SW 826 Rights-Based Assessment and Capacity-Building in Global SW (Summer: 3)

Prerequisite: SW 762 and SW 800 or permission
Required for Global Practice Field-of-Practice Concentration; elective for others.
An advanced practice course that addresses micro and macro practice within a global context. Models of assessment related to global need as a basis for intervention are presented. Emphasis is placed on working with diverse populations that include adapting assessment and intervention for cultural context and application, and the roles that gender, age, race, ethnicity, culture, economic, political and sexual orientation play in each practice setting. "Rights based assessment" theory and practice are discussed. Major global practice areas including humanitarian aid, international social development, child protection, health/mental health, conflict management and crisis situations including the effect of HIV/AIDS are explored.
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