Intro to Global SW & Practice W/Immigrants & Refugees

Global Social Work and Practice with Immigrants and Refugees (GSWPIR) as a field of practice specialization is defined by its mission to incorporate indigenous social work perspectives from around the globe to inform learning and practice with families and communities wherever they are located, globally or in the US urban environment, with special attention to all forms of migration. Students will become aware of the differing discourses in this field, and the varied understandings of and responses to adversity in the context of internationally recognized standards of social justice and human rights. Social ecological theories and the approaches derived from them are central to the field and students will learn how to define, analyse and collaborate with the communities within which they and their clients live and work, as well as utilize methods learned from global experience.