The Headwaters Soccer Club thanks you all for giving the student athlete of the four-county area and beyond the opportunity to participate and reach their potential. David Ranieri, Oneonta Ranieri is Headwaters Camp Director. I am licensed by the state of New York as a Certified Social Worker. In order to be awarded this designation, one must first earn a four-year college degree and then enter a Master of Social Work program at an accredited university. This is a two-year graduate program which concentrates on teaching psychological assessment skills, counseling methods and psychoanalytic and psychosocial theories.
Students acquire a broad knowledge of and ability to apply numerous psychotherapeutic techniques.
Following graduation, one must next pass a stringent licensing exam administered by the state of New York before being admitted into practice. We differ significantly from psychiatrists and psychologists only in that we are not permitted to prescribe medications or administer certain standardized tests, such as those that measure intelligence quotient. I wish this were not so, because of the disservice it does to those of us who legitimately claim the title. A Certified Social Worker is an educated, skilled and qualified mental health professional. Be alert, Springfield, we are not immune to this sickness.