SW 632 - Family Violence Across the Lifespan

Units: 4
This course provides students with an overview of family violence. It surveys the historical and social background of family violence, its social and psychological consequences for individuals, families and communities, as well as its prevention and intervention.

Prerequisites: M.S.W. major.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand the historical background of family violence, including social work’s place in that history, and with the empirical family violence literature. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Learn and apply various theoretical perspectives on family violence and be able to apply the ecological (person in environment) model to family violence problems. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Understand the personal and social consequences of family violence. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Understand how women and children have been particularly affected by family violence. PLO: Diversity).
Understand how family violence is experienced within special populations (i.e.: gay and lesbian families, minority families, LDS families, military families, etc.). (PLO: Diversity).
Critically analyze social policies that impact cent systems affected by family violence and the workers and agencies that intervene with these families. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Explore the various roles generalist social workers take in providing services to violent families, as well as the family violence interventions and the systems that are responsible for providing these services. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Develop an area of expertise (background, research, theory, and intervention) of a particular type of family violence. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).
Develop a plan for a violence prevention program in the community. (PLO: Critical Thinking/Applying Theory to Practice).