Children, Youth & Families
The Knowledge You Need #
You’ll learn assessment and interventions across stages of family change, supporting differing family structures and emphasizing strengths-based and family-centered approaches. You will develop skills in crisis and grief management and learn to implement prevention and intervention strategies at the community level. CYF explores empowerment-oriented and client-driven service models, emphasizing the community as a resource, advocating for strategies to prevent out-of-home placements. You’ll learn to identify and analyze best practices to support families on issues like parenting, intimate partner violence, and abuse.
You’ll be prepared to:
- Assess and address trauma risk and impact.
- Build resilience in youth and their families.
- Design effective interventions based on best practices.
- Evaluate the impacts of systemic barriers.
Focus Area Courses #
- SWK 618 Social Policy and Services (CYF) (3 cr.)
- SWK 637 Assessment and intervention with Children and Youth
- SWK 633 Children, Youth and Families Practice II: Working with Diverse and Transitioning Families (3 cr.)
- SWK 634 Group and Community Based Practice with Children and Families (3 cr.)
- Required 3 credit hours from a social work elective (courses available)
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