Topic: Introduction to the Course

A.    Brief introductions.

B.     Overview of the course and syllabus and a discussion of the class assignments

Topic:  Clinical Social Work with Children and Adolescents- An Overview

A.      A brief history of social work with youth.

B.      The changing social ecology of childhood and adolescence in the United States

-The impact of socio-economic factors

-The impact of new media

C.     Some thoughts around the training of child and adolescent clinicians.  The essential knowledge base of clinical social work with youth.  The three major theoretical paradigms.

Topic: An overview of the developmental-ecological approach to the biopsychosocial       

            assessment of youth.

1. Development and maturation in children.
2. The potential impact of poverty and family stress on normal development and maturation.

Required Reading:

            Boyd-Webb, N. (2019) Chapters 1 and 2.

            Perry, B. (2007) Introduction; Chapter 1, “Tina’s World”.

            -"Teenagers are telling us that something is wrong with America- Adolescents live at the fault lines of a culture                         exposing our weak spots” Jamieson Webster in New York Times Sunday Opinion (Special devoted to issues                           pertaining to mental health in America), October 26, 2022.

            -"Teens Are in Crisis- Here's Why".  A New York Times YouTube video, April, 2022.

            Recommended:

            -Jenkins, H., Ito, M., boyd, d. (2016) “Youth culture, youth practices”, in Participatory   Culture in a Networked Era.                Polity Press, Malden, MA. on Moodle.                                                                                                                                        -Julian, K. “Why are Young People Are Having Less Sex”, The Atlantic, December,2018

-Thompson, D. “Why American Teens Are So Sad- Four forces are propelling the rising rates of depression among young people.”  The Atlantic, April 11, 2022.