COUN 8730 - Helping Parents Help Their Children

3 cr.

This course provides strategies and skills for workers who offer guidance, counseling and/or therapy to parents of children or adolescents. Parenting issues such as enhancing self-esteem, developing and accepting responsibility, adjusting to families in transition, dealing with issues related to divorce, blending families, disciplining, sharing quality time and becoming meaningfully involved in a child’s education are explored.

Prerequisite(s): COUN 7010 , COUN 7020 or COUN 7030 , or permission of Instructor.