SW 7803: Advance Clinical Practice II - Working with Family Systems

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All MSW Foundation-Level courses or Admission to Advanced Standing MSW program.
This advanced practice course focuses on the critical analysis, interpretation, and application of the direct practice skills and theoretical approaches essential in the treatment and evaluation of therapeutic process with diverse family systems / subsystems.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

The values and ethics that guide professional practice with families.
The importance of applying Use-of-Self with families systems in diverse populations and practice settings.
Critically plan, develop, and analyze the overall family process.
Clinical assessment (e.g., joining, engagement, facilitation, etc.), approach, and evaluation skills and strategies in family practice.
Critically analyze and evaluate theoretical constructs and their cultural implications.
Analyze major family practice theories by exploring theoretical principles for working with families and therapeutic intervention techniques congruent with treating a family system.
Compare and contrast a variety of family treatment approaches and the appropriate application of family treatment techniques when working with varies populations.