Child Welfare
Child welfare course covering policies, statutes, and best practices for preventing and protecting children from neglect and abuse while strengthening families across service settings.
Summary
Past student reviews · Ellen Smith
The course received a high difficulty rating, though specific workload details were not provided in the feedback.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify and understand multifaceted aspects of the child welfare system.
Integrate various aspects of generalist social work practice into the field of child welfare.
Identify child welfare policies, services, and issues that impact the lives of children and families.
Operationalize generalist social work knowledge, ethics, advocacy, and solution focused practice in public child welfare.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing. Not open to students with credit forSOC WORK 646 or 656.
- Sophomore standing
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Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ELLEN SMITH is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Ellen Smith
Professor Smith was passionate about child welfare and made efforts to inspire that interest in students, earning high praise for her teaching and personal engagement.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.80 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.69 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Ellen Smith
The course received a high difficulty rating, though specific workload details were not provided in the feedback.
Past student reviews · Ellen Smith
Students found the instructor to be an amazing person and expressed gratitude for the opportunity to take her class.
Topics
- History and current policies, statutes, and best practices shaping child welfare practice locally, nationally, and internationally.
- Preventing and protecting children from neglect, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse by strengthening, supporting, and empowering families.
- Exploring settings for child and family social work services, including their purpose, organization, social work roles, and evidence-based practices.
Skills
- Identify and understand multifaceted aspects of the child welfare system.
- Integrate generalist social work practice into the field of child welfare.
- Operationalize generalist social work knowledge, ethics, advocacy, and solution-focused practice in public child welfare.
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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