380.640.01
Children in Crisis: An Asset-Based Approach to Working With Vulnerable Youth

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Monday, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Terrinieka Powell
Beth Marshall
Contact Name
Terri Powell
Contact Email
terri.powell@jhu.edu
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Uses experienced practitioners, community leaders, and community members to expose students to a wide range of domestic youth welfare issues and interventions through an asset lens. Utilizing an asset-based approach, the class highlights domestic youth challenges and aims to expose students to thoughts, voices, and perspectives from a variety of different backgrounds. Class sessions feature ample discussion, expert lecturers, youth voices, and an examination of existing programs in and out of Baltimore City.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe the social, political and economic conditions that place children in crisis situations and perpetuate their at-risk status
  2. Demonstrate how to utilize an asset-based approach to working with youth in different contexts
  3. Identify similarities/differences between vulnerable youth circumstances in Baltimore and those in other parts of the US
  4. Recognize best practices in youth interventions from across contexts
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent required for undergraduates. Undergrad consent will not be granted until the first day of class. Interested undergraduate students are encouraged to attend the first day.
Consent Contact
terri.powell@jhu.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health
Special Comments

Students have the option to participate in a 100- hour Practicum component associated with this course. Students will be connected with a pre-selected Baltimore-based youth organization. They will work with the community contact person to engage youth program in a service-learning project.

Students interested in the Practicum component should contact Kristen Wright (kristen.wright@jhu.edu) at SOURCE. Students will be required to apply in advance, then register for the main course (380.640 - 3rd term only) and Practicum component (SOURCE Special Studies code for 2 credits, 380.840 - 3rd and 4th term).