SW-393 DIRECT PRACTICE SKILLS IN SW I

This BSW course introduces beginning skills of helping individuals, families and groups within a trauma-informed strengths based framework. Grounded in the values and ethics of the profession, students learn the application and evaluation of direct practice skills used in the initial phase of helping. This course also introduces students to a variety of assessment methods utilized in clinical social work practice. Students will learn how to assess problems within a person in environment context, and how to organize and analyze descriptive case information. Grounded in a trauma-informed strengths based framework, students gain competency in clinical interviewing and bio- psycho-social-spiritual assessment within a person in environment context. Prerequisites: SW 205; Social Work: An Introduction to the Profession, SW 206; The Personal, Cultural, and Social Influences on Helping, SW 323; Direct Practice Skills in SW I, SW 327; Ways Knowing for SW Practice, SW 355; Human Development.       

 

Credits

3

Distribution

Social Work

Offered

F