SW 880 Social Work Practice in Child Welfare (Fall: 3)

Prerequisite: SW 762 and SW 800
Corequisite: SW 933 or SW 943 or permission
Required for Children, Youth and Families Field-of-Practice Concentration; elective for others.
An advanced course designed to provide practice knowledge and skills for micro and macro interventions. Throughout the course the issues of poverty, diversity and services for children of color are considered. Stressing the importance of providing services to children and families so that the family unit is preserved, issues related to family preservation, foster care, family reunification, adoption, legal issues and emerging trends will be explored. The central focus will be on developing a solid foundation in child welfare policy and practice as a means to promoting a more responsive service delivery system.
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