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Advanced Social Work Practice With Individuals In Family Contexts (SWK-780)


Semester: Fall 2024
Number: 0404-780-002
Instructor: Deborah Leib
Days: Wednesday 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm
Note: Traditional In-Person Class
Location: Garden City - Social Work Building 128
Credits: 3
Course Materials: View Text Books
Related Syllabi: Marilyn Paul for Fall 2015*
Deborah Leib for Fall 2020*

*Attention Students: Please note that the syllabi available for your view on these pages are for example only. The instructors and requirements for each course are subject to change each semester. If you enroll in a particular course, your instructor and course outline may differ from what is presented here.

Description:

This course is grounded in the psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and family systems approaches, and in the systems perspectives that undergird a contemporary direct practice concentration. Students will gain knowledge and skills needed for advanced clinical social work practice with individuals in a family context and within an organizational setting.

Learning Goals:   1. Practice on an advanced clinical level with clients with varied problems, in a variety of social work settings2. Conduct and utilize differential and in depth biopsychosocial assessments3. Apply knowledge of human diversity, and its impact on clinical social work practice with individuals4. Include individuals’ capacities in areas of competence in assessing, developing and implementing interventions5. Demonstrate knowledge of the psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral clinical approaches, and the ability to integrate these approaches according to the needs of a given client6. Use the self purposefully and ethically within the professional relationship in accordance with social work values7. Demonstrate skill in critically assessing and applying evidence based knowledge as part of advanced practice with individuals.

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