SWRK 643 - Health and Social Issues of Children and Adolescents

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course will prepare students for practice with children and adolescents who have health problems. The students will also explore social issues that face children and adolescents in our modern society. Health problems of children or adolescents and social issues that will be addressed include obesity, body image, HIV/ AIDS, children with disabilities, health disparities, trauma, violence in the home, abortions, gay and lesbian issues, substance abuse, death and dying, grief and bereavement, homelessness, immigration, mental retardation, adolescent pregnancy, and teen suicide. The deployment of military parent/s will be explored as well as the juvenile court system. Ethical considerations involving intervention with children and adolescents will be examined. Students will also learn different theories of adolescent development. Prevention and intervention techniques will be discussed. The course will examine the ecological perspective and the systems theory approach to social work practice. The theoretical aspects of social work practice with children and adolescents will also be examined.

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SWRK 643 - Health and Social Issues of Children and Adolescents