School Social Work Track

Carolyn Szafran,
MSW, LSCSW

Kimberly Harrison,
MSW, Ph.D., LSCSW

Within the clinical concentration, students may choose to receive specialty training in school social work.  For students in the School Social work track, nine (9) credit hours of clinical elective courses are required. 

To be consistent with the requirements of most states, the Department of Social Work at Washburn University requires students in the school track to successfully complete three graduate-level electives (for a total of nine hours) with emphasis on social work practice in educational settings.  The course options are as follows:

• SW 585 - Clinical Social Work Practice with the Exceptional Child   (Equivalents include SE 476 - Psychology of the Exceptional Student or SE 519 - Learning and Behavior Problems of Children and Youth with Mild-Moderate Disabilities); and
• SW 585 - Clinical Social Work Practice in the Educational Environment  (Equivalents include ED 494 - Philosophy of Education or ED 472 - Issues in Modern American Education); and
• SW 618 - Clinical Social Work Practice in the School Setting  Clinical Social Work Practice in the School Setting (SW 618) should be taken concurrently with SW 650 Clinical Practicum and SW 655 Clinical Practice Seminar.  In addition, the two-semester clinical practicum must be in a school setting under the supervision of a school social worker.