Search

• SWK 255: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course defines social welfare policy in the context of social policy and examines its philosophical and historical roots. The policy making process is examined and the major actors associated with it are identified. A significant part of the course will be spent in the study of major welfare policies and the groups affected by them. Strategies and involvement of people for policy change are examined.
  ShareSWK 255 - SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

• SWK 265: SWK W/GROUPS/FAM: PRAC II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is the second in the series of social work practice courses in which the skills of the problem solving approach are practiced with multi-level client systems (individual, groups, families, communities, organizations). The course focuses on concepts, methods, and skills in social work practice with groups and families. Family development and dynamics will be studied and social work intervention techniques with emphasis on problem solving will be examined. Through class discussions, exercises and group projects, students will apply their understanding of group dynamics and family assessment, and demonstrate social work practice skills with groups and families. Required of all social work majors. Open to majors only. A grade of "C" or better is required in this course.
  ShareSWK 265 - SWK W/GROUPS/FAM: PRAC II

• SWK 280: SW PRAC W/COMM/ORG:PR III

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the third course in a series of social work practice courses. This course reinforces and applies social work knowledge, values, and skills using the problem solving approach and focuses on intervention strategies with communities and organizations. Students practice generalist social work within a systems theory framework. A policy practice emphasis is applied for advocacy and change strategies with agencies and communities. Particular attention will be given to strategies of change with disenfranchised and minority populations. Required of all majors. Open to majors only. A grade of "C" or better in this course is required to enter SWK 381 and SWK 382.
  ShareSWK 280 - SW PRAC W/COMM/ORG:PR III

• SWK 285: ESSENTL SKILLS/HELP PEOPL

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is a course for social work majors and minors who wish to practice skills as they are carried out in professional social work practice. Students will engage in Problem-Based Learning, a cooperative learning experience in which the skills introduced in our social work sequence up to SWK 200 Professional Context of Practice, will be reinforced and practiced as students follow a case study from engagement and assessment to termination and evaluation. These skills will include developing empathy, creating professional relationships, active listening, strength-based assessment, self-assessment, policy analysis and advocacy, social work record keeping, practice evaluation, and the use of supervision in practice. Students develop an appreciation for life-long learning by engaging actively in a real social work case study, which provides the vehicle for the hands-on practice of course material. The course will count as an elective in the social work program.
  ShareSWK 285 - ESSENTL SKILLS/HELP PEOPL

• SWK 286: SOC WK & SUBSTANCE ABUSE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This survey course provides students with an introduction to substance abuse. The students will explore current understanding of the prevention of substance abuse/dependence; components of comprehensive substance abuse treatment programs, populations at risk and evidence-based practice. The person-in-environment perspective will be used as an overarching framework for assessment, delivery, and evaluation of services. In addition, students will be introduced to the professional literature available for lifelong learning.
  ShareSWK 286 - SOC WK & SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• SWK 290: SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY & SWK

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is aimed at analyzing the process of aging from a sociological perspective and studying the resources that our society provides for the over-sixty population through social welfare measures. There will be double pronged emphasis: one placed upon various social problems confronting them in American society; the second emphasis will be on the array of social welfare services available, the social policies implicit in the provision of such services, and the social work practices that enable older persons and their families to secure such services.
  ShareSWK 290 - SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY & SWK

• SWK 315: HUM SERV ADMIN & SOC POL

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is an analysis of the administrative and public policy processes in social welfare agencies. The course builds upon the foundations presented in Social Welfare Policy and specifically focuses on the unique values and needs of human service agencies.
  ShareSWK 315 - HUM SERV ADMIN & SOC POL

• SWK 320: CASE MGM:AN INTERDIS APPR

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course will cover principles, theory, and the historical development of case management as an interdisciplinary method of delivering health and human services. Emphasis will be placed on the development of skill in implementing the phases of this method of practice (assessment, goal setting, case planning, monitoring progress, and termination and evaluation). Appropriate groups of client populations will be identified and issues related to their unique needs in relation to their social environment will be examined. Required: a grade of "C" or better for social work majors.
  ShareSWK 320 - CASE MGM:AN INTERDIS APPR

• SWK 321: PRO DIMENSIONS OF CASE MGM

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is the second course in case management and is focused on the professional context of case management including behaviors and functioning of the case manager. Organizational and social policy context of case management are examined both at national and international levels. The course examines the case manager's use of self in exercising professional roles, duties, activities, and interactions with people served. The course covers the role of professional values that are necessary to practice case management across fields, disciplines, and clienteles. Various professional codes of ethics will be examined and ethical decision making techniques will be learned. Issues related to personal safety, conflict resolution, legal issues and documentation of services will be considered. Professional case management societies domestically and abroad will be studied with attention to cross national comparisons of best practice models.
  ShareSWK 321 - PRO DIMENSIONS OF CASE MGM

• SWK 325: SOCIAL WORK & HUMAN SEXUALITY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the socio-cultural, physiological, and psychological variables associated with human sexual expression, identity, orientation, and behavior. Attention will also focus on clinical issues most often presented in social work practice and women and gender studies by individuals and couples, e.g., desire discrepancy in couples and affairs outside a committed relationship. Specific sexual dysfunctions identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be explored in terms of their etiology and the current treatment models used to address them. The field of Sex Therapy, past and present, will be discussed as well as the evidence-based practices for treatment. This course is not designed to create sex therapists but to help social workers feel more comfortable dealing with the sexual concerns of their clients.
  ShareSWK 325 - SOCIAL WORK & HUMAN SEXUALITY