This elective teaches the skills and strategies used in work with adolescents. Emphasis is placed on helping adolescents with health issues, mental health issues, juvenile delinquency, and school-related problems using several social work modalities. The impact of gender and culture on teenagers and their families is stressed. This course builds on students' knowledge of theory of child development. It emphasizes the skills for assessing and treating children and their parents using psychodynamic, cognitive, and systems theory.
Specific emphasis is placed on the exploration of sexual attitudes, values, and behavior.
The biological, psychological, cultural, and social implications of sexuality are discussed. This course is designed to acquaint the student with the emotional, physical, economic, and sociopolitical aspects of HIV Spectrum Disease. This course is designed for students to gain a family-systems perspective through understanding of selected theoretical approaches, therapeutic techniques, and their own personal demographics. Focus is on the assessment of family roles, communication patterns, and family dysfunction. The course views the family from a life-cycle perspective and explores how family function changes, depending on the capabilities of its members.