Soc Work Interviewing Skills 1 (SCWK 130)

• College: College of Arts and Sciences
• Department: Social Sciences Dept
• Credit Hours: 3
• This course has a lecture with 2 hours.
• This course has a lab with 2 hours.

Introduction to types, purposes, and stages of interviewing. Basic empathy training. Skill development for observation, listening, non-verbal communication, rapport-building, information-giving, and information-gathering. Beginning training in recording and documentation. Emphasis on self-monitoring and working with culturally diverse, oppressed, or psychosocially maladaptive clients. Typically Offered Fall, Spring