Description: This course contextualizes the facilitation of change with individuals and families within organizations and communities. Approaches to social work practice are taught within an ecosystems, strengths-based framework that reflects a commitment to the values of social and economic justice, cultural diversity, and individual and collective self-determination. In order to take SWO 651, you must be enrolled in either Fieldwork Seminar 654 or Fieldwork Experience SWO 655. Prerequisite: SWO 555. Corequisite: SWO 654 or SWO 655. Cr 3.

Description: A graduate internship during the concentration year at an approved community agency, designed to relate social work theory to practice under professional supervision. Fall semester. All students registered fro SWO 654 must also register for either SWO 603 or SWO 651 to take concurrently. Cr 4.5.

Description: This course is designed to facilitate the acquisition of practice skills specific to in-depth biopsychosocial assessment. Assessment is viewed as the process of understanding a person in order to formulate a practice approach rather than a fixed descriptive category. This course relies heavily upon theories presented in SWO 502 and SWO 552. This course is designed to facilitate the acquisition of practice skills for in-depth biopsychosocial assessment within the advanced social work practice curriculum. Knowledge development and skill building for assessment and diagnosis, and the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) are covered in this course. Consideration of persons within a cultural context is emphasized throughout. Cr 3.