Skills for Helping Professionals

Catalog description

This course is designed to address foundational skills and techniques for providing family and human services. Students will engage in assignments to aid in their preparation for human services practice at the internship level. This course will explore ethics and professional conduct, goal setting, behavior-change strategies, communication skills, and relationships built on respect, compassion, and responsibility. Students will consider how values and biases influence helping. Special consideration will be given to understanding and working with diverse populations. Prerequisite: None.