Description:
This course is designed to provide students with the basic tools to become frontline human
service workers. The course focuses on teaching the skills and competencies needed to provide
a strength-based or empowerment-based approach to family development. Through this course,
students will learn how to help families to attain healthy self-reliance, to assess their own
needs, and to better understand the skills and attributes needed to be successful in the field. This course is the first part of a two course sequence. Once both courses are completed, students will be eligible to apply for the Family Development Credential through Cornell University.