Hi.
Welcome to the human behavior and social environment
class.
I'm Tamara Cadet, and I'm an assistant professor
at the Simmons College School of Social Work.
I bring about 20 years of practiced experience
in the field of adoption, mental health, substance
abuse, health care.
I really didn't know what I wanted to be when
I grew up, so I tried a lot of them.
And then I ended up in education and teaching.
I got my Ph.D. In 2012.
And I got my Ph.D. Because I wanted to make
a bigger change.
I wanted to make a bigger change than working
with individual clients, and I wanted the
privilege of educating the next generation
of social workers, who are you.
And so, when I think about this class and
the journey that we're about to go on, I think
about trying to make sure that you are ready
to be an effective social work clinician.
That you know why you're doing what you're
doing, and you know the theoretical concepts
that explain why you're doing what you're
doing.
Which is the primary goal of this class, for
you to understand the various theories that
contribute to human behavior.
And we're going to do these in lots of different
ways.
Through lectures, through cases, through homework.
And I'm excited and thrilled that you'll be
joining me on this journey.
