5 credits
The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills for supporting vulnerable populations. Those populations include individual clients or patients and families with acute, chronic, and terminal illness; disabilities; and challenges of age. Students can extend their knowledge of support and resources for families around organ transplants; psychosocial aspects of illness and health for individuals and families; support skills for individuals and families around grief and loss; and end-of-life decision making. Students enhance their knowledge of ethical group and individual interventions for these vulnerable populations.
Prerequisites
- SOCW 8204