Family Systems & Support
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Course Description
This course will examine the family system; its communication patterns, rules, and life cycle. Students will have the opportunity to review historical and current practices through a literature review and instructor-led lectures. Students will also be introduced to the process of assessment, engagement, empowerment and discharge as it relates to working with at-risk families. Students will gain skills for working with families, as well as facilitating skill development in families. Students will examine their own family system as well as gain the skills required to work effectively with traditional and non-traditional family structures.
Course Content
Topic 0: Course Outline
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Course Outline
Topic 1: Engaging with Parents
Topic 2: Perspectives that Enhance the Understanding of Families
Topic 3: Perspectives that Enhance the Understanding of Families
Topic 4: Resilience
Topic 5: Understanding Parent Engagement
Topic 6: Enhancing Parent–Educator Engagement
Topic 7: Resolving Conflicts and Tensions
Topic 8: Indigenous Families in Canada
Topic 9 : Culturally Diverse Families
Topics 10 : Families and Poverty
Topic 11 Single-Parent Families
Topic 12 : Divorce
Topic 13 : Blended Families
Topic 14 : Teenage Parents
Topic 15 : Adoptive and Foster Families
Topic 16 : Children with Special Needs
Topic 17 : Parents with Special Needs
Topic 18 : Gender Diverse Families
Topic 19 : Death in the Family
Topic 20 : Violence and Abuse in the Home
Student Ratings & Reviews
interesting course.
Very informative
I learn a lot in this course and. Our teacher is nice❤️❤️