SW 651 Child Maltreatment and Neglect

This course provides an overview of topics related to child maltreatment. Child maltreatment includes neglect and physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. Major course topics include: defining child maltreatment; cross-cultural issues in the definition of child maltreatment; the incidence and prevalence of different types of child maltreatment; the causes and consequences of child maltreatment; forensic and clinical assessment of child maltreatment; the repressed memory controversy; mandated reporting and other legal issues; and psychosocial interventions for maltreated children and their families. Prerequisite: 30 credits of Social Work courses. (3)