Theoretical concepts and behavioral skills as applied to the intervention process with help-seeking individuals and families.
Athena Title
Family Intervention
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HDFS 5100W, HDFS 7100W
Prerequisite
(HDFS 2100 or HDFS 2100E or HDFS 2100H) and HDFS 3920
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will learn how to apply new and traditional theories and therapies to family situations.
Students will learn how to identify, read, and apply current research about family life, therapy, and intervention.
Students will learn how to discuss training and supervision issues in family therapy.
Students will learn to communicate how new and traditional theories translate to practice in both oral and written presentations.
Students will learn how to critically evaluate family therapy theories and techniques with respect to different family forms, culture, ethnicity, gender, and presenting problem.
Students will learn how to identify the ways culture, gender, and ethnicity influence family structure and apply appropriate interventions to demonstrate the importance of being a culturally competent therapist.
Topical Outline
1. Foundations in Family Therapy
2. Basic Techniques in Intervention
3. Fundamental Concepts in Family Intervention
4. Systems theory
5. History and development of Couple and Family Therapy
6. Foundational relational intervention theories
7. Post-modern relational intervention theories
8. Relational Ethics
9. Research in Family Intervention
10. Common Factors
11. Certified Family Life Education
12. Medical Family Therapy and Child Life Specialty
