Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

John Robertson

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Course 5 discusses policies in four areas: housing, education, healthcare, and immigration, with an optional fifth module in child protection. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy.
-First we’ll look at housing policy, with its contrasting supports for homeowners and renters.  

-Then we’ll interpret the structure that provides education and examine debates about its future.

-The third module will differentiate the issues in the U.S. healthcare system and develop  the structure of public healthcare programs.  

-Next, the course will lay out immigration policies and weigh the push and pull of the debate about immigration reform. 

-The optional fifth module traces the child protection system its beginnings to the present day and appraises the failures and strengths of the system.  
 
The course is part of a sequence in social policy that has an HONORS TRACK. This track will prepare the learner for masters-level work in policy, which involves reading the literature, writing concise summaries and probing critiques.   Over the sequence the learner will develop a policy analysis that will create a foundation for professional policy analyst assignments.

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Programa Especializado - Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

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Nivel principiante

Aprox. 15 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English)

Qué aprenderás

Describe the structures of US policy in each of the course’s domains: Housing, schools, healthcare, immigration and child protection

Explain the issues involved in developing policy in each of the course’s domains: Housing, schools, healthcare, immigration and child protection

Identify the challenges for US policy each of the course’s domains: Housing, schools, healthcare, immigration and child protection

Honors: Develop a policy memo for to demonstrate the learner's professional capacity to professionally interpret finding to decision makers.

Habilidades que obtendrás

Formulate practice strategies to overcome the historic biases in social welfare programsdistinguish the values inherent in each social policy initiativedifferentiate alternative approaches to social policy problemsCritique components of a social policy based on their effectiveness at meeting the goals stated in the initiativedevelop social welfare policy analysis and reform proposals

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Curso 5 de 5 en

Programa Especializado - Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

Fechas límite flexibles

Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.

Nivel principiante

Aprox. 15 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English)

Instructor

Calificación del instructor

4.87/5 (8 calificaciones)

John Robertson

Policy Lecturer

School of Social Work, Columbia University in New York City

6,694 alumnos

5 cursos

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Universidad de Columbia

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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Semana

Semana 1

3 horas para completar

Housing and Education

Housing and education are vital needs for families and individuals. This module will describe the current programs and tensions in the US housing and education system. The module begins with a review of tax expenditures as a significant component of US social policy

3 horas para completar

10 videos (Total 50 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

10 videos

Sequence opening video - John Robertson3m

Sequence Video: Why Social Policy - Alumni3m

Course Introduction2m

Tax Expenditures4m

Housing Programs5m

Housing Equality6m

Housing Issues4m

Housing Alternatives5m

Education Structure7m

Education Issues6m

1 lectura

7 Great Education Policy Ideas for Progressives in 201815m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz: Module 1 Overview30m

Semana

Semana 2

3 horas para completar

Understanding healthcare delivery in the U.S.

Health care is a permanent state of transition because of new discoveries, population changes and service delivery changes. The learner will distinguish the forces that shape the US health care system and the tensions in the system that lead to conflicting solutions.

3 horas para completar

12 videos (Total 60 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

12 videos

Introduction3m

The Parts of Healthcare5m

Healthcare Debate Reasons5m

Healthcare Expenditures4m

Healthcare Issues6m

Healthcare Information6m

Rationing4m

The Basic Question3m

Reform, Part I4m

Reform, Part II5m

Reform, Part III7m

The Healthcare Debate4m

1 lectura

Understanding Health Insurance30m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz: Module 2 Overview30m

Semana

Semana 3

2 horas para completar

ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid

The US has three major health care programs: the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. The learner will learn the underlying structure of each of the systems and will probe the debate surrounding each program

2 horas para completar

11 videos (Total 42 minutos), 1 lectura, 2 cuestionarios

11 videos

Introduction1m

The Affordable Care Act (ACA)6m

Medicare3m

The Parts of Medicare5m

The Costs of Medicare3m

The Future of Medicare2m

Medicaid4m

Medicaid and Aging4m

The Future of Medicaid3m

Video Lecture: Medicaid, Medicare and Poverty - Prof Garfinkel5m

Wrapping Up3m

1 lectura

An Overview of Medicare30m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz: Module 3 Overview10m

Semana

Semana 4

4 horas para completar

Immigration

Since the original encounter between the western and eastern hemispheres, immigration has been a major economic and social force. The learner will examine the US history of immigration and the current structures of the immigration system. The module will appraise the current immigration debates and critique various reform proposals

4 horas para completar

15 videos (Total 81 minutos), 1 lectura, 3 cuestionarios

15 videos

Introduction2m

Immigration Numbers5m

Immigration: Benefits & Problems7m

Categories of Immigration3m

Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)3m

Immigration: Temporary Work4m

Undocumented Immigrants8m

Undocumented Immigrants by Professor Kaushal7m

Integration6m

Immigrant & Children6m

Special Populations5m

The Paradox by Professor Kaushal4m

Immigration Reform7m

Wrap-Up1m

Policy Analysis Project: The Final Policy Memo8m

1 lectura

Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz: Module 4 Overview30m

Acerca de Programa especializado: Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

In the U.S., social policy accounts for two-thirds of government spending. Knowing how policies are constructed, what values underlie them, and how they succeed or fail makes everyone more effective at work or in their civic role. This specialization includes an HONORS track in which learners will complete a professional social policy analysis.

Teachers, health care workers, police, and social workers interact with policy daily, but all of us should care about the impact and effectiveness of these programs. Health and mental health programs, education, housing and income supports, pensions, criminal justice services, veterans’ programs, child protective services, and immigration services create a support system all Americans will draw upon. They also reveal Americans' ethics and values, indicating how we regard and care for our most vulnerable. This specialization will explore the size, structure, and outcomes of U.S. social policy by -comparing it with the approaches of other developed nations. -examining the history of our efforts and probing population effects that shape policy. -looking deeply into support for families in general, poor families, people with disabilities, and the elderly. -mapping out existing policies for housing, education, healthcare, immigration and child welfare. -addressing issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy. By the end of the course the learner will be at home working in, utilizing, and voting in the U.S. welfare system.

Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners

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