Class Descriptions

Evidence Based Parenting Interventions

SW773

Credits:	1
Prerequisites:	None

Pathway Associations

Community Change
Global
Interpersonal Practice
Mgmt & Leadership
Policy & Political
Program Evaluation
Older Adults
Children & Families	Elective (Host)

Course Description

This course focuses on a specific parenting issue - the use of discipline and punishment in child-rearing. This course examines research on the effectiveness of wide range of parental disciplinary approaches, and introduce numerous evidence-based parenting interventions, and their recommendations and approaches to child discipline. The course content will be embedded within a child development framework that considers the child’s age and development stage, in conjunction with family and community-level factors. We will discuss how cultural norms and beliefs may influence parents’ discipline choices and how social workers can best dialogue with parents help them achieve their parenting aims. This one credit course addresses micro- and macro- social work issues.

Objectives

● Identify evidence-based parenting interventions.
● Identify what parenting practices are suggested as effective strategies for discipline of children
● Examine multiple levels of intervention: Primary prevention/public health models; Secondary intervention – general parenting courses; Intensive intervention – working with high-risk parents
● Identify how a range of cultural factors shape parents’ beliefs about discipline

Design

This one-credit course will use online pre-learning readings, short lectures, group discussion, and case examples. We will review the content of evidence-based parenting interventions and apply the content of these interventions to work with children and families using case examples. Assignments will strengthen knowledge of research-practice connections and encourage critical thinking.

Intensive Focus on Privilege, Oppression, Diversity and Social Justice (PODS)

This course integrates PODS content and skills with a special emphasis on the identification of theories, practice and/or policies that promote social justice, illuminate injustices and are consistent with scientific and professional knowledge. Through the use of a variety of instructional methods, this course will support students developing a vision of social justice, learn to recognize and reduce mechanisms that support oppression and injustice, work toward social justice processes, apply intersectionality and intercultural frameworks and strengthen critical consciousness, self-knowledge and self-awareness to facilitate PODS learning.