Human Services
Indicates course will meet liberal education elective requirements for Bachelor Degrees
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Students will focus on the knowledge and basic skills for effective interpersonal communication. They will also develop an awareness of their own style of communicating. Students will be expected to achieve competency in areas of verbal and nonverbal communication.
HSWC 1145 cr-3
Introduction to the Community:
Context for Professional Practice
Students will focus on the development of a professional identity through the examination of various roles in Human Services practice. They will explore ethical decision-making, critical issues of Human Services and current legal and policy trends.
Life Span: Change and Development
Students will explore the human passage from conception to death. Drawing on theory and personal experience, they will investigate and reflect on human development, change, and diversity in relation to self and others.
Taking Care of Self
Students will explore how their actions, thoughts, feelings, and spiritual beliefs impact on their ability to work and live effectively. They will articulate and implement a personal wellness plan. Students will learn ways to take charge of one’s life and to feel good about one’s self.
Group Dynamics
Students will examine the general principles and processes of collaborative planning and decision making. They will explore the effect of one’s own attitude, skills, ethics, knowledge, and culture on self and the group. Group planning, leadership and membership will be emphasized using the framework of self, theory and practice.
Community Living
Students will explore the parameters of “community living” and examine associated legal, social, and ideological principles with an emphasis on developing ethical, professional practitioners who respect the autonomy and right to self-determination of people with mental disabilities. They will explore diverse professional roles, practice skills and support strategies that are required to facilitate individual “quality of life”.
Wellness: Self and Others
Students will explore how self awareness, interpersonal skills, and attitudes can promote effective performance as a human service practitioner. They will discuss wellness plans for work environments and balancing home and work life.
Support Networks
Students will investigate and reflect on the impact that multi-generational family systems and various social relationships have on the development of self and on community membership. Students will explore the parameters of working with families who have a child with a mental disability, and examine roles and strategies adopted by human service practitioners in facilitating the development and maintenance of personal relationships and support networks.
