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HECOL 412

Family Challenges

3 units

Fall 2022

Topics

  • Introduction & Course Overview Canadian Families
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Family Violence
  • To increase awareness of non-normative family challenges
  • To create an understanding of how various non-normative family challenges impact family functioning, processes, and interactions
  • To provide an understanding of the Canadian child welfare policy
  • empirically-supported systemic and behavioral models for intervening with both the couple and family

Readings

  • Nichols, M. P. (2016). Family therapy: concepts and methods. Boston: Pearson
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  • needs with Accessibility Resources, 1‐80 Students’ Union Building (email: arrec@ualberta.ca; phone: 780-492-3381)
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    ISBN 7804923381
  • Mate, G. (2012). Addiction: Childhood trauma, stress and the biology of addiction. Journal of Restorative Medicine, 1 (1) (2012), pp. 56-63
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Fall 2019

Topics

  • Introduction & Course Overview Canadian Families
  • Homelessness
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental Illness
  • Family Violence
  • Canadian Child Welfare
  • Families in Later Life
  • Bowen Family Systems Therapy
  • Structural Family Therapy Narrative Family Therapy
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Solution Focused Therapy Course Conclusion
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of non-normative family challenges

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