CHILD MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE


“Children arrive in the world with an incredibly strong ‘push’ to engage and explore their environments. However, obstacles can arise that prevent this natural, lively engagement. Social workers in the fields of child welfare


and children’s mental health help parents and caregivers to identify such obstacles, remove them, and clear the path for the child to socialize, explore, and learn.”


James J. Canning, MSW, PhD, Professor


“The practice of working with vulnerable children and families calls upon us to engage families into a change process by focusing on their strengths, risks, resiliency, and transitions. This graduate program prepares students by combining theoretical constructs with the emerging research and best practices, always striving for positive outcomes for children and youth in real world practice settings.


There are endless opportunities in the classroom and


practicum for students to pursue their interests in specialized areas of child and adolescent mental health, school social work, juvenile justice, and child abuse and neglect. They emerge with a strong sense of the clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children who have trauma histories or serious emotional disturbance, along with the teamwork perspective and competence to promote child well-being within systems of care.”


Joyce Lee Taylor, MA, PhD, Assistant Professor Career advantages to your advanced generalist degree


Employers increasingly demand social work professionals who are creative decision-makers and solution-builders. These professionals have the knowledge and skills to assess complex situations with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, and to intervene with advanced, sophisticated practice skills. Today, this also means being up to speed on the larger fronts of policy, research, and administration. These are the skills that you’ll hone in our advanced generalist curriculum.


Our graduates have earned recognition as highly effective clinicians, agency leaders, scholar-practitioners, researchers, human rights advocates, and agents of social change.


Springfield College School of Social Work graduates work in varied settings such as:


• private and nonprofit agencies • public service organizations • social service agencies • government agencies • schools


• mental health agencies • hospitals • elder services • substance abuse clinics • domestic violence programs


• organizations dedicated to social change and social justice


• child, youth, and family services • correctional centers


• HIV intervention and prevention programs


3


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20