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  • SWK 560: APP METHDS OF SW RESEARCH

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course for the advanced year social work students, builds on the foundation level research course by allowing students to specialize in program and practice evaluation of services with and on behalf of families. Single system and group designs will be studied. Descriptive statistics and graphical representation of data using computer software will be utilized. Values and ethical issues related to research with particular sensitivity to populations at risk will be considered as an integral part of any social work research. Qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis will be employed, and students will be introduced to the use of research in the prevention of social problems. Emphasis will be placed on the critical use of research at each phase of the problem solving process.
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  • SWK 561: MOTIVATNL INTERVIEW SKILL

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides students with the knowledge necessary to examine motivational interviewing and the stages of change model with adult populations of substance abusers. In addition to integrating the strength perspective students will be introduced to motivational interviewing and its application to gender issues in substance abuse treatment.
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  • SWK 562: SWK BEST PRAC ADDICTION TREATM

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides students with the knowledge necessary to examine addiction treatment models and specific assessment and intervention strategies with populations of persons who abuse substances. This is a short term, elective course designed to provide an overview and knowledge of empirically-driven practices with emphasis on risk and resiliency.
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  • SWK 570: SEL TPS: ADV SWK PRACTICE

    0.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course allows the student to study specific topics of current interest to social work practice. It permits the students to have a more in-depth study of topics presented in the required graduate nursing courses as well as providing the vehicle for the study of newly emerging topics in social work practice. (1-6 s.h., 1-6 c.h.)
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  • SWK 573: PUB&PROFES PRESENTONS/SW

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides students with the tools needed to disseminate social work knowledge and research findings in a variety of forums, including: peer-reviewed journals, book and book chapters, practitioners' periodicals, social media, popular periodicals, juried conferences, and invitational workshops. Ethical considerations specific to disseminating research will be discussed. Repeatable and repeatable in the same semester up to a total of six credits.
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  • SWK 574: FAMILY MEDIATION/ADV. SWK

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This one-credit elective course is designed to help the advanced-year graduate social worker who is interested in direct practice with families acquire an understanding of the application of the unique and focused methods of family mediation as they are practiced in forensic and other settings. It builds on knowledge of families in the social environment as well as knowledge related to generalist social work practice. (1 c.h., 1 s.h.)
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  • SWK 575: CLINICAL SUPERVISION/SW

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides students with the knowledge necessary to provide quality, ethical supervision to practicing social workers. Students will explore the purposes of the clinical (as opposed to administrative) aspects of supervision along with methods for achieving those purposes and evaluating supervisory outcomes. In addition, students will be introduced to the professional literature available for their future reference and to methods for supervisors to engage in ongoing professional growth within their own supervisory processes.
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  • SWK 579: IS IN ADV GENERALIST SW

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This is an individualized, independent course of study in an area of advanced generalist social work practice. The area of study may be used to expand upon specialized knowledge gained in previous course-work or practicum experience. The focus of the independent study may be to add further depth to specialized knowledge of a field of practice (e.g. aging, mental health, mental retardation, child welfare and family studies, etc.) or a practice modality (e.g. program administration, clinical supervision, clinical practice, etc.). The area of study will be identified via consultation among the student, a field representative/supervisor, and the student's faculty advisor. The independent study may be conducted under the direction of any social work faculty member.
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  • SWK 581: SPECIALIZED INTERNSHIP I

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This internship is the first of two advanced-level, graduate semesters (total 450 hours) of field instruction in social welfare agency settings which are offered to advanced-level students and required, under the supervision of a professional social worker. Students apply advanced knowledge of families in the social environment, advanced competence, and the highly articulated values and ethics of advanced generalist practice with and on behalf of families. Through supervision, students crystallize their unique professional use of self in the context of their placement. They refine written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice and apply critical analytic skills for differential assessment, selecting interventions, implementing and evaluating agency policies and programs. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice in their practicum setting and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of the applied learning, as is refinement of professional identity. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 582, Advanced Theories of Social Work Practice I.
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  • SWK 582: ADV THEORY/FAM SW PRAC I

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This is a concentration course, for specialized knowledge-building. It is the first in a series of two theoretical seminars for advanced-level MSW students. Course content is concentrated on the family as a universal social institution and may be classified into three areas: 1) the development of the values, knowledge and skills of the autonomous social work practitioner for work with and on behalf of families; 2) research on the advancement of knowledge about family functioning; and 3) the effective, efficient, and humane organization of social service delivery networks serving families. The course also offers students opportunities to interact and integrate knowledge related to their varied practica in order to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 581.
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