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Certificate Program for Home and School Visitor
Bryn Mawr’s Master of Social Services degree program includes an option to complete certification as a home and school visitor. The certification requires nineteen courses, eighteen of which may be completed within the Master of Social Service curriculum. Individuals who have completed a master's program in social work or in a related field at Bryn Mawr or another institution may apply as non-matriculated students. These students may also choose to apply for transfer credit for elective requirements.
A Declaration of Intent form is required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and must be signed by the student and the student’s advisor.
The Bryn Mawr Certification Program for Home and School Visitor is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Required Courses
Public Education: Policy Issues for School Social Workers
This first semester course provides an overview of social work in the school and discusses education policy issues that affect the school and the community.
Psychological Testing for Social Workers
This course, offered as part of the School’s Continuing Education Program, addresses the issues of psychological testing and how school social workers can assist parents in understanding the results. It is a seminar offered over two (non-consecutive) days and includes assignments.
Education Law for School Social Work
This course, which is offered within the School’s summer program, highlights the federal and state legal mandates relative to education.
Elective
The elective will be one pertaining to treatment of children, such as:
- Clinical Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents
- Adolescents in Family Therapy
- Family Therapy: Theory and Practice
- Clinical Social Work and Substance Abuse
- Group Treatment
Integrative Seminar
This seminar focuses on the integration of the practice of social work into the unique context of the public educational system in Pennsylvania. It will meet at specific intervals during the course of the practicum.
Practicum
A supervised practicum in the field during which the student will spend 375 hours in a school setting helping to address the needs of pupils and their families is included in the coursework.
Social Work License
The PA Board of Education requires
that applications for the Home and School Visitor Certificate include a copy
of the applicant's current professional social work license. If the
candidate does not have this license, the state requires verification of completion
of the Praxis examinations in reading, writing and math.
Download the application (Microsoft Word document)
Email the Continuing Education Department.
Last modified August 2007 — Bryn Mawr College GSSWSR
Accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
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