SOWK 4467

Seminar in School Social Work

This course prepares students for licensure as a school social worker. It explores policies, practices, historical developments, and legislative trends affecting social work services in schools. School-community relationships are examined, as well as the impact of societal attitudes upon schools. Special emphasis is placed on the theory and practice expressed by the Tennessee Department of Educations Minimum Competency Requirements for School Social Workers K - 12, Criteria for the Evaluation of School Social Workers, and NASW Standards of Social Work Services in schools.

Units: 3.0