SOCW 5110 - Generalist Practice I: Social Work with Individuals and Families

This is the first in a 3-course practice sequence designed to prepare students with the generalist knowledge, values, and skills to work with individuals and families. The course will draw upon theories of human and family development across the lifecycle as well as an ecological approach to understand human behavior within its environmental context. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the impact of the larger social and cultural environment on life challenges as well as on the helping relationship. Students will have the opportunity to practice interviewing skills within lab role-plays. Students will develop knowledge and skills in the process of planned change (i.e., engagement, assessment, contracting, intervention, and practice termination and evaluation). Required.