SW 420 - Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families, and Groups I

3 Credit(s)

Building on SW 320 and SW 321, this course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and values of generalist social work practice with individuals, families, and groups. It provides students with a multi-theoretical, strength-based, and empowerment approach to engagement, assessment, contracting, intervention, and termination of clients in agency-based practice. The course focuses on social work values and ethics and the needed knowledge and skills to work with micro client systems. Students develop critical thinking skills to understand and begin to integrate the theoretical framework that informs generalist social work practice. Students cultivate cultural sensitivity and the ability to work with diverse populations. Class and field discussions, case presentations, exercises, role-plays, readings, and assignments help students identify with the values and ethics of and become socialized into the social work profession. Students develop the helping relationship skills and purposeful use of self throughout the stages of change and promote critical thinking and the ability to work with diverse populations.
Prerequisite(s): SW 320 and SW 321.Corequisite(s): SW 423.