Family Centered Care Across the Life Span

Catalog description

This course will consider human activities across the life span that are directed toward developing, sustaining, and enhancing wellness during all stages of development in the journey toward psychosocial maturity. Primary emphasis is on the dynamics and development of individuals, family, local, and global communities. An emphasis on shared decision-making among family, provider, and community is developed. The history and theories of growth and development are explored as a foundation to explain and predict human life span events. The lived experiences of the developing individual and family are discussed within the dimension of physical and cognitive changes, holism, and cultural diversity.