{"id":93401,"date":"2024-04-03T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=93401"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:36:40","slug":"specialization-children-youth-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/ssw\/programs\/specialization-children-youth-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialization: Children, Youth & Families"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Contact<\/h3>\n

Please contact the specialization coordinator for more information about a specialization area. Contact information can be found on the School of Social Work website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Optimal early-life development is essential to lifelong physical and emotional well-being and depends upon the health, safety, strengths, and resources of the families and communities in which children grow up.<\/p>\n

The Children, Youth & Families specialization prepares students to work with children and youth of all ages and identities and their families in direct practice and in medium- and large-system settings, using a social justice\/racial justice framework. Common areas of social work practice include early intervention, school social work, child protection, family support, behavioral health, and community-based youth initiatives. The specialization prepares students for practice by recognizing oppression\u2014including racism, heterocentrism, ableism, sexism, and classism\u2014as key threats to the optimal development and well-being of children, youth, and families. In doing so, this specialization prepares students to fulfill the responsibility of social workers to disrupt and dismantle these and other forms of oppression.<\/p>\n

Requirements for CRC Students<\/h3>
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  • 1 advanced practicum placement in a CYF-serving agency<\/li>\n
  • 3 electives from the following:\n
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    • SSW CP 762 Advanced Group Work<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 782 Trauma and Stress in the Early Years<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 785 Family Therapy<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 787 Clinical Practice with Couples<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 791 Anti-Oppressive Practice with Families and Communities<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 794 Clinical Practice with Children<\/li>\n
    • SSW CP 804 Child and Adolescent Trauma<\/li>\n
    • SSW HB 727 Assessment and Diagnosis \u2013 Children and Adolescents<\/li>\n
    • SSW HB 743 Immigrants and Refugees<\/li>\n
    • SSW WP 707 Policies and Programs \u2013 Children and Families<\/li>\n
    • SSW WP 720 Family Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

      Requirements for Hybrid and Online Students<\/h3>
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      • 1 advanced practicum placement in a CYF-serving agency<\/li>\n
      • SSW WP 707 Social Welfare Policy and Programs on Children or SSW WP 720 Family Policy<\/li>\n
      • 2 electives from the following options:\n
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        • Clinical Major\n
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          • SSW CP 804 Child Trauma<\/li>\n
          • SSW HB 727 Assessment and Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents<\/li>\n
          • SSW CP 785 Family Therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Macro Major\n
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            • SSW WP 707 Social Welfare Policy and Programs on Children<\/li>\n
            • SSW WP 720 Family Policy<\/li>\n
            • SSW HB 727 Assessment and Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

              Students may seek permission from the specialization coordinator to substitute applicable courses from other graduate programs at Boston University toward satisfaction of the specialization requirement.<\/p>\n

              Any required courses not available at your campus will be taken through the BUSSW Online Program. Please be aware of the tuition differential rate for online program courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Contact Please contact the specialization coordinator for more information about a specialization area. Contact information can be found on the School of Social Work website. Optimal early-life development is essential to lifelong physical and emotional well-being and depends upon the health, safety, strengths, and resources of the families and communities in which children grow up. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17439,"featured_media":0,"parent":274,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100253,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93401\/revisions\/100253"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}