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Requests for leave of absences must be received by the Graduate School no later than the last day of enrollment for the semester the leave is to begin. Once students apply to and are accepted into the Master of Social Work program, they will follow the MSW course sequence. Social work courses are designed to complement and build upon one another and therefore cannot be taken out of sequence See Appendix A. The field practicum provides students with an opportunity to apply academic knowledge and practice skills gained in the classroom to authentic human service experiences.
Field agencies offer guidance and supervision in preparing graduates for entry-level professional practice. University faculty members serve as liaisons between the agencies and the students. These faculty liaisons facilitate a weekly or bi-weekly seminar to aid students in the synthesis of classroom knowledge with their social service experience. Students enroll in four credits of Field Practicum hours per semester. Please visit the Field Practicum link for all practicum related instructions, manuals and forms.
Prior to placement, students are not permitted to contact agencies directly to discuss field practicum. SW Structural Oppression The first of two courses that promote a multidimensional understanding of human functioning across systems and the life course.
SW Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior The second course in a two-course sequence that promotes a multidimensional understanding of human functioning and behavior across systems and the life course. This course specifically examines human behavior and functioning among individuals and families. In particular, the course emphasizes an evidence-informed approach to assessing human functioning.
SW Social Work Methods with Individuals One of a four-course sequence that emphasizes the competent application of skills, knowledge and values to social work practice. This course focuses on developing competency in intervening with individuals. Students will learn how to engage in each stage of the social work intervention process with individuals, including: rapport building, exploration, assessment, planning, implementation, goal attainment, evaluation and termination.
Special emphasis is placed on analyzing the ways in which client characteristics i. Students will be asked to use critical thinking skills to identify and implement interventions with individuals that are evidenced-informed, as well as contextually and culturally relevant. SW Social Work Methods with Groups One of a four-course sequence that emphasizes the competent application of skills, knowledge and values to social work practice.
This course focuses on developing competency in intervening with small groups. Students will continue their use of an evidence-informed approach to practice through identification and critique of group curriculums.
Special emphasis is placed on analyzing the ways in which member characteristics i. SW Social Work with Organizations, Communities and Legislatures One of a four-course sequence that emphasizes the competent application of skills, knowledge and values to social work practice.
This course focuses on developing competency in working with organizations, communities and legislative bodies. This course furthers the understanding of the strengths-based, generalist social work perspective. In this course students will learn public speaking, elements of grant writing, budgeting, advocacy, lobbying and written and oral persuasion techniques as methods of assessing and responding to community and organizational issues.
Students will learn to attend to the cultural, ideological, and diverse nuances present in large groups of people and within complex problems while maintaining a critically reflexive position in relation to their own culture, privilege, ideology, personal values, and biases. Students will be asked to use critical thinking skills to identify and implement interventions with organizations and communities that are evidenced-informed, as well as contextually and culturally relevant.
SW Social Work Methods with Couples and Families One of a four-course sequence that emphasizes the competent application of skills, knowledge and values to social work practice. This course focuses on developing competency in intervening with couples and families. Students will learn how to engage in each stage of the social work intervention process with couples and families, including: rapport building, exploration, assessment, planning, implementation, goal attainment, evaluation and termination.
Students will be asked to use critical thinking skills to identify and implement interventions with couples and families that are evidenced-informed, as well as contextually and culturally relevant. SW Social Work History and Social Welfare Policy Explores the historical development of the social work profession and current policies governing the social service delivery system within the United States.
Social policy is presented as a social construction influenced by a range of ideologies and interests. Special attention is paid to social welfare policy and programs relevant to the practice of social work, including poverty, child and family well-being, mental and physical disability, health, and racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. The course includes a focus on the role of policy in creating, maintaining or eradicating social inequities.
SW Elements of Evidence-Informed Practice This is the first in a two-course sequence that examines concepts, principles, and methods of scientific inquiry, emphasizing qualitative and quantitative designs, assessment of practice and program effectiveness, and critical use of existing research when working with individuals, couples, families, or groups. A key focus is on understanding the reciprocal relationship between practice and research. Additionally, the course introduces cultural and ethical issues present in all investigative endeavors and the unique issues involved in studying special populations and populations at risk.
SW Foundation Practicum I Integration of professional content through a weekly one hour seminar and at least 15 hours of social worker supervised placement in an approved practicum site. SW Foundation Practicum II Continued integration of professional content through a weekly one hour seminar and at least 15 hours of social worker supervised placement in an approved practicum site. SW Advanced multidimensional assessment Critical examination of the language and classification systems used in mental health.
This course introduces students to the concepts and language of mental health and mental disorders, and the influence of social structural factors on each. Structural inequalities in mental health diagnosis and treatment are covered, particularly among groups that historically have been oppressed and marginalized.
In addition, the history of the classification system of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is reviewed, as well as the tension between the use of a classification system based on the medical model, and the assumptions and values of the social work profession. Students will learn to distinguish mental health diagnostic categories and gain skills in the diagnostic process.
As students deepen their understanding of mental health diagnosis, they will also gain an appreciation for the benefits and limitations of diagnosis as part of the helping process. The primary goals are for students to gain skills in using the DSM for assessment, treatment planning, and for conversing as a member of a multidisciplinary team —while maintaining a person-centered approach to helping clients.
SW Intervention Approaches with Individuals Integration of theories of human behavior and select intervention approaches with individuals. This is the first in a series of three direct practice courses with a focus on integrating advanced theory and evidence-informed knowledge with social work practice skills. Students will learn to implement three approaches used widely to understand psychological factors in helping individuals deal with obstacles and achieve their goals: relational, cognitive behavioral and narrative therapy.
These practice approaches represent variants of the major psychological frameworks—psychodynamic, behavioral, and post-modern. This course will provide students with opportunities for experiential learning and skill-building in carrying out these intervention approaches. Professional responsibility for ongoing learning and self-development as a reflective practitioner is woven throughout the course.
SW Therapeutic Interventions with Groups Develop and facilitate therapeutic groups from the perspective of selected theoretical frameworks; knowledge of systems theory and special properties of groups that can be used as a mechanism for improved coping and change. SW Therapeutic Interventions with Families Students will learn to implement three approaches that are used widely to help families cope with obstacles and achieve their goals—multigenerational family therapy, structural family therapy, and feminist family therapy.
Ethnicity, culture, gender, and family life course are central in this regard, as students learn to tailor family interventions to the needs of clients. SW Social Work Administration II One in a two-course sequence that prepares students to engage in advanced social work practice with macro systems.
This course focuses specifically on the knowledge and skills required to assume administrative and policy-practice roles within social service settings. In particular, the course highlights public and private budgetary processes as they influence and guide social service delivery, fundraising, management, program development, strategic planning and policy analysis, development and implementation. Students will be encouraged to critically examine competing needs, differential power structures and value conflicts inherent to social service delivery within the United States in general and Nevada in particular.
Emphasis on middle and later stages of the evaluation process. SW Advanced Practicum I Integration of professional content through a weekly one-hour seminar and development of advanced generalist practice skills through supervised placement in community agencies.
SW Advanced Practicum II Continuation of integration of professional content through a weekly one-hour seminar and development of advanced generalist practice skills through supervised placement in community agencies. SW Integrative Case-Based Seminar: Advanced Generalist Practice Competent social work practice involves broad knowledge of person-in-environment and a full integration of social work knowledge, skills, theory, evidence, and values and ethics, and the ability to clearly articulate a rationale for decision-making.
This course gives students the opportunity to analyze and apply with greater depth, breadth, and specificity their knowledge, skills, and theories to values and ethics, diversity, populations at risk, social and economic justice, human behavior and the social environment, social welfare policy, social work practice, research, and field education. Therefore, this competency based course builds upon all previous courses in the curriculum and their field internships utilizing a multilevel case study method and prepares students for professional practice.
Case studies will require students to intervene at all systems levels and address the required accreditation-based social work competencies. Please see the UNR website for a complete description, definitions and policies regarding class conduct and academic dishonesty. Students who require additional support due to disabling conditions should discuss their needs with their instructors at the start of each semester.
Accommodations for all reasonable requests will be made for documented disabling conditions. In addition, students are encouraged to contact the UNR Disability Resource Center at to access a range of supportive services. The faculty of the School of Social Work believe that classroom attendance and participation are critical aspects of professional socialization.
Students are responsible for assisting in the creation of a learning environment that promotes such socialization. To do so, students should assume responsibility for their own learning and be engaged within the course room.
It is expected for students to log into the online classroom a minimum of three times a week to be successfully engaged. Attendance and participation will be part of grading, as determined by the course instructor.
Opportunities for make-up assignments are determined at the discretion of individual instructors. NASW Code of Ethics requirements regarding confidentiality of client information extend to the use of confidential information from field work in classes, seminars and in student assignments.
Students may not divulge client, collateral or collegial information, disguising all names, demographic information and any case details that might identify a client or co-worker.
Client files and records should never be removed from the agency for any purpose. The programs of the UNR School of Social Work are conducted without discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, creed, ethnic or national origin, disability, political orientation, or sexual orientation. Retention in the MSW Program at UNR is based on student performance in two general areas: academics and adherence to professional values and standards of behavior.
Retention in the social work major requires students and maintain a 3. The School of Social Work encourages students, staff, faculty, field instructors, and faculty liaisons to deal directly with concerns as they arise. The Remediation and Termination policy is applied when previous attempts to address an issue have not been successful. As discussed below, the policy is applied in two phases. The first phase explores the situation further, while the second phase sets out to resolve the situation.
Exceptions to the procedures described below are allowed in cases where students have engaged in particularly egregious conduct, for example ethical or legal misconduct, actual or threatened physical or verbal aggression, academic dishonesty, or refusal to implement the recommended Action Plan. Once the situation and concerns have been identified, the remediation committee will work with the student through a series of decision points.
Under the remediation policy, there are 4 points at which a student can initiate a grievance:. The written grievance should be submitted to the Director of The School of Social Work no later than 10 working days following the decision point in question see above. The burden of proof during the grievance process rests with the student.
If the Director determines that the student has provided adequate evidence to support his or her grievance, the Director may dismiss the issue with no further action required.
The burden of proof of these conditions rests on the student. If the issue is not resolved at that level students may proceed with filing a Grade Appeal Form. The full policy and procedures for filing a Grade Appeal can be found at under section 3, of the University Administrative Manual. School of Social Work. About the School. Degrees and programs. Field education program. Student resources. Master of Social Work student handbook Please note: this represents the program handbook for the current academic year only.
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