SOCW 5357. GROUP DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 3 Hours.
Examines contemporary social-psychological concepts and small group research using a multicultural framework, with a view to testing their applicability to practice propositions and operational principles, in work with both task and treatment groups that include diverse populations. Group work will be examined in terms of social justice, social work values, knowledge, and skills, as well as in terms of those populations who have historically been been harmed by structural and systematic arrangement and delivery of social welfare services at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Co-requisite: SOCW 5311. Please note if the co-requisite is dropped, this course will be as well.