Instructor: Dr. Venessa A. Brown
Office: PH 1229 (ext. 2450)
Office Hours Posted On Door
COURSE DESCRIPTION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
COURSE EVALUATION
Case Analysis: A written case analysis paper will be issued to you throughout the semester. We will work on it section by section from engagement to termination. (20%)
Lab Tapes: There will be a midterm and final tape. (30%)
Class/Lab Attendance: Regular attendance is the responsibility of the student. However, some students have not accepted this responsibility. Therefore, attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class and each lab. (10%)
Note: you must make at least a ( C ) on the final tape to get a ( C ) or better for the course.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Hepworth, Dean H., Ronald H. Rooney and Jo Ann Larsen. Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills. 5th edition, California: Brooks/Cole, 1997.
Lukas, Peggy. Where to Start and What to Ask. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1993.
Other Readings will be assigned.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1 | January 10: Course Introduction/Review Syllabus/Ice Breakers | |
January 12: Values, Ethics and Practice | ||
Readings: Hepworth et al., chapters 1, 2 | ||
Week 2 | January 17: MLK Holiday - no class | |
January 19: No class | ||
Week 3 | January 24: Practice Cycle/Process of Change/Interpersonal Helping Skills | |
January 26: Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work Practice | ||
Readings: Hepworth et al., chapter 3, 4 | ||
Give out Ethics Assignment | ||
Week 4 | February 7 & 9: Engagement: Relationship Development and Problem Definition; | |
How to start an interview | ||
Readings: Hepworth et al., Chapter 5 | ||
Lukas, Chapter 1 | ||
NOTE: Video Lab starts this week | ||
Give out Cases this week for Case Analysis | ||
Week 5 | February 14: Skills of Engagement and Relationship Development | |
February 16: Verbal Following, Exploring and focusing Skills | ||
Reading: Hepworth et al., chapters 6 and 7 | ||
February 16th : ETHICS PAPER DUE | ||
Week 6 | February 21: Defining working Problems - skills and strategies | |
Reading: Hepworth and Larson chapters 5 through 7 | ||
February 23: Special situations: anger, crisis, involuntary clients | ||
Week 7 | February 28: No class | |
March 1: Cross-Cultural Issues in engagement. comparison of characteristics of different racial and cultural groups in society, and implications for practice. | ||
Readings: Devore and Schlesinger, chapter 8 (Handout) | ||
Kirst-Ashman and Hull, chapters 12 and 13 (Handout) | ||
March 1st: Part One of Case Analysis Due: Engagement | ||
Week 8 | March 6: Midterm Exam | |
March 8: Overview of Assessment Issues, Processes and Strategies | ||
Readings: Hepworth et al., chapters 8, 9, 10 | ||
Kirst-Ashman and Hull, pp. 159 -171 (handout) |
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Class Exercise: Mystery Game | ||
NOTE: Midterm tapes due in lab | ||
Week 9 | Spring Break | |
Week 10 | March 20: Assessment continue....Assessing for the Specifics: Domestic Violence, Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency and Sexual Abuse | |
Reading: Lukas, (the rest of the book)/ Handouts | ||
March 22: Overview of Assessment Diagrams | ||
Genograms |
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Week 11 | March 27: Planning in Generalist Practice: Linking problems, assessment, goals and developing contracts | |
Reading: Kirst-Ashman and Hull, chapter 6 | ||
Hepworth et al., chapters 12 and 13 |
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March 29: No Class | ||
Week 12 | April 3: Planning continue..../Models of Practice Evaluations | |
April 5: Part Two of Case Analysis Due: Assessment | ||
Week 13 | April 10: Overview of Interventive Approaches | |
April 12: Cognitive and Supportive Approaches | ||
Readings: To be assigned | ||
Week 14 | April 17: Termination and Follow-up | |
Readings: Hepworth et al., | ||
April 19: Part Three of Case Analysis Due: Planning | ||
Week 15 | April 24: Reflection on Case Analysis | |
April 26: Lab groups meet to organize for final tape | ||
April 26: Final Tapes Due in Lab | ||
Week 16 | Final Exam Week: Exam date to be announced | |
Dr. Venessa A. Brown