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Ellen Smith

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 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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SOCWORK 462
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Smith was by far one of the best professors I had at UW. She is truly passionate about her area of social work (child welfare) and puts in every effort to ignite that passion in her students. She is also an amazing person if you get to know her. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to take her class!
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Classes with Ellen Smith

SOCWORK 712

Psychopathology for Social Work Practice in Mental Health

3 credits

Psychopathology for social work practice focusing on biopsychosocial understanding, person-in-environment, and current classification systems.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Ellen SmithSarah Meier

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample
SOCWORK 870

Cognitive and Behavioral Mental Health Treatments for Adults

2 credits

Examines evidence-based cognitive and behavioral interventions used by social workers to treat adult mental health challenges, including CBT theory and application.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Ellen SmithLaura Zimmerman

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027SOCWORK 712Psychopathology for Social Work Practice in Mental Health
Spring 2027SOCWORK 870Cognitive and Behavioral Mental Health Treatments for Adults

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