SOCW603A Social Work Practice Lab I
This three-course sequence builds students’ skills for engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with individuals, families, and groups, with an emphasis on providing evidence-based practices in clinic, school, home, and community settings. These labs incorporate demonstrations, role plays, and other experiential learning and practice activities to build skills in the methods and therapeutic modalities covered in Clinical Social Work Practice I-III. In this first course, students will learn interviewing skills, engagement and building a working relationship, bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessment, assessment of DSM-5 disorders, applying strengths and humanistic psychology approaches, and engagement and assessment with cultural humility and cultural responsiveness.