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    Apr 18, 2024  
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SW 424 - Social Work Methods with Couples and Families

(3 units)
One of a four course sequence emphasizing the application of skills, knowledge and values to social work practice. Focuses on competent intervention with couples and families.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Social Work major’s Professional Sequence.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. enact the generalist social work roles in work with couples and families.
2. maintain healthy professional boundaries in all professional interactions.
3. incorporate feedback to alter and improve interventions with couples and families.
4. apply models of ethical reasoning to explore complex ethical dilemmas in practice.
5. explore of how personal beliefs and cultural practices in relation to families shape our understandings and interventions with clients.
6. apply basic communication principles to effectively engage, assess, intervene and terminate with couples and families.
7. analyze the influence of power, professional role and diverse statuses in work with couples and families.
8. prepare accurate and non-biased written assessments, reports, caseplans and documentation.


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