EC206—FOUNDATIONS OF FAMILY SERVICES


Degree: Associate of Arts in Children and Families Program with a Specialization in Family Services
Instructor: Debra LeBlanc, MSW/CSW
Contact: E-mail address - dleblanc@bmcc.edu
Course credits: 3
Pre-requisite: EN101 or EN111
Transfer potential: Please contact the registrar at (906) 248-3354


COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will cover basic knowledge and skills necessary for workers to practice in a variety of fields. It will include a history of the Human Service field in the United States and provide workers with a basic awareness of what they are doing and why in order to be more effective in working with people and to avoid burnout.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
  1. Understand themselves and the social environment.
  2. Work effectively with ethnic diversity within a pluralistic society.
  3. Establish and effectively use helping relationships.
  4. Develop an eclectic approach to practice.
  5. Be able to work with people in groups.
  6. Effectively deal with vulnerability, dependency, and resistance.


INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL:

Naomi I. Brill and Joanne Levine. Working with People: The Helping Process, 8th Ed. ISBN: 0-205-48375-5

BMCC Policies:

All students please review the following policies and procedures

Student Handbook : (http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/index.html).
Drop or Add a Class : (http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/index.html#course).
Book Refund and Book BuyBack Policies:(http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/vbookstore.html)
Billing or an outstanding bill: (http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/billingProcedures.html).
Information about class schedules and transcripts:(http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/transcripts.html).


EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISOR: Information about Early Childhood Education Advisor (Use the back button on the top browser bar to get back to EC206).

PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism is unacceptable. Please read Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.

TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS: There will be a test after every three chapters. There will be writing assignments on several of the chapters. Instructions are listed on those chapters. The weeks that you do not have writing assignments you are expected to post on the Bulletin Board at least once. This post should consist of your thoughts and feelings regarding the material you covered for the chapter that week or you may respond to another student's post.

All written work including tests should be grammatically and mechanically correct. All of your assignments, formal and informal, should be demonstrations of your ability to express your ideas.

GRADE COMPOSITION: I grade on a point system and as such the student can figure out exactly where they stand at any given point in time by taking the total amount of points that they have and dividing it by the total amount of points possible. This will give the student a decimal and if the student moves the decimal point two places to the right they will get the percentage that they currently have and can plug it into the following scale:

A
90%-100%
B
80%-89%
C
70%-79%
D
60%-69%
F
00%-59%


*I do give pluses and minuses depending
where you fall within that grade.


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