SW 7919: School Social Work

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All MSW Foundation-Level courses or Advanced Standing in MSW program.
This course provides advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for delivering school-based social work services. It prepares students to practice within multi-faceted school and community contexts and apply necessary social work skills for serving school-aged students and their families.

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

Integrate into different types of K-12 education environment by designing their role(s) for working effectively with students, families, school district/staff and the community.
Identify and interpret how federal and state laws, school district policies, and the National Association of School Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics inform and influence scope of practice in schools.
Demonstrate the ability to work within interdisciplinary and interprofessional groups and teams to best support students and the school.
Demonstrate skills in advocating for, and addressing where possible, the educational, social, emotional, physical, behavioral, and mental health needs of all students.
Apply skills for working with underrepresented student populations, in order to reduce achievement gaps and to promote equitable access to high quality education and social justice.
Identify, advance, and incorporate antiracist policies and practices in K-12 schools.
Complete and interpret biopsychosocial assessments of students and their families, design appropriate school-based interventions/prevention strategies, and facilitate referrals to community resources where needed.
Design and modify prevention and intervention strategies for managing behavioral, mental health, and crises as they arise.
Apply the framework of a professional school social worker to school-based cases and scenarios.