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I. Standardized Course DescriptionIII. Teaching MethodsIV. Required and Recommended Texts and MaterialsTexts V. Course Requirements2. Clinical AssessmentThe Client’s Presenting Issues and ResourcesTherapeutic ModalitiesProfessional Issues in Clinical Practice VII. Course Schedule * Select two readings from those marked with an asterisk. All other readings required.** Optional reading. (Notes: The terms ‘GLBT/LGBT’ and the inclusive term ‘gay’ will be used interchangeably in this class. Guest appearances are subject to change and/or cancellation depending on availability.)A. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity in the Contemporary Social ContextOverview of the courseIdentity Formation Relationships and Families B. Movements for GLB LiberationDue: Reflection Paper 4 The Political ArenasC. Clinical Practice Interventions D. Institutional and Organizational ReformReform and the Anatomy of the Opposition Models of Organizational Change: Transgender RightsDue: Reflection Paper 11E. Celebration, Community, and SynthesisCelebrating GLBT Culture and Community & Synthesis: Where Do We Go From Here?Due: Gay Pride SymbolProject presentations (if needed)Student Community/Skills Building ProjectsDue: Projects Student Community/Skills Building Projects (cont.)Due: ProjectsProject presentationsCourse EvaluationsTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Course Numbers: SW 360K/393U, WGS 345/393 Unique Numbers: 66105, 66525, 49870, 49975 Office Number: SSW 3.104A Semester: Fall 2007 Office Phone: 512-232-1873 Meeting Time/Place: Wed 8:30-11:30am SSW 2.140 Office Hours: Wed 11:30am-12:30pm Instructors: Shane Whalley, LMSW, [email protected] GAYS AND LESBIANS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY: POLICY AND PRACTICE ISSUES (ELECTIVE) * CROSS-LISTED WITH WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES I. Standardized Course Description Gays and lesbians constitute an important presence in American society. Yet, the gay and lesbian population is confronted with a system of cumulative inequality, due in part to its small numbers, geographic dispersion, and prejudiced societal attitudes. The result is that gays and lesbians face serious issues related to lack of legal protection, violence, and limited political representation, and are denied full participation and access to resources in a wide range of social institutions, including family life, religion, education, employment, recreation, the military, and many others. Research shows that this social environment places gays and lesbians at increased risk of isolation, poor school performance, mental health problems, and even suicide. The complexity of the problems facing gays and lesbians has important implications for social work practice to develop productive strategies to combat discrimination and oppression, both in terms of policy and direct practice approaches. Given that gays form a cross-section of the population, encompassing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their families, social workers come in contact with this group in all fields of practice. This course provides a broad interdisciplinary knowledge-base on gay and lesbian issues in social work and integrates content on social policy and identity formation. In addition, the course demonstrates the application of this knowledge to core social work skills in both policy and direct practice interventions with this population. II. Standardized Course Objectives At the end of this course, students will be able to: 1. Critically analyze societal views toward homosexuality and the sources of these views, including religion, the media, the medical and mental health systems, and the educational system; 2. Synthesize knowledge on the social and political marginalization of gays and lesbians, and trace the historical and contemporary movement for gay and lesbian rights grounded in anunderstanding of distributive justice, human and civil rights, and the global interconnections of oppression; 3. Identify key components of gay identity development across the life span, including the coming out process, relationship and family formation, and aging, and identify content on the relationships between human behavior and social environments; 4. Demonstrate knowledge of social work’s role in practice and policy issues with gays and lesbians, including values and ethical concerns in social work; 5. Apply knowledge on gays and lesbians to core social work skills in policy practice in order to advocate for nondiscriminatory social and economic systems, with a focus on policy analysis, advocacy and public education, and agenda-setting; 6. Apply key components of gay affirmative practice in clinical intervention and identify its relationship to the core values of social work practice. III. Teaching Methods This class is conducted using a seminar format. Students are expected to be prepared to discuss assigned topics. The primary teaching approach in this seminar will be collaborative learning. In general, each meeting will include a combination of case studies, videos, guest lectures, and formal presentation of material. Assigned readings are for the class session in which they are listed in the syllabus. The major criteria for student evaluation will be based on weekly reflection papers to the assigned readings, class discussions, and a major assignment described below. Course Content and Organization This course approaches gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies by integrating identity and policy issues. Based on social work’s person-in-environment framework, it is taught from the premise that “the personal is political,” that individual life chances are intrinsically affected by the social and political context. Thus, the course provides an in-depth analysis of GLBT concerns from three levels: policy, organizational, and individual. Theoretical frameworks for understanding problems at each level are defined and applied, as well as integrated across all levels. Following this model, we also include an analysis of strategies for policy reform and organizational change. In addition, we examine approaches for providing competent professional services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youths and adults within health and human service organizations, schools, and other settings. The course is organized as follows: • Gay identity in the contemporary social context: identity politics/political identity and the social construction


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