Title of the module: Practicum in social work practice with children
Lecturer
Itzhak Lander, Ph.d
Email-
Larrie@zahav.net.il
-yom gimel- 1945-2015- Office hours-
Contact details
0544357765
Academic year- 2014-2015
Semester-Autumn/Spring
Location of instruction-
Beer Sheva, BGU
Language of instruction-Hebrew
Cycle-Master of social work
Position-
Field of education-Human Science
Responsible department-Department of Social Work
General prerequisites-
Grading scale-100% final research paper
Module description-This course directly introduces the student to clinical social work practice with children. It also provides them with a introduction to current practice theories and associated techniques. It highlights the role of parallel process in social work practice with children and youth.
Objectives of the module-Students will be introduced directly to social work practice with children and adolescents. They will learn leading theoretical approaches and accompanying treatment techniques. The will understand the role of parallel process in social work practice with children and youth. Students will begin to integrate these into their own beginning practice..
Learning outcomes of the module-
On successful completion of the module students should-
1.
have basic knowledge of leading theoretical approaches to clinical social work practice with children and youth
2.
be familiar with treatment techniques related to social work practice with young people
3.
have direct experience in the social work treatment of children and youth
4.
Begin the integration of the concepts related to clinical social work with children and youth into their own practice.
Attendance regulation-attendance of all classes is required
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction-primarily through live supervision, also lecture, class discussion, student questions
Assessment- pass or fail based on the following assignments
1. exercise research paper 100%

100%
Work and assignments- a. weekly reading assignments b. completion of final research paper
Time required for individual work-in addition to class attendance students are expected to spend 7 hours weekly on the work and assignments related to the course
Module content/schedule-outlines-
1-3Introduction to course
4-7 select approaches to clinical social work practice with children and youth
8-24 live supervision of clinical social work treatment with child/adolescent and accompanying theoretical debriefing
25-26 course conclusion
1-3 Introduction to course
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Barth, D. (1994). The use of group therapy to help women with eating disorders differentiate and articulate affect. Group , 18, 2, 67-77
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Coates, D. (2010). Impact of childhood abuse: Biopsychosocial pathways through which adult
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mental health is compromised. Australian Social Work, 63, 391-404
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Crompton, M. (1980). Respecting children: Social work with young people . London
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Edward Arnold
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Dallos, R. (2004). Attachment narrative therapy. New York: Wiley and Sons
McCarthy, J. (2006). A framework for healing from loss: A further integration of psychodynamic
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and social work theory, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 14, 45-79
Schore, J., & Schore, A. (2008).Modern attachment theory: The central role of affect regulation in
, development and treatment. Clinical Social Work Journal
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9-20
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4-7 select approaches to clinical social work practice with children and youth
Becker Weidman, A., & Hughes, D. (2008). Dyadic developmental psychotherapy: An evidence

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based treatment for children with complex trauma and disorders of attachment
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Child and Family Social Work, 13, 329-337
Dripchak, V. (2007). Posttraumatic play: Towards acceptance and resolution. Clinical
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Social Work Journal, 35. 125-134
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Hogue, A., & Liddle, H. Family based treatment for adolescent substance abuse
Controlled trials and new horizons in services research. Journal of Family
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Therapy, 31, 126-154
Lantz, J., & Raiz, L. (2003). Play and art in existential trauma therapy with children and their
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parents. Contemporary Family Therapy, 25, 2, 165-177
Robison, M., Lindaman, S., Clemmons, M., Doyle Buckwater, K., & Ryan, M. (2007). "I deserve a
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family": The evolution of an adolescent's behaviors and beliefs about himself and others when treated with theraplay in residential care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,
Salmon, K., Dadds, M., Allen, J., & Hawes, D. (2009). Can emotional language skills
26, 291-306 be taught during parent training for conduct problem children? Child Psychiatry and Human
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Development, 40, 4, 485-498
Wachtel, E. (1994). Treating troubled children and their families . New York: The
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Guilford Press
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Yohani, S. (2008). Creating an ecology of hope: Arts based interventions with refugee children
, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
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309-323
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8-24 live supervision of clinical social work treatment with child/adolescent and accompanying theoretical debriefing
Fox, J. (2009). A qualitative exploration of the perception of emotions in anorexia nervosa: A basic emotion and developmental perspective.
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and Psychotherapy, 16, 276-302
Clinical Psychology
Fox, J., & Froom, K. (2009). Eating disorders: A basic emotions perspective. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 16, 228-335
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Fox, J. & Power, M. (2009). Eating disorders and multi-level models of emotions
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 16, 303-316: An integrated model
Lander. I. (2008). Using family attachment narrative therapy to heal the wounds of childhood trauma: A case study of a twelve year old boy. The Michigan Child
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Welfare Journal, 11, 2, 24-32
Lander, I. (2009). Repairing discordant student-teacher relationships: A case study
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using emotion focused therapy. Children and Schools , 31, 4, 229-23
Lander, I. (2011). Child-in-family therapy to heal a traumatically bereaved 10 year old boy in

grandparental kinship care. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 22 4, 275-296
Lander, I. (2012). Toward the incorporation of forgiveness therapy in healing the complex trauma of
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parental incarceration. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 29, 1, 1-13
25-26 course conclusion
James, K., & McKinnon, L. (2012). Integrating a trauma lens into family therapy: Ten principles for
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family therapists. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 3, 189-209
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The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
: Pascual, L.A., & Greenberg, L. (2007). Emotional processing in experiential therapy
Why "the only way out is through." Journal of Consulting and Clinical
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Psychology, 75, 6, 875-867
Roberts, T., & Koval, J. (2002). Applying brain research to couple therapy.
Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 2, 1, 1-13.
Wachtel, E. (2001). The language of becoming: Helping children change how they
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think about themselves. Family Process, 40, 4, 369-384