SOCW 634 - Social Work Practice with Substance Abusers and Their Families

Credits: 3

This course will focus on the knowledge and skills essential to a range of social work roles and practice modalities with substance abusers and their families. Students learn to identify and critique the central issues that are addressed in the process of assessment and treatment intervention with this population. Special issues related to children and adolescents, family systems, ethnic groups, gay men and lesbians, elderly, disabled, and dually diagnosed are explored. Selected social policy and service delivery issues and research findings are considered.

Prerequisite(s): admission to the MSW program.

Term(s) Offered:

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