Graduate Courses
SOWK 731: Social Work Practice with Refugees and Immigrants
Description
This course also offers an exploration into some of the social policy and social welfare concerns associated with contemporary migration. This examination considers the social, political, environmental, and economic causes and consequences of migration; public policy regarding migration and the rights of immigrants; and the roles of governmental and nongovernmental local, national, and international organizations. Social justice themes related to migration are also explored.
The content of the course will be the identification and application of clinical social work assessment and intervention of the major migrant groups, to prepare students to provide advanced clinical services to individuals and families who are currently living in the U.S. The course will build a knowledge base necessary to effectively work with immigrant and refugee populations, in general, and with immigrants who have suffered violence and trauma. Experiences of the migrants and the group and individual characteristics relevant to immigration will be explored and discussed.
