practice in Health and Aging II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the second of a two-semester course sequence designed to prepare students for advanced practice in health care and aging services settings. In this course, the focus is on specialized interventions for these settings as well as the evidence for their effectiveness. Students will expand upon foundation skills in interventions such as solution focused, behavior management, and motivational interviewing by adapting these to social work functions in discharge planning, lifestyle modification, and treatment adherence. Students will gain skills in specialized interventions focused on maintenance of morale in people with chronic illness and disability and their caregivers, such as validation therapy, reminiscence, and life review. The social work role and functions in end-of-life care will be emphasized, including consideration of cultural and religious diversity and the resolution of ethical dilemmas. Self-reflection for effective practice and professional development will be highlighted as students consider issues of their own aging and mortality. The importance of evaluating one's own practice will be emphasized.
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  • SW 8060: Policy Implications of Mental Health Social Work Practice: Negotiating the System

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This policy course provides students with the contextual knowledge necessary for direct practice and advocacy in mental health services by examining policies, programs, trends, and issues in service delivery in this field. Students will critically examine programs and policies designed to promote mental health and evaluate effectiveness particularly in addressing problems related to the treatment of mental illnesses and access to recovery-oriented services. Special attention will be focused on identification of populations at risk, and the obligations and responsibilities of the social worker. The current mental health system will be examined with attention to entitlement programs, formal advocacy initiatives (NAMI, peer recovery groups) and intersection with the criminal justice system. The course will identify ways to negotiate the mental health system and collaborate with other systems on behalf of clients or consumer groups, including the use of advocacy. Policies and programs will be examined for their differential impact on oppressed and vulnerable populations. Strategies to promote system changes and controversies in this field will be reviewed in relationship to social work values and ethics.
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  • SW 8061: Advanced Practice in Mental Health I: Major Mental Illness

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the first of a two semester sequence to prepare students for advanced social work practice in mental health settings. The course begins with an overview of practice issues in these settings. Students will review developmental and human behavior theories and knowledge of human diversity and culture for use in understanding mental health issues and disorders. Included will be an overview of theories of the etiology of mental health disorders; examination of the process of assessment and diagnosis; identification of intervention options; and exploration of implications for diverse and vulnerable groups. Emphasis will be placed on the biopsychosocial model, collaboration, recovery and community support. Students will develop skills in identifying and applying empirical interventions specific to the treatment of mental health problems and disorders including case management and crisis intervention. Students will consider ethical issues in mental health treatment, particularly around self determination, safety and risk assessment. Throughout the course, recovery and consumer-operated services and the importance of individual differences in determining interventions will be emphasized.
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  • SW 8062: Advanced Practice in Mental Health II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the second of a 2 semester sequence designed to prepare students for advanced practice in mental health settings. This course focuses on specialized interventions within these settings and evidence for their effectiveness. Students will expand upon foundation skills through examination and application of complex intervention modalities and processes and the development of the treatment relationship. Identification of therapeutic expectations; application of ongoing assessment; utilization of the helping alliance; analysis of complex dynamics, and practice evaluation will be emphasized. Self reflection, use of self to effect change, and recognition of therapeutic challenges will be investigated. Students will appraise empirically based treatment methods and differentiate the strengths and weaknesses of each. Students will gain skills with intervention strategies by applying modalities to their own cases. The role of collaboration, identification of ethical issues within therapeutic relationships and processes, and application of decision making strategies for such issues are included. Issues of social justice, working with differences, and self determination will be identified.
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  • SW 8070: MSW Advanced Field Instruction I (F/T)

    4.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the first of a two course sequence for full-time graduate students that will focus on achieving advanced social work knowledge, values and skills through experiences in practice. Utilizing a person in environment and strengths based perspective; advanced field courses give students the opportunity to 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. Students will be expected to recognize, appraise, and integrate ways that diversity and social and economic justice issues enter into helping and collegial relationships within their chosen concentrations and fields of practice. They will engage in critical analysis of ethical, contextual, and practice issues, and utilize research informed.
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  • SW 8071: MSW Advanced Field Instruction II (F/T)

    4.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the second of a two course sequence for full-time graduate students that will focus on achieving advanced social work knowledge, values and skills through experiences in practice. Utilizing a person in environment and strengths based perspective; advanced field courses give students the opportunity to 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. Students will be expected to recognize, appraise, and integrate ways that diversity and social and economic justice issues enter into helping and collegial relationships within their chosen concentrations and fields of practice. They will engage in critical analysis of ethical, contextual, and practice issues, and utilize research informed.
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  • SW 8075: MSW Advanced Field Instruction I (P/T)

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the first of a three course sequence for part-time graduate students that will focus on achieving advanced social work knowledge, values and skills through experiences in practice. Utilizing a person in environment and strengths based perspective; advanced field courses give students the opportunity to 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. Students will be expected to recognize, appraise, and integrate ways that diversity and social and economic justice issues enter into helping and collegial relationships within their chosen concentrations and fields of practice. They will engage in critical analysis of ethical, contextual, and practice issues, and utilize research informed
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