CG 213 - Improving Parent Child Relations

3 Credit(s)

View real life in-home parent-child interactions with a focus on building creditability as a parent, encouragement, effective communication and stimulating children’s healthy development. Typical parent/child problems are illustrated in a variety of family types and children.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Observe parent and child behaviors and use a goal-directed model of interpretation
Identify typical and problematic parent-child interactions and principals and skills for improvement
Identify issues that interfere with developing positive parent-child relations
Identify strengths that facilitate the development of positive relationships
Determine constructive relationship goals and methods to move toward them
Reduce barriers to communication, problem solving and limit setting
Learn specific skills of encouragement and effective communication
Learn a system of child guidance that is based on principles of encouragement, reasonable influence, and humane intervention rather than compliance and punishment
Test comprehensive knowledge of a child guidance system

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