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SW 651 - Intro to School Social Work

(3 units)
This elective Social Work course is designed to integrate social work skills of assessment, interviewing, intervention, and termination into social work treatment models for children in schools.

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

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. collect, analyze, and interpret client and community level data.
2. assess the impact of school-related policies on local communities.
3. help communities resolve problems using local resources taking into consideration the problem, community, and environment.
4. apply models of ethical reasoning (i.e., NASW code of ethics) to explore complex dilemmas in a school setting.
5. apply cultural humility to build rapport, conduct thorough assessments, and culturally appropriate interventions with diverse client groups.
6. explore appropriate individual, classroom and school-wide community interventions to address identified problems.
7. demonstrate familiarity with the unique needs of rural and urban school systems.
8. collect, analyze, and evaluate client and community level data.
9. evaluate the impact of school-related policies on local communities.
10. help communities asses and evaluate problems using local resources taking into consideration the problem, community, and environment.
11. demonstrate cultural humility to build rapport, conduct thorough assessments, and culturally appropriate interventions with diverse client groups.


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