SW 523 - Adv Soc Wrk Prac With Groups

Credits: 3

Deepens students’ understanding of the major models of social work practice with groups relevant for agency-based practice. Having completed this course, students should have developed beginning tools to enable them to apply these models in their practice. All models are viewed through an ecological lens, integrating the impact of policy, ethics, values, agency, economics, race, gender, sexual orientation, culture and oppression. Group work is regarded from a developmental perspective exploring group stages and tasks over time, as well as from a systematic perspective. Group work models examined include remedial, reciprocal, psychosocial, problem solving, empowerment, cognitive-behavioral and task. Opportunities exist for students to apply these perspectives to a range of client situations in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: foundation courses.