SWKR-6443 Social Work Practice with Children

This course will train social work students to use an ecological framework to assess and intervene with children in the context of their environments. Students will be exposed to models for helping children, including specific modalities such as play therapy and group work. They will also learn how to engage and intervene with children facing special challenges, such as parental substance abuse, growing up in the foster care system, or being victims of bullying.