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3.00 Credits
Professionals working in various behavioral science fields are often called upon to carry case loads and utilize collaborative skills with other agencies in the community to help clients establish self-empowerment. Case Management is a comprehensive job that includes evaluating the entire psychosocial model and utilizing community resources to guide and teach clients self-advocacy and to obtain self-empowerment so that they can have success in society. This course will give students the information they need to perform these tasks including understanding the client population, performing intake and assessments, establishing goals, and identifying community resources.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on understanding complex kinship relationships that develop through step-parenting and blended families. The course will include a discussion of various forms of parent-child relationships; parenting roles and authority as it relates to being a step-parent; understanding different variations and challenges of blended families; and various topics such as discipline, roles, communication, managing emotions, and parenting styles in blended families.
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3.00 Credits
Working in the helping professions often requires professionals to appear in court and testify in a case. The testimony of a helping professional is essential in helping judges make informed decisions on behalf of children, families, and anyone who comes before their courts. Therefore, it is crucial that helping professionals learn to establish their credibility, recognize leading questions, and how to answer questions succinctly. This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of preparing for and testifying in the court system. Students will develop skills to prepare for their courtroom experience such as organizing and collecting data, preparing and distributing records, reviewing case notes and summaries, responding appropriately to legal questions, and courtroom etiquette.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on identifying, responding, and investigating human trafficking for successful prosecution of human trafficking cases. Students will expand their knowledge of how to identify and respond to victims of human trafficking. In addition, this course provides opportunities to develop competency based skills such as forensic interviewing and creating and maintaining documentation admissible in a court of law. Prerequisite: SOC 404.
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3.00 Credits
This 3rd course in the human trafficking sequence focuses on understanding national, state, and local policies, as well as levels of awareness related to human trafficking, so that professionals in the field may recognize opportunities for advocacy and effecting change. Students will learn how to identify activism at multiple levels and learn to structure awareness and advocacy initiatives.
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3.00 Credits
This course consists of supervised field placement in an agency related to human services such as a psychiatric facility, a nursing home, or a community-based agency providing social services. It is graded satisfactory/ unsatisfactory. Note: see Academic Advisor prior to registering for this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how the law impacts the delivery of human services in both direct ways through the civil and criminal court system and indirectly through the laws and regulations that define the rules, responsibilities, and entitlements of clients receiving support services. Topics will include child welfare, guardianships, involuntary commitments, competence, and civil rights. Special attention will also be given to the varying ethical duties and professional values within the human services and legal professions.
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3.00 Credits
Social stratification is the separation of groups and affects various categories including, but not limited to; race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and socioeconomic status. When looking to build and strengthen communities, those working in the helping professions must first look around to see what systemic inequalities and injustices are occurring in the community and society as a whole. By examining inequality in these categories helping professionals can look further into changing policies, laws, and social climate on an individual and systemic level as well as influencing the health, well-being, and functioning of individuals and groups in society.
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3.00 Credits
Professionals working in community service fields are often called upon to carry case loads and utilize collaborative skills with other agencies in the community to help clients establish self-empowerment. Case Management is a comprehensive job that includes understanding client vulnerabilities and societal attitudes, interviewing and assessment skills as well as having connections to other agencies in the community that can help the client reach their goals. This course will give students the information they need to perform these tasks including; understanding vulnerable client population, interviewing skills, performing intake assessments and bio psychosocial assessments, documentation and note taking, establishing goals and identifying community resources to create treatment plans.
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3.00 Credits
Learning to speak and act on behalf of oneself or advancing the interests of one client is a critical tool for human services practitioners. This course will focus on both formal and informal advocacy skills. The end result if to develop skills that are empowering and lead to effective change and greater well-being.
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