Prerequisite SOWO 103. Examines psychosocial and biological determinants of health, illness, and disability throughout the life cycle and the impact of illness and disability on individual and family development and functioning. Prerequisite SOWO 103. Explores theories and models for understanding the political, economic, and institutional environment for community planning and the development and management of human services policies and programs. Prerequisite SOWO 233.
Seminar introduces students to family- centered social work practice.
Course provides a theoretical base for developing direct practice skills in the treatment of the family as a unit. Prerequisite SOWO 227. A clinical seminar that analyzes the operations and character of couples counseling as a human service technique. A seminar on clinical mental health social work with adults, covering a range of interventions from case management and crisis intervention to long-term supportive therapy. A course addressing social work practice with elderly in areas of individual and family treatment - group work, case management, supervision, consultation and training, and beginning skills in program planning and administration.