FCL 405 - Professional Obligations and Responsibilities

Description:
Family and Child Life students will learn legal and professional rules that govern their practice fields, in conjunction with developing skills to respond to common issues in practice. Family and Child Life majors only. Formerly FS 405, students may not receive credit for both. Course will be offered every year (Winter).

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: family and child life major.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments

Learner Outcome	Activity (optional)	Assessment
Students will be able to describe the legal and ethical considerations that inform their practice.		Students will be assessed in class discussions and on exams.
Students will be able to evaluate their own professional biases and areas of professional growth.		Students will be assessed in class discussions and in a reflection paper.
Students will be able to demonstrate skills in legal testimony.		Students will be assessed in a mock testimony assignment.
Students will be able to assess hypothetical ethical and legal situations and justify plans of action.		Students will be assessed in in-class activities and an analysis paper.
Students will be able to prepare legal documents to use in their practice.		Students will be assessed in in-class activities and an assignment where they will draft a document for their personal practice.
Students will be able to analyze the process by which regulatory agencies enact rules that govern their professions.		Students will prepare a written analysis of their regulatory agency and the rulemaking process.