SOWK 432 — Working with Children
Social Work · University of Ghana
This course highlights the basic knowledge and skills required to work with children, and targets people whose aim is to build a profession around children. The course addresses issues of human rights relating to children. It discusses the developmental milestones of children, focusing on a number of theoretical perspectives on child development. It also examines disorders associated with the developmental stages and how these affect children‘s functioning. Also to be examined in this course, are familial determinants of children‘s behaviours and extra-familial stressors, parenting styles and how to promote positive behaviours in children.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- SOWK 430 — Long Essay
- SOWK 431 — Human Rights in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 433 — Approaches to Counselling
- SOWK 434 — Working with Groups
- SOWK 435 — Social Work and the Law Courts
- SOWK 436 — Administration, Management and Evaluation
- SOWK 437 — Organisational Planning in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 438 — Family Welfare
- SOWK 439 — School Social Work
- SOWK 441 — Gender Issues
- SOWK 442 — Social Gerontology
- SOWK 443 — Industrial and Labour Relations
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).