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• SWK 455: FOUND OF SOC WELFARE POL

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course, for foundation-year graduate students in social work, provides an historical perspective for understanding current issues in social work and social welfare. The policy making process is critically 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.
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• SWK 460: FOUNDATNS OF SW RES METHD

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course, for foundation-year graduate students, uses the scientific inquiry model for social and behavioral science research in social work practice. Students develop skills in formulating research problems and questions, conducting a comprehensive literature review, establishing hypotheses and choosing research designs, both quantitative and qualitative. Data collection instruments, analysis techniques and report writing are emphasized. Ethical issues related to human subjects, as well as sensitivity to the diversity of research participants are included. Emphasis is placed on social work practice evaluation techniques, including single-subject as well as experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Computers and information technology for social work practice are introduced. The use of appropriate statistical techniques in data analysis is covered.
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• SWK 465: FOUND OF SW PRAC W/GROUPS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course for foundation level graduate students in social work continues the study of the problem solving approach 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.
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• SWK 480: FOUND OF SW PRAC W/ORG

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course for foundation level graduate students in social work continues the study of the problem solving approach with multi-level client systems (individual, groups, families, communities, organizations). 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 populations at risk.
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• SWK 481: GENERALIST INTERNSHIP I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This internship is the first of two foundation-level, graduate semesters (total 450 hours) of field instruction in social welfare agency settings which are required under the supervision of a professional social worker. Students apply foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics of professional generalist practice. Through supervision, students enhance their awareness of self, develop written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice, and apply critical analytic skills for implementing and evaluating agency policies and program. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of applied learning, as is development of professional identity. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 482, Integrated Professional Generalist Social Work Practice Seminar I.
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• SWK 482: INTEG GEN SWK PRACT SEM I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This seminar, the first of two for foundation-level MSW students, begins an effective bridge to align the liberal arts perspective expected of entering graduate-level students and the advanced level family-in-environment content. The following concepts will be introduced and reinforced: the history and philosophy of the social work profession, social work values and ethics, the Generalist Intervention Model of Social Work, populations at risk, cultural diversity, promotion of social and economic justice, and fields of social work practice. The Seminars complement the Field Instruction and provide a structured learning opportunity where students process their practice experiences and integrate the common base of social work values, skills, and knowledge of generalist social work in a systems theory perspective. The seminars also assist students to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement. Topics and policies of social work and social welfare are discussed, based in large part, on the experiences of students in the field through written logs, client summaries, and classroom discussions of experiences including feelings about their social work practice. Must be taken concurrently with SWK481.
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• SWK 483: GENERALIST INTERNSHIP II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This internship is the second of two foundation-level, graduate semesters of field instruction (total 450 how-s) of field instruction in social welfare agency settings which are required under the supervision of a professional social worker. Students apply foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics of professional generalist practice. Through supervision, students enhance their awareness of self, develop written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice, and apply critical analytic skills for implementing and evaluating agency policies and program. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of applied learning, as is development of professional identity. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 484, Integrated Professional Generalist Social Work Practice Seminar II.
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• SWK 484: INTEG GEN SW PRAC SEM II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This seminar, the second of two for foundation-level MSW students, continues aligning the liberal arts perspective expected of entering graduate-level students and the advanced level family-in-environment content. The following concepts will be integrated: professional use of self, social work values and ethics in the context of the mandate of the setting, the Generalist Intervention Model of Social Work, populations at risk, cultural diversity, promotion of social and economic justice, and fields of social work practice. The Seminars complement the Field Instruction and provide a structured learning opportunity where students process their practice experiences and integrate the common base of social work values, skills, and knowledge of generalist social work in a systems theory perspective. The seminars also assist students to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 483.
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• SWK 491: INTERNSHIP/ADV STANDNG I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Offered to advanced-standing MSW students, this internship is the first of two graduate semesters (total 450 hours) of field instruction under the supervision of a professional social worker. While foundation social work practice is based on 10 competencies and their associated practice behaviors, advanced practice augments these competencies with the development of a knowledge concentration specific to advanced generalist practice. The purpose of this internship is to bridge foundation and advanced studies by 1) highlighting those foundation competencies that are most significant to this program's mission, and 2) allowing students to develop the skill of articulating to a variety of constituents the connection between conceptual frameworks and their increasingly complex, multi-level practice behaviors. Through supervision, students enhance and articulate their awareness of self and further the development of a professional identity as social workers. They articulate critical analysis for ethical decision-making and practice implementation and engage in practice-informed research. They articulate methods of assessing and intervening to advance human and civil rights through an understanding of the impact of policy and the strengths and challenges associated with diversity. Responding to the context of practice, students learn the importance of agency function and worker role to multi level, advanced practice. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 492.
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• SWK 492: GEN SW PRAC/ADV STANDG I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This seminar for advanced standing students complements the field instruction by providing a structured learning opportunity. While foundation social work practice is based in 10 competencies with the development of a knowledge concentration specific to advanced generalist practice. The purpose of this internship is to bridge foundation and advanced studies by 1) giving students the opportunity to integrate an articulate those foundation competencies that are the most significant to the programs mission, and 2) allowing students to articulate the connection between conceptual frameworks and their increasingly complex, multi-level practice behaviors. Students articulate verbally and in writing their process of developing a professional use of self and professional identification. They articulate critical analysis for ethical decision making, practice implementation and practice-informed research projects. They articulate methods of assessing and intervention to advance human and civil rights through and understanding of the impact of policy and the strengths and challenges associated with diversity. Responding to the context of practice, students learn the importance of agency function and worker role to multi-level advanced practice. The seminar assists students to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement through their shared experiences as discussed in class. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 491.
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