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Human Service Professionals and... |
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Reading Materials |
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Personal Systems Introduction to the helping
role |
With emphasis on motives, values, ethics and
professional practice. Self-awareness
and personal communications are fostered |
~Essential Skills for Human Services~ ~Doing Good: Passion and Commitment for Helping
Others ~ ~Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won’t Find It): A
Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus~ ~Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom of
the Science of Change~ |
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Interpersonal Systems The dynamics of
interpersonal systems in relation to other human service systems |
Emphasis on developing interpersonal communication
skills and effective helping strategies. |
~True Partnership: Revolutionary Thinking About
Relating to Others~ ~Zen the Art of Helping~ ~Becoming Human~ Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at
Risk~ |
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Small Group Systems The dynamics of small group
systems in relation to other human service systems. |
Emphasis on participation in and facilitation of
task-oriented or decision making groups and leadership theory. |
~Making Task Groups Work in Your World~ ~The Art of Facilitation: How to create Group
Synergy~ ~Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to
Restore Hope to the Future~ |
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Organizational Services The dynamics of human services organizations in relation to other human service systems. |
Emphasis on factors influencing societal and global
outcomes, and the characteristics of effective human service professionals in
societal and global settings. |
~Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn Of
the Millennium~ ~Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science
of Networks~ ~Chiseled in Sand: Perspective on Change in Human
Services Organizations~ ~Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational life~ |
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Community Systems The dynamics of community systems and the relationship of these systems to other human service systems. |
Emphasis on factors that influence community
systems, skills of influencing community structure and process, and the
characteristics of effective human service professionals in community
settings. |
~Community Organizing and Development~ ~Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a
Cynical Time~ ~Contemporary political Ideologies: A Comparative
Analysis~ |
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Societal and Global systems The dynamics of societal and global systems and their effects on the other subsystems of human services |
Emphasis on the factors influencing societal and global outcomes, and the characteristics of effective human service professional in community settings. |
~Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better
World is Possible. A Report of the International Forum on Globalization~ ~ The News About The News:
American Journalism in Peril~ ~Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure~ ~Everything You Know
Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to
Secrets and Lies~ |
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Professional Internship |
5 quarters of field experience ~ equivalent to 800
hours. |
Prosperity Counseling and Treatment Services ~160
hours~ |
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Introduction to Human Services A conceptual foundation of human services |
With an emphasis on history, current, theoretical
models, and ethical considerations for professionals |
~An Introduction to Human Services~ |
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Interviewing for Human Services |
The theory and practice of interviewing in a variety
of settings, e.g., agencies, education, health care, and business. Emphasis on skill development and intake
interviewing. |
~Interviewing in Action~ ~Interviewing in Action Video~ |
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Applied Research |
Study of theory and techniques involved in examining
the effectiveness of human services agencies, including the application of
techniques that lead to direct social action and agency intervention. |
~Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling numbers from
the media, politicians, and activists~ ~Research Methods for Generalist Social Work~ |
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Seminar in Cultural Awareness Examination and comparison of subcultures and various groups. |
Including history, ethnicity, mores, issues,
conflicts, and the interactions of those groups with human services
systems. Institutional practices also
are examined. |
~White Privilege~ ~Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality~ ~Disability~ ~From Identity to Politics~ |
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~Electives~ |
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Developmental Patterns of Adults/Seniors |
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Human Services On-Line Communications |
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Human Services and Management |
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Leadership |
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Program and Grant Writing |
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Program Planning and Budgeting |
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Law and Human Services |
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Persistent Problems in Human Services |