Section outline

  • Topic:  Ecological interventions for children and adolescents.

                A.  Discussion of the videos.

    -School based interventions.

    -Parenting skills programs and workshops.

    B.    Other innovative programs.

    -Playgrounds and Therapeutic Adventure programs

    -Providence Talks

    C.     Foster Care/Residential Programs/Early Intervention.

    Topic:  Termination

    A.  Issues around termination.

    B.  Surviving as a clinician, or how to work with children over the long haul.

     

    Readings:

    Required: 

    -Boyd-Webb, N. (2019) Chapters 9 and 10.

    -Bromfield, R. (2007) Chapters 14 and 19.

    -Talbot, M. (2015) “The Talking Cure” The New Yorker.  January 15.

    Recommended:

    -Perry, B. (2007). Chapters 3, 6, 7, and especially 11. 

    -Lowry, A,. "The War on Poverty is Over.  Rich People Won. "  The Atlantic, May 14, 2023.     

     

    Readings:

    Required: 

    -Boyd-Webb, N. (2019) Chapters 9 and 10.

    -Bromfield, R. (2007) Chapters 14 and 19.

    -Talbot, M. (2015) “The Talking Cure” The New Yorker.  January 15.

    -Shaefer, H.L., and Edin, K. J. “How To End Extreme Child Poverty.” The Atlantic, June, 2021.

    Recommended:

    -Perry, B. (2007). Chapters 3, 6, 7, and especially 11. 


    • Bromfield through Tripod Chapters 14 and 19 URL
    • The Talking Cure- Providence Talks URL

      The Talking Cure. 
      The poorer parents are, the less they talk with their children.  The mayor of Providence is trying to close the "word gap".




    • How To End Extreme Child Poverty URL
      Students must
      Mark as done

      Buried deep in the latest pandemic stimulus package is a transformative idea for helping families.



    • THE WAR on POVERTY IS OVER. RICH PEOPLE WON. URL

      Also consider reading this recent book review.      
      The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.
      By Annie Lowrey  May 14, 2023

    • Course Evaluation!!! Assignment
      Opened: Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 11:00 PM
      Due: Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 11:00 PM

      Faculty members will distribute the course evaluation form for each of their courses to the students during the last week of classes via the course Moodle page.  Students will complete the form and promptly upload the form or mail the printed form to the Provost’s Office.  The course evaluation forms are attached for posting to the course Moodle page.

       

      Students will be instructed on the course evaluation form to name the course evaluation form file using the course number (i.e., CHEM B103 001, CHEM B103 00A, SOWK B595 001, SOWK B595 002).  Here is the weblink to upload the completed course evaluation form via Qualtrics:  Summer 2020 Course Evaluation.

       

      If your students wish to mail the course evaluation form, the mailing address for the GSSWSR and Post-Bacc course evaluations is: Office of the Provost, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.