CDFS 536 - Diversity in Families

Description:
Students will gain strategies for working with a broad range of families with diverse structures, backgrounds and circumstances. Emphasis on applying conceptual frameworks to families’ situations, communicating and collaborating with families, and supporting families’ goals. CDFS 436 and CDFS 536 are layered courses; a student may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: CDFS 234 and admission to the child development and family science major; or admission to the maternal and child health certificate.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Define key concepts in relation to the study of Antiracism, Diversity, and Inclusivity including antiracism, racism, race, ethnicity, discrimination, privilege, diversity, equity, inclusivity, and intersectionality.

analyze the role of race, racism, and antiracism in the United States,
describe intersections between race and ethnicity and other minoritized identities,
explain systematic and structural mechanisms that perpetuate both privilege and inequities,
compare and contrast their own core values, assumptions, and biases with those held by other individuals, cultures, or societies,
recognize and articulate the impact of one’s own culture, values, beliefs, and behaviors on interactions with diverse populations,
apply conceptual frameworks of family systems, ecological systems, and the risk and resilience model to diverse family structures, backgrounds, and circumstances, and
demonstrate skills and strategies to communicate and collaborate effectively with families with diverse structures, backgrounds, and circumstances

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/17/23

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Spring Locations: Ellensburg