Interdisciplinary Seminar in Child Abuse and Neglect (Law)

SW741, Section 001

Professionals must constantly work across disciplinary lines in the field of child abuse and neglect. Faculty from the Law School, School of Social Work and Psychology Department will team teach this seminar. The participating faculty members are themselves actively involved in a clinical child welfare practice. Graduate students from the three participating units will critically examine specific issues, such as physical abuse, failure to thrive, permanency planning, the foster care system, the Indian Child Welfare Act, the impact of domestic violence on children, children as witnesses and sexual abuse.
The class will discuss these issues in the context of case studies and case examples, with particular emphasis on the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the dilemmas posed. Students are required to attend a two-hour weekly class session and to participate in one interdisciplinary project that will result in individual or joint seminar papers. (Also offered as Law 892-800.)

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