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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HUMS 102 - Helping Relationship Techniques
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 083 - Reading Strategies for College and ENGL 093 - Introduction to College Writing , or ENGL 095 - Integrated Reading and Writing , or ENGL 075 - Co-Requisite Integrated Reading & Writing
PROGRAM: Human Services
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2014
Provides opportunities to increase effectiveness in helping people. Examines the helping process in terms of skills, helping stages, and issues involved in a helping relationship. Second in a series of three introductory human services courses.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:
- Recognize trends that affect the delivery of human services.
- Identify personal values.
- Develop an understanding of the helping relationship.
- Explore the impact of cultural and ethnic diversity.
- Understand various theories of helping, including systems theory, behaviorism, humanistic approaches, and cognitive behavior therapy.
- Identify the characteristics of a helping relationship.
- Compare and contrast the difference between a helping relationship and a friendship.
- Identify forms of nonverbal communication.
- Diagram the basic problem-solving process.
- Demonstrate specific skills and techniques used in the helping process.
- Evaluate personal strengths, limitations, and discuss the importance of professional development for the human services worker.
- Examine case management and referral processes.
- Apply ethical decision making models and various codes of ethics to case study scenarios.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Understanding the human service worker in terms of personal needs as well as working relationships
- Understanding the human condition, growth and development, socialization and the dynamic
- nature of the relationship of the individual and the environment
- Developing and maintaining communication with clients
- Working with diverse groups
- Establishing and using helping relationships
- The basic problem-solving process
- Developing an eclectic approach to practice
- Utilizing skills and techniques
- Dealing with vulnerability, dependency, and resistance
- Pulling all aspects of values, knowledge and skills into a satisfying career
GRADING POLICY
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| 83-92 |
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| 75-82 |
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| 70-74 |
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| 0-69 |
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Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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