1 | To describe the historical perspective of family-focused educational/medical services. |
2 | To explain family structures, family functions, family dynamics, family life cycles and relationships between these features in terms of family systems approach. |
3 | To explain the differences between family characteristics, family functions, family dynamics and family life cycle of children with and without disabilities. |
4 | To describe theoretical approaches of parental reactions and their adjustment to disability. To discuss the differences between these theoretical approaches in understanding and helping families. |
5 | To describe stressors impacting families of children with disabilities and theoretical models for coping with stress in these families. |
6 | To explain sibling reactions, sibling needs and supports for siblings of children with disabilities. |
7 | To describe needs of families with children who have disabilities and explain methods for identification of family needs. |
8 | To explain importance, functions, kinds and resources of social support responding to the needs of families. |
9 | To describe aims, contents and providing approaches of family guidance and counseling services for families of children with disabilities. |
10 | To describe historical background of the relationships between professionals and families of children with disabilities. |
11 | To explain importance and ways of parental involvement in special education. |
12 | To describe general characteristics and legal foundations of the family-school collaboration and the duties and responsibilities of school administration, teachers, and parents regarding this issue. |
13 | To explain the barriers to effective communication and collaboration between school and family. To explain required attitudes, information and skills for teachers or other professionals to make them realize the effective communication and collaboration with families. |
14 | To describe the activities for obtaining family communication and collaboration. To explain the characteristic of written or verbal/face-to-face communication between school and family. |
15 | To describe the aims, principles, planning, implementing and evaluation of parent education programs. |