ECEK 323 Team, Coll, and Comm

Required field experience: 5 hours This course provides an examination of the historical, philosophical, and legal basis for family participation in education and family services. Students develop techniques for promoting positive supportive relationships with parents of young children with special needs, including strategies for working with socially, culturally, and linguistically diverse families. Family systems theory is reviewed, as well as family stressors, grief, and coping. Emphasis is placed on models for building effective teams; strategies for facilitating consultation and collaboration among professionals, para -professionals, families, and other agencies; as well as techniques for supporting family strengths, addressing family needs, priorities, and concerns, and accessing community resources. Prerequisite: SOE 290 NOTE: This course replaces EDU 394 in previous curricula.

Credits

4

Distribution

KC:Kendall Course