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| Family and Community Relationships | |||
| FAM/COMMUNITY | |||
| CLASS CODE: | CHILD 430 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Perspective on providing family-focused early intervention, with emphasis on communicating with families, empowering parents, developing family and professional partnerships, interagency collaboration, and accessing and linking families and community resources. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall, Winter, Summer | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Understanding Families, including · Family theory · Family diversity · Developmental issues in families of young children · Family strengths, functions and structure · Parenting · Family stress Practical application, including: · Family-based philosophy in ECE · Family-staff relationships · Parent education and family life education · Early childhood educators in the community Goals and Objectives: 1. Understand family systems theory and its application to families/communities 2. Know how to access information regarding child/family needs and how to use that information to access community resources 3. Know availability of and methods to access community, state and national resources available for young children and their families 4. Understand federal and state rules, regulations and procedures for IFSPs/IEPs, including role and function of service coordinator 5. Understand need for and respect privacy/confidentiality |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | Each student will demonstrate: · Knowledge of the dynamics, roles and relationships within families and communities · Knowledge of a range of family-oriented services and family resources within the community setting · Knowledge of structures supporting interagency collaboration including interagency agreements, referrals, and consultation · The skills necessary to establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with families · The skills necessary to involve parents in assessing and planning for the needs of their children Knowledge of the differences in family structures and social and cultural backgrounds |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | |||
| PREREQUISITES: | Junior or Senior Standing; CHILD 210 or SOC 210. ECSE and Child Development Majors must also have completed CHILD 310 and ECSE 100. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2002 | ||