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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
ADLTED 734A | Title:
YTH OUT OF HOME CARE 1 |
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Full Title:
Youth in Out-of-Home Care 1 |
Last Reviewed:4/10/2017 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 0 | Lecture Scheduled | 0 | 6 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 0 |
Minimum | 0 | Lab Scheduled | 2.00 | 3 min. | Lab Scheduled | 12.00 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 2.00 | | Contact Total | 12.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 0.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 12.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
Non-Credit
Grading:
Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:
27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
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Catalog Description:
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This course is required for Sonoma County residents interested in becoming foster, adoptive, kinship, or non-relative families who are providing homes for foster children. Topics include: an overview of the child protective services and the court system; working with children who have been traumatized; building positive interactions with birth parents; sharing information with social workers and parents; and helping children return home or move to another placement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course is required for Sonoma County residents interested in becoming foster, adoptive, kinship, or non-relative families who are providing homes for foster children. Topics include: an overview of the child protective services and the court system; working with children who have been traumatized; building positive interactions with birth parents; sharing information with social workers and parents; and helping children return home or move to another placement.
(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Explain the difficulties in adjustment for children in foster care using knowledge of
appropriate and inappropriate behaviors within the stages of development.
2. Explain appropriate methods which children can use to express anger, sadness, frustration, and
hurt.
3. Describe alternative discipline techniques which demonstrate reasonable expectations related
to the child's needs and abilities that do not involve the use of corporal punishment.
4. Employ skills to assist foster children in relationships with birth families.
5. Identify current laws and practices, and demonstrate record keeping applicable to those laws.
Topics and Scope
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I. Complexities of the foster care system
II. Partnership roles to support continuing contact between child and birth parent
III. Managing feelings as children move into and out of care
IV. Roles and responsibilities on the professional care giver team
V. Overview of healthy attachments with birth families, adoptive families, and others
VI. Overview of special services for pre-natal drug exposure
Assignments:
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1. Small and large group discussion and interactions
2. Small group case review of scenarios
3. Activity to identify and apply current laws and practices
4. Weekly reading assignments (10-15 pages)
5. Short written responses to weekly reading (2)
6. Pre- and post-test
7. Course evaluation as required by county
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 10 - 20% |
Written responses to reading assignments | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 30 - 50% |
Group discussion of case studies involving problem-solving | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0% |
None | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 10 - 20% |
Pre- and post-test | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 30 - 40% |
Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor provided materials
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