SOWK 421 - Child Welfare Maltreatment

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Child Maltreatment prepares students for practice in with children who have experienced maltreatment, and their families. This course includes an integrated framework of evidence-based practices, theories, and policies, with emphasis on practice in Virginia. It includes skills for providing services including prevention, family preservation, protective services, foster care, and permanency planning. Emphasis is placed on child welfare practice with vulnerable populations including racial, ethnic, and cultural minorities, and families in poverty, and the systemic effects of oppression and discrimination.