Child Advocacy Studies Graduate Certificate

College of Behavioral and Community Sciences  
Department: School of Social Work
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The Child Advocacy Studies Graduate Certificate will prepare the student for work in the child welfare field, especially in the area of child protective services.  The Certificate is interdisciplinary and comprised of three courses, one each from social work, criminology and public health.  The courses offer a broad perspective of the problem of child maltreatment, a trauma-informed approach to working with victims, and an overview of professional and system responses to individual, family and community violence.  The Certificate is designed to be interactive, including simulations, and has been approved by the ZeroAbuse Project’s Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) program.