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Course Description Cognitive and Developmental Learning Theories, are a body of theories that emphasize mental aspects of development (i.e. logic and memory). Emphasis will be placed on theories of...

Course Description Intimate Partner Violence: The Two Faces of Love provides a post-structural view of abuse across, cultural and social norms, gender and sexual orientation. Drawing from a psychodynamic perspective,...

Course Description Social Construction Theory: Power To The People provides a framework for understanding individuals, groups, families, communities and organizations. In this module, emphasis is placed on theories of...

Course Description The Art of Sleep explores sleep deprivation and proper sleep hygiene: understanding the relationship between our nutrition, diet, exercise, and circadian rhythms. Cognitive behavioral strategies, including today’s evidence-based...

Course Description Prelude to Advance Care Planning and Bioethics explores advance directives and ways to support patient self-determination through the application of medical ethics. As Social Workers, we often play...

The Impact of Health Care Reform on Social Work: Quality vs. Quantity explores the implications of healthcare policy on social work practice. This course offers a comprehensive review of...

Course Description When Death The Unspoken Speaks: Bioethical Issues and End-of-Life Decisions explores two different approaches to medical ethics—one based on the application of ethical principles to individual cases,...

Course Description Interpersonal Neurobiology: A New Perspective provides a framework for understanding the contributions of brain development to human behavior (i.e. cognitive, emotional development, reasoning). Emphasis is placed on...

Course Description Attachment Theories offer an ethological approach to social and personality development. These theories propose that evolutionary forces have endowed infants with genes that predispose them to form...