| source City University of New York (X) |
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department Human Services (X) |
This course introduces students to the field of Human Services and the profession of Social Work. Those human services which deal with social and personal problems are explored as well as the knowledge base, the skills base, and the values base of the social work profession. Students are exposed to the methods of working with people as individuals, in groups, and on a community level.
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The course is designed to train students in the use of helping skills and techniques utilized in the field of human services. Some of the areas covered in the course include interviewing and counseling, making referrals, assessment, group process, and behavioral techniques.
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This course provides students with a basic understanding of the interrelationships between the physical, intellectual, social, and psychological aspects of the aging process in contemporary society. Problems particular to aging are explored as well as policies and programs which have been developed to deal with them.
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This course focuses on the psychological and sociological aspects of disabling conditions, and the approaches to effecting the person's habilitation/rehabilitation through behavior change.
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This course is a survey of child welfare as a field of Social Work practice. Course content includes the relationships of parents, children, and society; the development of old and new governmental programs for children; the impact on the family of child welfare policies, and the future of child welfare programs in the United States.
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Students are placed for one day per week in human service settings where they learn first-hand about agency structure and function, the activities of human service professionals, and the application of human service skills. Settings include community centers, hospitals, family service agencies, community residences for the developmentally disabled, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, child psychiatric clinics, etc.
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This course follows the same format as HUM 301, Field Experience in Human Services I. Remaining in the same field placement, the student deepens his/her knowledge and strengthens his/her skills through continued practice and supervision.
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This course will acquaint students with the social welfare system of the United States. An historical perspective helps to illuminate the evolution of current policies, programs, and practices. Poverty in the U.S. is analyzed as well as the specific programs which have been developed to alleviate it. Cross-cultural approaches to social welfare are also examined.
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Introduces the student to the foundations and influences of social welfare policy and the human services movement. Social welfare institutiuons and societal response to human needs will be examined. The course will discuss the influences of political, social and cultural factors upon past and present approaches to meeting the needs of indivduals, families, groups and communities.
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Addresses the complex situation of children and adolescents who require long-term assistance and whose needs fall along a continuum of care. Objective is to facilitate and ensure the effective delivery of service by improving the 'fit' between client capacity and demands of the environment. Includes focus on crisis intervention with regard to child abuse, family violence, substance abuse, HIV and AIDS and teenage pregnancy.
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Supervised field work at a community social agency to provide practical human service skill development in the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of individual, family, group and institutional problems. Weekly seminars to assure that skills and values are being appropriately integrated.
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Supervised field work at a community social agency to provide practical human service skill development in the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of individual, family, group and institutional problems. Weekly seminars to assure that skills and values are being appropriately integrated.
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Weekly seminar that integrates the field work experience of students doing field work in state-approved child care social/health agencies with the academic study of Child and Adolescent Developmental problems. This seminar assures that skills and values are being appropriately integrated.
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Weekly seminar that integrates the field work experience of students doing field work in state-approved child care social/health agencies with the academic study of Child and Adolescent Developmental problems. This seminar assures that skills and values are being appropriately integrated.
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This course is designed to provide students with a broad view of human services through a combination of field visits to community agencies and classroom presentations. Topics include an overview of human services as a profession; examination of similarities and differences in program functions and service delivery styles; identification of issues and concerns of workers and consumers.
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Students will be given the opportunity to learn fundamental concepts and skills needed for relating to, and working with, people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The course work will focus on the principles of human relationships through discussions, exercises, and role-playing activities. Topics to be covered within a multicultural framework will include self-understanding, the helping relationship, using communication tools, and the professional self.
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This course will enable the student to understand the reasons for and uses of activity in human services settings. Topics covered will include theoretical frameworks underlying different approaches, an introduction to the range of activities, a consideration of the processes involved in using activities with clients, and the use of activities in relation to clients with different cultural heritages. Students will participate in selected activities and will develop a resource portfolio.
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The students in this course will explore the concepts related to worker, supervisor and client roles in human services settings. Guidelines for specific roles will be identified. The dynamics of bureaucratic organizations will be discussed in relation to students' experiences as interns. Understanding of elementary systems theory will be reinforced, and alternative types of service delivery systems will be compared with the agencies known by the students.
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Students in this course will explore the nature of conflicts in a multicultural, pluralistic society, the difficulties that arise in resolving them, and alternative methods for settling them in a peaceful way (negotiations, mediation, arbitration, adjudication). Special emphasis will be placed on mediation as an extension of the negotiation process in the resolution of interpersonal, community, and workplace disputes.
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This combined internship and seminar introduces students to Human Services organizations where they relate to clients in multicultural settings under professional supervision. Students will learn to interrelate theory and practice through the linking of assignments in field and classroom. They will also meet regularly in seminars to explore, demonstrate and evaluate specified knowledge, skills, and values related to the field.
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This course is designed to link an understanding of the normal growth and development of children with an understanding of the special developmental problems of children with disabilities. Students will learn to identify the cognitive, affective, physical and social ways in which disabled children vary from other children. They will develop competence in evaluating and selecting culturally diverse activities and materials that are appropriate for use with children with a range of disabilities.
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This course is designed to acquaint students with the natural development of language and to give them an understanding of communicative disorders. It will introduce students to specific characteristics of communication-impaired persons and the ways they relate to their environment. Students will develop competency in evaluating materials appropriate use with culturally diverse populations. They will be able to recognize the characteristics of the typical educational environment which must be adapted to meet the needs of people with communicative disorders.
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This course will provide an overview of developmental disabilities and the nature and needs of disabled people throughout the life cycle. Issues to be explored include definition of developmental disabilities, etiology, normalization, mainstreaming, and the role of the interdisciplinary team. Legal, ethical, and cultural considerations will be emphasized, as well as the impact of disabilities on the person affected, the family and community. One field visit will be required.
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This course provides students with strategies to work with fragile and at-risk infants and toddlers, including those prenatally exposed to drugs. Emphasis will be placed on the children's cognitive, linguistic, social, physical and affective development. Other topics include: laws, regulations, and policies, parents and family involvement; cultural factors that may impact on intervention. Acquired theoretical concepts will be applied in appropriate co-op settings. Two field visits are required.
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This course will enable students to learn about case management with clients who are HIV-positive or who have AIDS. Topics include the biopsychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS, the role of worker in HIV prevention and testing, and providing services and functioning as a case manager or technician. The AIDS service delivery system, management of occupational risk, and self and group support for the worker are also discussed.
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