Columbia University School of Social Work Office of Professional Excellence—Course Directory
 
Columbia School of Social Work
Office of Professional Excellence
Course Offerings
as of 5/18/2018 7:47:03 AM
Autumn 2017 | Spring 2018 | Summer 2018
New York State LCSW Content Areas
Codes following course descriptions indicate the New York State LCSW content area(s) satisfied by the course. Courses without codes do not satisfy any of the content areas.
For more information see General Information on LMSW and LCSW Licensing in New York State and the List of Courses Meeting LCSW Requirements.
DIAG DSM, diagnosis
ASMT Assessment in clincial social work process
TRMT Clincial social work treatment
POPS Clinical social work practice with general and special populations
T6009 Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
3 points. 45 contact hours (continuing education units/CEUs). The treatment model taught in this class, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), is an integrative cognitive-behavioral treatment that has been experimentally tested with multiple populations demonstrating severe and complex disorders. DBT has been designated by the APA as one of the most empirically demonstrated effective interventions for Borderline Personality Disorder. It has also been demonstrated as effective in randomized clinical trials with substance-abusing BPD clients, geriatric individuals suffering from depression, binge-eating disordered women, and inpatient and outpatient adults and adolescents suffering from severe disorders. Numerous outpatient and inpatient treatment programs use this treatment model, including several in the NYC metropolitan area. The model is highly appropriate for social work practice due to its biosocial explanation of dysfunction, the focus on client environment invalidation as a problem antecedent (and as a target for intervention), and the use of a strong problem-solving framework.
 

Summer 2018
Section 001. 5/21/2018 - 7/27/2018. Tuesday 6:30pm-9:00pm (room 404). Jacquelyn Smith. Call number: 88005.

 
T6205 Social Work Practice with Children
(Prerequisite: T7100 Foundations of Social Work Practice.) 3 points. 45 contact hours (continuing education units/CEUs). Students study assessment and intervention with children and their parents; differentiation between socio-cultural, developmental, functional, and organic deviations and variations; and various techniques and skills (e.g., play, dramatization, and verbalization) that can be helpful when working with children.   DIAG ASMT TRMT POPS 
 

Summer 2018
Section 001. 5/21/2018 - 7/27/2018. Wednesday 5:30pm-8:00pm (room 406). Heidi Horsley. Call number: 28442.

 
T7320 Adult Psychopathology and Pathways to Wellness
(Prerequisite: T7100 Foundations of Social Work Practice.) 3 points. 45 contact hours (continuing education units/CEUs). Designed to give students an overall view of the psychopathology demonstrated by patients with the major psychiatric conditions, this course emphasizes background information concerning concepts of diagnosis in their historical context, and current concepts using specific psychopathological criteria to reach a diagnosis as expounded by DSM-5. This course is strongly recommended for clinical students, especially Health, Mental Health, and Disabilities.   DIAG ASMT TRMT POPS 
 

Summer 2018
Section 001. 5/21/2018 - 6/27/2018. Monday Wednesday 7:15pm-9:30pm (room 405). Katherine Compitus. Call number: 13746.