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Financial Counseling and Client Communication


Course Description

Indicators, causes, and impact of family financial problems on the family's well-being. Topics covered include credit difficulties, repossessions, liens, garnishments, and bankruptcy.


Athena Title

Financial Counsel Client Comm


Prerequisite

FHCE 3200 or FHCE 3200E or FHCE 3250 or FHCE 3250E or HACE 3200 or HACE 3200E or HACE 3250 or HACE 3250E


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Understand counseling techniques useful with different types of families. Develop spending and debt management plans for families in financial difficulty. Counsel and make recommendations for families facing financial difficulty.


Topical Outline

Financial problems: Indicators, causes, and impact Financial counseling clients Determining a client's financial condition Developing spending and debt management plans Identifying financial resources Reducing living expenses Effective communication in financial counseling Repossessions, liens, garnishments, default, bankruptcies


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