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Program Requirements
Currently under review. Admissions will not be accepted for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Certificate in Aboriginal Social Work Practice provides professional training in assessment and counselling skills for a range of social problems such as addictions, family violence, child abuse, and mental and physical health. Courses are planned to reflect the sociocultural characteristics of Aboriginal society as well as the specific social service needs of their communities.Required Courses (21 credits)
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SWRK 374 Community Development/Social Action (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : The organizing process and development of direct organizing skills. Emphasis on organizational entities, community power and conflict, organizing strategies and their application, urban community development.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open To U1 Level Students.
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SWRK 438 Drug Addiction and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : This course examines primarily the abuse in our society of illegal drugs e.g. heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and the abuse of prescription drugs, e.g. tranquilizers and narcotics. Topics include: assessment and treatment; I.V. drug use and the spread of the HIV virus; Canada's policy on illegal drugs.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Fall or Winter
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 and 2-year B.S.W. Students
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
9 credits from:
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ANTH 306 Native Peoples' History in Canada (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : A survey of the Canadian policies that impinged on native societies from the fur trade to World War II, and the native peoples' responses, looking at their involvement in the fur trade, the emergence of the Métis, types of resistance, economic diversification, development of associations, and cultural distinctiveness.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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SWRK 354 Social Work in the Health Field (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : An introduction to health and health institutions in the context of service delivery. Major themes will include: multidisciplinary teamwork in the hospital; crisis intervention; legal ethical issues; and emerging issues for social workers in health.
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Ptack, Allan (Winter)
Restrictions: Limited to BSW U2, BSW U3, and 2-year BSW students.
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SWRK 434 Practice with Involuntary Clients (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Issues and practice problems encountered with involuntary clients in settings such as courts, youth protection agencies and total institutions. Topics include: reaction of the client and worker to the "involuntary" situation, the ethics and efficacy of "coerced treatment" and practice interventions with involuntary clients. Students draw on their own experience with these issues.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Quartz, Wayne (Winter)
Winter
Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 and 2-year B.S.W. students
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SWRK 459 Adult/Child Sexual Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : An examination of intra/ extra-familial child sexual abuse with a focus on the individual and family psychodynamics, the legal systems that respond to the problem and on assessment and treatment skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 and Special B.S.W. students
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SWRK 465 School Social Services (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Introduction to models of school social work practice. Diagnostic and practice approaches places emphasis on the relationships between the school, family, community and the pupil. Problems which affect the school social worker include: youth protection, children with special needs, drop-outs, conduct-disordered behaviour, integration of immigrants and violence.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Winter
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. students
- Restriction: Not open to U1 students
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SWRK 497 Clinical Practice Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Practice competence with various population groups: physically and mentally handicapped, terminally-ill, multi-problem families. Topics may change from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Restriction: Limited to BSW U3 and 2-year BSW students
* One of the complementary courses may be replaced by:
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EDEC 204 Communication in Social Work (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Written and oral communication in Social Work (in English): emphasis on strategies for identifying, analyzing and solving writing and speaking problems. Course work based on academic and professional communication in social work.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Smith, Donna Lee (Fall)
School of Continuing Studies—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 8, 2011) (disclaimer)