Spring 2027

Child Welfare Practice in Foster and Kinship Care, Permanency, and Adoption

Explores out-of-home care and permanency in child welfare, covering foster care, kinship care, adoption, and policy from local to national perspectives.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amanda Zuehlke3.8/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Daniel Sintim

The asynchronous format limited opportunities for student-to-student interaction while delivering complex content.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the logistical context of foster and kinship care, including history, relevant federal legislation, public child welfare processes, and foster home licensing.

  • Describe the benefits of placement with kin and compare outcomes of children placed with kin/like kin and children placed in traditional foster care placements.

  • Distinguish between policies, programs, and practices and investigate each against various outcomes.

  • Examine how intersecting identities including race, gender, sexual orientation, age and class impact all stages of the child welfare and out-of-home care process.

  • Appraise various permanency outcomes for children and families.

  • Analyze problems in the public child welfare system such as disparities related to race and investigate individual and systemic factors that may be contributing to these disparities.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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SOCWORK 656

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.62 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMANDA ZUEHLKE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANIEL SINTIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2024. 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 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 480

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Daniel Sintim

Students found the course well-structured and informative, with assessments allowing them to select policy design or memo topics of personal interest.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Daniel Sintim

The asynchronous format limited opportunities for student-to-student interaction while delivering complex content.

Past student reviews · Daniel Sintim

One student described the instructor as compassionate, noting that he offered a Zoom meeting and support to help them continue the course during personal struggles.

Topics

  • Foster care, kinship care, and adoption
  • Local, state, and national perspectives on child welfare
  • Federal legislation and public child welfare processes

Skills

  • Distinguish between policies, programs, and practices in child welfare
  • Examine how intersecting identities impact the child welfare process
  • Analyze problems and disparities in the public child welfare system

Grades

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SOCWORK 656 · Spring 2027

Child Welfare Practice in Foster and Kinship Care, Permanency, and Adoption

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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