SOWK 4143 - Family-Focused Social Work Practice

3 (3-0)

Prerequisite(s): SOWK 3544.

This course builds on the history and traditions of family intervention in the basic social services. It examines pertinent practice issues, family therapy concepts, approaches used in contemporary social work intervention, and current research. There is an emphasis on family resilience and applying family intervention concepts with families under economic stress, families within vulnerable populations, and with diverse family structures. A strengths perspective is highlighted as an approach to treatment. This course will address the stages of the family life cycle and the implementation of family therapy theories to support practice. It will also address varying family forms and challenges, ethnic and cultural dimensions, and development perspectives on family functioning. In this course there is attention to family intervention with families under economic stress, ethnic and racial minority families, women and alternative lifestyle families.

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