Topics include assessing client needs, designing human service delivery systems, program budgeting, marketing strategies, accountability, and improving program management. Human Services 201 or equivalent. Introduction to types and symptoms of abuse, assessment techniques, legal and ethical issues, family dynamics pertaining to children, adolescents, and adults abused as children. Special topics include networking and referral, utilizing community resources and prevention. A critical evaluation of ten contemporary theoretical approaches to group counseling as well as issues in group work.
Emphasis is upon applying theories and techniques to actual group situations.
Explores the relationship between policy and practice. Emphasis is on the problem of inequities and inequalities in the distribution of resources through social policies and social welfare programs. Particular attention is paid to how policy impacts service delivery to disenfranchised groups. Supervised experience as a group leader. Approaches and techniques of group leadership.