SOWK 792 - Specialization Practicum and Seminar II

Credits: (5)

Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate program in social work or permission of the instructor.SOWK 784 can be a prerequisite with a C or better or a co-requisite and SOWK 791 with a B- or better.
This is the second specialization practicum experience of 300 hours accompanied by six class meetings designed to integrate the academic curriculum with the practicum experience. This specialization practicum and supporting seminar provide a forum in which the knowledge, skills, and values of professional social work practice, along with the concepts and theories which support clinical social work practice, are applied. Service delivery issues, agency/organizational dynamics, a biopsychosocial perspective, and practice skills are emphasized. Practice emphasizes the dismantling of oppression and applying methods which work toward social, economic, and environmental justice for populations at risk.