Social Work and Education Course Requirements for
Licensure at the Advanced Graduate Level

The following graduate level education and social work courses can be used to help meet the requirements for School Social Work Licensure in NC. See the "North Carolina School Social Work Licensure" guidelines for details.

Education - A recommendation for NC School Social Work Licensure from UNC-CH requires satisfactory completion of one approved three (3) hour graduate level course in Educational Consultation, Policy or Legal Issues; Services to Special Needs Children and their Families; or Educational Assessment/Measurement.

Educational Supervision, Consultation, Policy or Legal Issues

EDUC 140 Group Dynamics, Decision Making, and Problem Solving (3)
Develops understanding and skills for working with various organizational groups. Focus is on teams, leadership of teams, team problem solving, and team decision making. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 215 School Consultation Methods (3)
Examines various models of consultation, the role of the consultative model in the schools and related agencies, and utilizes role-playing and experience in the school. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 231 School Law (3)
Provides an overview of the legal structure of education, liability, constitutional rights, contractual relationships, federal regulations, and collective action. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 235 Educational Policy Processes and Analysis (3)
Examines theory of competing conceptions of policy. Actors and agencies are examined at federal, state, and local levels. Interactions across levels are studied in relation to current policy alternatives. Permission of instructor.

EDUC 237 Organizational Theory (3)
Analyzes the theoretical assertions and empirical knowledge claims that have led to the dominant structures, power relationships, and performance expectations of American schools. Permission of instructor. Permission of instructor.

For information about the Schools of Social Work or Education at UNC-CH, visit http://ssw.unc.edu or http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/, respectively.

Educational Services to Special Needs Children and their Families

EDUC 159 Working with Parents and Families of Handicapped Children (3)
Instructs students about the resources available to them, their students and their students’ families. Students will develop skills in working with parents and professionals as partners in the instruction and planning of programs for children with disabilities. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 169 Child Development and Disability (3)
Emphasis is on developmental deviation exhibited by exceptional children in cognitive, language, social and affective development. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 264 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Exceptionality II (3)
Focuses on the theory and research related to the sociological, legal, and educational aspects of exceptionality. Permission of Instructor.

EDUC 266 Program Planning, Policy Analysis and Evaluation of Special Populations (3)
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Introduces program planning, policy analysis and program evaluation as related to special education issues. Permission of Instructor.

Other courses on exceptional child development will be approved. Look for courses that emphasize the developmental deviations exhibited by exceptional children in cognitive, language, social and affective development and content on appropriate interventions in the school and home.

Educational Testing and Measurement

EDUC 209 Tests and Measurements (3)
Studies basic concepts in measurement and their application in the use and interpretation of tests. The student may be required to purchase tests. Permission of Instructor.

Social Work - A recommendation for NC School Social Work Licensure from UNC-CH requires satisfactory completion of one approved three (3) hour graduate level course in school social work policy and practice.

SoWo 199 School Social Work Policy and Practice (3)
This course examines a range of practice and policy issues related to the delivery of social work services in the public schools. An ecological approach to school social work will be emphasized within the context of the school-family-community environment. Current school social work practice and standards in the United Sates, NC school law, and public policy as it relates to school age children and their families will be addressed. Practice illustrations, special assignments, and guest lecturers will provide students with the opportunity to relate reading materials to school social work practice. A coordinated class and web based option may be available for students living great distances from Chapel Hill. This approved course is also offered at the ECU SSW. Permission of Instructor.

Substitution of other graduate-level courses related to Education & Social Work must receive prior approval from Dr. Gary Shaffer at the School of Social Work. Contact him by mail or through the following: phone (919) 962-6436; fax (919) 843-8715; e-mail Gary_Shaffer @unc.edu for more information. The UNC-CH approved education courses have been identified with the support and guidance of faculty at The UNC-CH School of Education.