Family and Community Services

Course Length

1 Semester

Family and Community Services is a high school semester-long course that introduces applications within professions related to family and community services. Students identify degree and credential requirements for occupations in this pathway and identify individual, social, historical, economic, and cultural context to increase awareness of family and community services.

Students develop the abilities necessary to evaluate and identify a range of effective communication strategies and skills for establishing a collaborative relationship with others. Students also complete a variety of projects to apply their skills and knowledge. Units are divided among career fields: Social Workers, Emergency Management and Planners, Therapists and Treatment Specialists, Education and Childcare.

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Overview of Concepts

• Unit 1: Introduction to Family and Community Services
• Unit 2: Social Workers
• Unit 3: Management and Planners
• Unit 4: Therapists and Treatments Specialists
• Unit 5: Education and Child Care