Courses Offered 120. Course includes a modest volunteer assignment. Fields of Practice in Social Services - A survey of many of the fields of generalist social work practice. Study of the issues relating to these fields includes recognition of the social problems causing the need for services, the structure and extent of current services and issues in each field.
Course includes agency visits.
Included are experiences with financial need, rape, domestic violence, child abuse, suicide and emotional disturbance. This course explores the needs of children and their families, the major programs which have been designed to serve them and the issues which are involved. Services covered in the course will include protective services for abused and neglected children and their families, home-based services, foster home and institutional care of children and adoption. Required minimum of 120 agency hours plus a weekly seminar. Family Violence - Identification, diagnosis and treatment processes utilized in the prevention and treatment of family violence.