Relevant Graduate Course Work

  • SPED 410: Exceptional Learners
  • SOCW 410: Human Behavior & Environment
  • SOCW 411: Critical Social Work in a Multi-cultural Society
  • SOCW 420: Social Welfare Policy & Services
  • SOCW430: Generalist Practice w/ Individuals and Organizations
  • SOCW 431: General Practice w/ Family, Groups, and Communities
  • SOCW 460: Social Work Research
  • SOCW 517: Practice with Family Violence, Neglect, and Abuse
  • SOCW 533: Sexual Minority Communities
  • SOCW 576: Clinical Interventions
  • SOCW 551: School Social Work Policy
  • SOCW 565: School Social Work Research Seminar
  • SOCW 588-589: School Social Work Practice 

Relevant Social Emotional Resources, Lessons, and Skills Used

Skills & Assessments 

  • Completing Social Developmental Studies
    • with Parent Interview including developmental history
    • Student Interview and/or Teacher Interview
    • Observations 
    • Present Levels and Social Work Supports received 
  • IEP Goal Formulation
    • SMART GOALS
  • Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
  • Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
  • Behaviorial Observations of Students in Schools (BOSS)
  • Signs of Suicide (SOS) Risk Assessment

Lessons 

  • CBT and Motivational Interviewing 
  • CBT Psychoeducation 
  • Cognitive Errors & Restructuring 
  • Socratic Questioning
  • Therapy Aid 
  • Emotional Color Wheel
  • SEL Activities 
  •  Group Activities 
  • Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  • Defiant Teens: A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Family Intervention by Arthur Robin and Russell Barkle
  • Motivational Interviewing and CBT: Combining Strategies for Maxium Effectiveness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series) by Sylvie Naar and Steven A. Safren