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Interpersonal Practice Methods in Aging

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SW694, Section 001

This methods course focuses on intervention with older people at the micro level. This content will be integrated with intervention strategies directed toward aging adults, including evidence-based interventions and practices. Major areas to be discussed are: coping with age related changes, caregiving demands, legal and financial planning, elder abuse, sexuality and intimacy, and loss and grief. This course will also address the diverse dimensions including: ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, and sexual orientation. The IP intervention will focus on intake, screening, initial evaluation, treatment and termination issues involved in working with older clients and their families. Such skills as reaching out, engaging reluctant or impaired elders, and successful termination of intervention will be covered. Various psychiatric disorders more typically diagnosed among the elderly will be discussed and intervention strategies identified.

Semester: Winter 2024
Instructor: Mari Jan Pitcher
U-M Class #: 28732
Program Type: Residential
Format: Online
Credits: 3 Credit Hours

Pathway Associations

Community Change
GlobalElective
Interpersonal PracticeElective
Mgmt & Leadership
Policy & Political
Program Evaluation
Older AdultsRequirement (Host)
Children & Families

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