Course info

This course prepares students for clinical and community forensic social work practice. The course provides an overview of forensic social work roles and functions in a range of settings. Students will learn the forensic social work skills of assessment and intervention with complex, clinical cases that require an understanding of crisis, mental health, cognitive disabilities, substance abuse, violence, and trauma with individuals and families. Further, the course emphasizes the use of evidenced-based practice and community restorative justice principles to assist with community peacemaking and social justice processes in the field of forensic social work. This course stresses observational and experiential learning with the use-of-self and instructor feedback to gain skills in clinical and community social work practice.