SWK 601 - Advanced Practice With Individuals and Families

This course focuses on developing knowledge and advanced skills in approaches that effectively enhance, preserve, and restore individual and family functioning within a community context. Provides a knowledge base for advanced work with individuals and families and the communities within which they live who face the challenges of poverty, mental illness, minority status, family violence, sexual abuse, drug abuse, alcoholism, and major losses. Particular emphasis is given to developing advanced skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation. The influence of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, developmental stage, organizations, the community and the wider societal context is integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: Completion of required generalist SW courses at 500 level.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Completion of required generalist SW courses at 500 level. Term cycle: fall. Yearly cycle: variable offering.

Credits: 3