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  • SW 6491: MSW Advanced Standing Skills Course

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the MSW Advanced Standing program, SW 6490. Develops students' applied skills in Social Work practice. Integrates foundational social work approaches to practice, such as empowerment, strengths-based, and collaborative/person-centered skills. Assures that incoming Advanced Standing students have mastered foundational competencies in social-work practice skills with various types of human systems. Prepares MSW students to transition from the foundation year to the advanced concentration courses. Open to Advanced Standing students only.
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  • SW 6500: Social Work Practice with Substance Related and Addictive Disorders

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SW 6000 or acceptance into the Advanced Standing MSW program.. Teaches how to reduce or eliminate the detrimental impact of substance use disorders at multiple levels, such as families, groups, organizations, and communities. Teaches the knowledge and skills that assist in reducing and eliminating addiction. Enables students to identify, assess, and evaluate those struggling with substance abuse and dependency throughout the life span and how to intervene when necessary.
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  • SW 6530: Psychopharmacology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program. Addresses principles of nervous system function with emphasis on communication between nerve cells. Focuses on therapeutic drugs as well as drugs of abuse to include mechanisms of action and behavioral effects. Teaches content on dynamics of addiction within a pharmacological context.
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  • SW 6610: Spirituality in Social Work

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program. Addresses a theistic model for social work clinical practice. Examines various religious and spiritual world views and their application to counseling and psychotherapy. Emphasizes the need for increased sensitivity and competence in working with clients for whom faith-based interventions are desired.
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  • SW 6620: Family Therapy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SW 6000. Introduces a skills-based course in the field of family therapy. Trains prospective clinicians to work with families from a systems focus. Reviews the history of family therapy and the predominant models of the field. Emphasizes ethical and cultural issues in the realm of family therapy.
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  • SW 6630: Mental Health Assessment in Social Work Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program. Introduces the theories, frameworks, research, and skills related to the assessment and diagnosis of mental health disorders. Provides an overview of the major disorders in the current edition of the DSM. Examines a range of mental disorders, including etiology, developmental course, diagnosis and diagnostic tools, and treatment planning. Addresses diversity and equity issues and ethical, socially responsible practice. Overviews biological, psychological, environmental, cultural, and relational risk and protective factors and summarizes the critiques and limitations of the DSM.
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  • SW 6640: Crisis Intervention

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program. Introduces the philosophy, knowledge, techniques, and skills of crisis intervention. Provides opportunities through projects, written assignments, role playing, and first-hand interaction with professional crisis workers to deepen understanding of this demanding method of social work practice.
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  • SW 6650: Couples Therapy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SW 6000. Trains prospective clinicians in working with couples in a therapeutic capacity. Teaches the basic skills, dominant models, and unique challenges of couples therapy. Examines essential skills and techniques in working with dating, cohabiting, premarital, and marital couples. Examines unique situations of therapy such as addictions, affairs, and sexual issues. Addresses issues of diversity in couples therapy.
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  • SW 6660: Family Violence Across the Lifespan

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program. Examines interpersonal violence within the context of familial role and across at-risk populations. Emphasizes a variety of family systems and the impact that issues such as divorce, substance abuse, child abuse, and incarceration have on the various units in the family system. Considers issues and builds practice skills related to family support services, child maltreatment, and substitute care.
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  • SW 6670: Post Traumatic Growth--Practice and Clinical Considerations

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Admittance to the MSW Program. Examines post-traumatic growth across various at-risk populations. Considers several clinical and therapeutic issues in addition to other practice skills related to supportive services from a variety of theoretical frameworks that promote individual, familial, and community growth. Discusses diagnostic criteria and treatment differences in post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Explores events within their ecological context and works to build sensitivity to a variety of circumstances and cultural patterns. Emphasizes traditional as well as non-traditional approaches in dealing with physically and psychologically traumatic issues such as cancer, interpersonal violence, divorce, child abuse, etc. Discusses characteristics of trauma from a strengths-based perspective and how to best provide services to people that have experienced traumatic events at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
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