SOWK 620 Practice with Families and Groups

This course teaches engagement, assessment, and intervention strategies for social work practice with families and therapeutic groups. Students are invited to understand and apply evidence-informed theories and interventions for social work practice with families and groups. Practice with families acknowledges diverse family constellations, works across the lifespan, and recognizes and responds to violence within family systems. Students learn the role of therapeutic groups and how to form and facilitate them. Social workers understand how trauma, bias, power, privilege, and personal values and experiences may affect mental health practice with families and groups.