SSS 808A Clinical: II Child and Adolescents
The purpose of this course is to prepare students for advanced clinical practice with children and adolescents in various settings with diverse populations. The practice skills emphasized in this course are rooted in the explanatory concepts of psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, and family system theories that are critiqued and applied within a multicultural context. The intervention skills students are taught are based on a strengths perspective, along with the explanatory theories described previously. Students will learn contemporary applications of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and family models of practice in addition to learning about clinical case management skills. Students will also learn to integrate the latest findings in mindfulness, neurobiology, and chemistry into their social work practices.