Clinical Social Work with Older Adults
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, Advanced Standing Online Students, or 5 Year Social Work Students.
This course includes a review of the basic concepts of gerontology/geriatric practice, mental health issues, and interventions. The content of the course is intended to challenge students to move beyond basic levels of knowledge. It is intended to help students adapt social work theory (person-in-environment), practice principles, standards, and values to practice with older adults.
Outcomes: Demonstrate knowledge of theories and practice concepts regarding the unique and diverse needs and capacities of older adults and their families, including mental health, substance abuse, and neurological challenges; Identify diversity, social justice, and human rights challenges for older adults with attention to the unique challenges of aging for groups that have been marginalized and discriminated against during their lifetimes; Utilize the elements of a biopsychosocial assessment and apply relevant laws, policies, and knowledge of resources to social work practice with older adults.
This course includes a review of the basic concepts of gerontology/geriatric practice, mental health issues, and interventions. The content of the course is intended to challenge students to move beyond basic levels of knowledge. It is intended to help students adapt social work theory (person-in-environment), practice principles, standards, and values to practice with older adults.
Outcomes: Demonstrate knowledge of theories and practice concepts regarding the unique and diverse needs and capacities of older adults and their families, including mental health, substance abuse, and neurological challenges; Identify diversity, social justice, and human rights challenges for older adults with attention to the unique challenges of aging for groups that have been marginalized and discriminated against during their lifetimes; Utilize the elements of a biopsychosocial assessment and apply relevant laws, policies, and knowledge of resources to social work practice with older adults.