Master of Social Work- Advanced Practice with Children, Youth, and Families

University of Memphis

Advanced Practice with Children Youth and Families prepares students to engage with families and children. Areas of focus include behavioral interventions for children with special needs child welfare practice in schools foster care and adoptions childhood trauma abuse neglect children s mental health community programs for children and advocacy on behalf of children and families. The School of Social Work resides in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. The School offers two degree programs and a graduate certificate in School Social Work. The Bachelors of Arts in Social Work program and the Master of Social Work program are both fully accredited by the Council of Social Work Education CSWE . The School of Social Work seeks to be a leader in social work education by preparing students with cutting edge social work skills necessary to practice in complex settings creating knowledge through research and engaged scholarship reducing poverty inequality and social and economic injustice through evidence based practices and addressing the needs of the Mid South within a global perspective. Students are required to complete a minimum of sixty 60 semester hours thirty 30 hours are taken in the foundation curriculum and thirty 30 hours are required in the concentration curriculum.