SWRK 6056 - Social Work Practice with Service Members and Veterans

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Addresses the needs of active duty, retired, and deployed service members and veterans at different developmental phases of the military life, both holistically and within the context of their families and communities. A focus is placed on ways to help clients cope with a range of physical health, mental health, and psychosocial challenges including risk and protective factors associated with military life, deployments, and combat stressors. Theoretical and practical approaches to treatment of chronic stress, acute stress, and trauma-related stress disorders are examined with the goal of advancing students’ knowledge of best practices and current evidence-based models. Prer., Graduate Social Work students only. Meets with SWRK 4056.