Interested in Working with Children or Families? Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) classes Spring 2023

Posted by Tim on November 4, 2022 in Academics

Child Advocacy STudies (CAST) classes teach students how to recognize and respond to child maltreatment.

CAST is open to ANY MAJOR with career goals involving children or families including nursing, sociology, education, human services, medicine, law, psychology, or many other fields.

Spring 2023 Courses

SW 245: Global Child Advocacy Issues

T/R 10:00-11:20 AM | Seated

Instructor: S. Richards-Desai

This course is designed to increase student understanding of the adverse experience of children growing up in various countries.  The purpose of this course is to expose students to considerations of socioeconomics, health, culture, religion and politics and how these affect the welfare and well-being of children across the world.  This course examines advocacy efforts using a trauma-informed, human rights framework.

 

SW 235: Do we really care about kids? Rethinking child welfare in the U.S.

M/W 9:30-10:50 AM | Seated

Instructor: W. Martin

This course focuses on community responses to child maltreatment and the clashes between the current structures, societal values, and investment in child wellbeing. The course explores responses, including trauma-informed and human rights approaches, across multiple community systems, including child welfare agencies, social safety nets, health care systems, law enforcement, and schools.

For more ingormation Contact: Patricia Logan- Greene

716-645-1533

Email: pblogang@buffalo.edu