It focuses on both preventive and remedial approaches to safeguarding emotional and physical health to promote optimal health for families as well as the impact of illness and disabilities on family dynamics. Family behaviors related to diet, fitness, stress, and illness are emphasized. This course presents recent advancements in nutrition and their application to health and meal planning and helps students to seek accurate and current information so they can take responsibility for their own and other families' health and well-being. A study of management practices relating to human and nonhuman resources. Investigate career choices and habits necessary for decision-making.
Emphasis is given to practical aspects of consumer and family economics.
The course will include lectures, class discussion, case studies, and independent study. Quality care includes establishing a trusting relationship and providing a developmentally appropriate environment and care with respect. Students will have first-hand experience participating in the Samford Children's Learning Center. Specific adolescent issues and values will be discussed from a family systems perspective. This course will also address effective strategies and resources for youth workers, child life specialists, teachers, and parents of adolescents.