Prerequisites: Grade of C or higher in SOWK 500, SOWK 501, SOWK 502, SOWK 503, SOWK 504 or SOWK 508, SOWK 505, and SOWK 509; P in SWII 530; or Advanced Standing Students or 5 Year Social Work Students.
Social workers encounter adolescents in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health, child welfare, medical, juvenile justice, and substance abuse treatment. This course seeks to prepare students for direct intervention with adolescents and their families in these settings and within young people's own social contexts.
Outcomes: Integrate and apply research-informed theories and evidence-based frameworks to understand adolescent developmental processes (neurobiological, cognitive, emotional, and social) in order to differentiate normative behavior from indicators of psychological distress or maladjustment; Evaluate how environmental, cultural, and systemic factors influence adolescent identity formation, risk-taking, and resilience within diverse social contexts; Design and implement developmentally appropriate, strengths-based intervention strategies to support adolescents and their families across multiple practice settings, including schools, mental health, and other child-serving systems.
Social workers encounter adolescents in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health, child welfare, medical, juvenile justice, and substance abuse treatment. This course seeks to prepare students for direct intervention with adolescents and their families in these settings and within young people's own social contexts.
Outcomes: Integrate and apply research-informed theories and evidence-based frameworks to understand adolescent developmental processes (neurobiological, cognitive, emotional, and social) in order to differentiate normative behavior from indicators of psychological distress or maladjustment; Evaluate how environmental, cultural, and systemic factors influence adolescent identity formation, risk-taking, and resilience within diverse social contexts; Design and implement developmentally appropriate, strengths-based intervention strategies to support adolescents and their families across multiple practice settings, including schools, mental health, and other child-serving systems.