From turtle2@u.washington.edu Tue Dec 24 09:07:38 1996 Received: from carson-oms2.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA28492; Tue, 24 Dec 96 09:07:38 -0800 Received: from carson.u.washington.edu (carson.u.washington.edu [140.142.52.11]) by carson-oms2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with SMTP id JAA05554; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 09:07:36 -0800 Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 09:07:36 -0800 (PST) From: Lorna Fitzpatrick To: "C.E. Graduate Students" Cc: Don Whitney Subject: Graduate Classes Available in Social Work for Winter 1997 (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 08:51:38 -0800 From: Don Whitney To: gpaa Subject: Graduate Classes Available in Social Work for Winter 1997 The following graduate courses in the School of Social Work are available to other graduate students. The first two classes are by permission of the instructors whose names, telephone numbers, and email addresses are listed with the courses and the second two are on a space available basis. Please inform your students about the classes which are titled: Legislative Advocacy: Politics of Social Change Managed Health Care International Social Welfare Social Work Practice and Electronic Technology The times, days, course descriptions, etc. are located below. Please refer any interested student to contact the instructor if permission is needed, then contact Roberta Aldrich, Program Coordinator in SW Student Services(543-8617, sswstsrv@u.washington.edu), for an entry code to register. If permission is not needed, students may contact Roberta directly. Thank you and I wish you a wonderful holiday time! Soc W 556A Legislative Advocacy: Politics of Social Change (CR/NC) F 1:30-4:20 SWS 230 (3) Ronald Dear >SLN 6890 Class limit: 16 Priority to: ADM and CYF students, then third year CYF Extended students, then other MSW students; other graduates with permission of instructor (543-7647, rdear@u.washington.edu) Course Description: It is evident that those interested in human services must learn new skills to protect themselves and their programs. How do you become a legislative advocate for those you seek to assist? Women, children, the low income, the elderly, the mentally ill, and medically indigent are those most needing legislative advocates. Federal and state budget cuts create ever increasing competition for program funding. Both management and on-the-line workers must compete for their share of the shrinking budget. Federal and state budget cuts create ever increasing competition for program funding. The purpose of this course is to teach effective lobbying techniques. Legislative structure and process are reviewed as well as legislative realities, norms and customs. Emphasis, however, is on practical how to-do it tactics, strategies and techniques that can be utilized by those who seek legislative change. There is an all day field trip to Olympia, meetings with legislators, staff, and lobbyists, as well as in class presentation of written testimony. Soc W 566A Managed Health Care F 1:30-4:20 SWS 30 (3) Gunnar Almgren SLN 6898 Class limit: 25 Priority to: Period I - ADM and HMH students; Period II; Other MSW's; other graduate students by permission of instructor (685-4077, mukboy@u.washington.edu) Course Description: This course examines the evolvement and meaning of "managed care" as the newly dominant paradigm in the provision of health and mental health care, with particular attention to the influence of various managed care models on human service organizations and the practice of social work. Students taking this course first become familiar with the traditional models of health care finance and patient/client care, and then are introduced to the basic processes and components of managed health and managed mental health care. Following this general introduction, the course then reviews how managed care models and systems of care are evolving within the fields of health and mental health, with an analysis of the adaptive struggles, failures, and successes. The course concludes with an examination of professional ethics in the context of managed care practice, both organizationally and individually. Soc W 592YA International Social Welfare (CR/NC_ Th 6:00-8:50 PM SWS 230 (3) James Herrick SLN 8085 Class limit: 30 Priority to: Periods I, II and III - MSW students Will Admit: Other graduates on a space available basis after Dec. 9 Course Description: Class explores cross-cutting issues such as social justice, health care, family planning, housing and use/misuse of resources across different countries and regions. Alternative approaches to social issues are compared and contrasted. Focus on developing regions such as the Caribbean Basin including Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Africa, Central America, North and South Korea, Vietnam and India, according to student interest. Investigate social work and welfare job opportunities in developing regions. Opportunity for students to pursue special projects of interest. Adult learning model incorporates class discussion and dialogue, visual presentations, guest speakers, role-play simulations and the experience of class members to create a stimulating learning environment. Soc W 597B Social Work Practice and Electronic Technology Th 4:30-7:20 PM SWS 26 (3) Hy Resnick SLN 6908 Class limit: 20 Priority to: Periods I, II and III - MSW students Will Admit: Other graduate students on a space available basis after December 9 Note: No computer expertise is required Course Description: This course teaches students how electronic technology can be applied to human service practice, training and education. Its focus is more on social work practice and education than technology. The main applications of electronic technology (computer, CD-Rom, interactive video disc) which are covered in this course are: administration of services (case management systems, videoconferencing, etc.); support of service delivery (internet, etc.); direct delivery of services to clients (therapeutic software, etc.); and teaching methods. The aim also is to stimulate thinking (and doing) about the many potential ways of integrating electronic technology and social work practice and education. Students need not be computer savvy to fully participate. An ability to use a word processing program and a beginning acquaintance with email is sufficient. .