Course develops advanced practice knowledge, values, and skills necessary for ethical, culturally responsive, flexible, collaborative, and effective clinical practice with individuals. Emphasis is given to assessment, formulation, understanding different modalities of intervention, and developing integrated treatment interventions that are theoretically informed and evidence based.
Athena Title
Adv SW Pract with Individuals
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SOWK 7214E
Prerequisite
[(SOWK 7112 or SOWK 7112E) and (SOWK 7114 or SOWK 7114E) and (SOWK 7118 or SOWK 7118E) and (SOWK 7115 or SOWK 7115E) and (SOWK 7125 or SOWK 7125E) and SOWK 7113 and (SOWK 7126 or SOWK 7126E) and permission of department]
Pre or Corequisite
(SOWK 7112 or SOWK 7112E) and (SOWK 7114 or SOWK 7114E) and (SOWK 7118 or SOWK 7118E) and (SOWK 7115 or SOWK 7115E) and (SOWK 7125 or SOWK 7125E) and SOWK 7113 and (SOWK 7126 or SOWK 7126E) and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify ethical issues and apply ethical decision-making skills to clinical social work practice with individuals through a social justice and ADEI lens.
Students will be able to identify and examine client information to formulate a clinical assessment, case formulation, and treatment plan.
Students will be able to understand and demonstrate clinical social work practice with individuals within the context of the client's culture, community, and lifespan development through a social justice and ADEI lens.
Students will be able to demonstrate effective oral and written communication for engagement, assessment, intervention, termination, and evaluation in practice with individuals with diverse clinical presentations and backgrounds.
Students will be able to identify, select, apply, and evaluate appropriate theoretical, assessment, prevention, and intervention strategies for practice with individuals with diverse clinical presentations and backgrounds.
Students will be able to examine and build advocacy skills toward policies and service delivery systems to remediate disparities in access to psychosocial services across diverse groups and populations.
Topical Outline
Setting the Stage: Clinical Theory, Phases of Treatment, Self-Care, Therapeutic Relationship, and Therapeutic Alliance
Critical thinking in social work practice as applied to: social work values and ethics, diversity and oppression, impact of community/organizational contexts, evidence-based practice
Case Conceptualization: Engagement, Assessment, and Case Formulation
Treatment Planning: Setting Goals, Objectives, and Action Steps
Culturally Responsive and Anti-Oppressive Practice, Crisis Intervention, Suicide Assessment, Trauma-Informed Care
Psychodynamic Therapies
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Postmodern Therapies
Theoretical Integration: Integrated Case Formulation and Intervention Planning
