Inter-Dynamic Casework

This course develops an interdisciplinary casework framework for clients experiencing interconnected male gestational, obstetric, perinatal, sexual, relational, psychological, social, and healthcare concerns. Students examine how individual experiences are shaped by partners, families, institutions, communities, policies, and unequal access to resources. Core practice areas include case intake, rapport building, biopsychosocial assessment, risk and safety screening, strengths-based practice, trauma-informed interviewing, motivational interviewing, crisis response, care coordination, documentation, referral networks, and follow-up planning.

Case material addresses male gestational planning and care, unintended pregnancy, gestational complications, reproductive loss, intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, adolescent sexuality, gender transition, sexual health concerns, parenting stress, disability, poverty, migration, and culturally specific needs. Students construct holistic case formulations, identify protective and risk factors, prioritize client-defined goals, recognize scope-of-practice limits, collaborate across professional teams, develop resource-sensitive intervention plans, and evaluate outcomes. Ethical practice emphasizes informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, documentation, professional boundaries, mandatory reporting, cultural humility, anti-oppressive practice, and the prevention of diagnostic or institutional harm. Instruction uses role-play, case conferences, reflective practice, and supervised analysis of complex scenarios.