Overview
Description
Includes systems approaches for assessment/treatment of couples presenting concerns related to gender, racioethnicity, marital dysfunction, sexual issues, blending/realignment, child-rearing, violence and aging.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of family systems theories and other relevant theories and their application in working with couples and families, and other systems.
- demonstrate proficiency in interviewing, assessment, and case management skills for working with individuals, couples, families, and other systems and the implementation of appropriate skill in systemic interventions.
- demonstrate proficiency in preventative approaches for working with individuals, couples, families and other systems such as pre-marital counseling, parenting skills training, and relationship enhancement.
- demonstrate proficiency in specific problems that impede healthy family functioning, including issues related to socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination and bias, addictive behaviors, person abuse, and interventions for their resolution.
- demonstrate knowledge of research and technology applications in marital, couple, and family counseling/therapy.