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FSS 195 - Building Partnerships



3.0 Credits
Develop and practice collaboration skills to work with families, service providers, community organizations that connect with families. Identify services for families in their community; define communities/providers that best serve families. Field study. S/U grade option.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

  1. Define and identify key elements of effective collaborations and partnerships. [REASON]
  2. Compare and contrast collaboration, coordination and cooperation. [REASON]
  3. Identify barriers to collaboration and strategies to address these barriers. [REASON]
  4. Identify collaborations for empowerment and collaborations for betterment. [COMMUNICATE]
  5. Effectively communicate observations and analysis of collaboration efforts logically and to a group. [COMMUNICATE]
  6. Demonstrate an understanding of capacity building and community asset building processes. [COMMUNICATE]
  7. Identify preferred communication styles for working in groups. [COMMUNICATE]
  8. Consider and identify the effectiveness of local collaborations to reach culturally and linguistically diverse community members. [EXPLORE]
  9. Identify unique, non-traditional methods used to lead community partnerships. [EXPLORE]
  10. Describe group process skills and be able to demonstrate how parents can apply these skill to become equal partners in community collaboration efforts. [ACT]
  11. Identify help-giving behaviors that will allow less advantaged community members to play an equal role in decision making processes. [ACT]



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