Family System Interventions

3 Units

This course covers the knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with working families. The practice method will reflect a family systems approach, integrating theories and approaches within a systemic perspective. It will build practice skills in assessing, interviewing, and intervening with families and emphasize a strength-based perspective on intervention with families. Considerations of family issues at different developmental stages will be presented. The issue of ethically competent and community-based social work practice with families will be stressed throughout the course for each content area. Prereq: Advanced Standing or SASS 477 or ( SASS 504 and SASS 508 ).