College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

257 beliefs and the role of the GCM in working with the family unit. Specific topics will include: conflicts between the client’s needs, wants and autonomy; how to resolve ethical dilemmas, ethnicity, aging and health; care management credentialing; assessing clients values and sources of meaning, and understanding aging within the family system. GERO 5550: Care Plan Development and Health Care Advocacy (3 credits) This course will cover the geriatric assessment, the care planning process, and the development of a comprehensive holistic quality of life care plan. Specific topics include: cognitive and psychosocial assessment, dementia, depression, functional assessment, activities of daily living, developing care plan goals, writing an assessment, implementing appropriate care plan interventions and creating a system for care plan monitoring and ongoing client advocacy. GERO 6250: Business Aspects of Geriatric Care Management (3 credits) This course presents strategies and methods for developing a public nonprofit or private practice geriatric care management agency and/or business. Students will have the opportunity to explore topics such as the different types of geriatric care management businesses, insurance, setting up an office, brand development, developing fee for service arrangements, marketing geriatric care management services, private revenue sources for the fee-based care manager, and preparing an agency or business for emergencies. The course will also cover strategies for integrating a geriatric care management business into another practice, business or agency. Masters of Human Services in Child Protection Core Courses (24 Credits Required: Students make complete all six core courses) HCP 0510 - Foundations in Child Protection Law (4 Credits) This course will introduce students to the legal framework for child protection proceedings. It is designed to introduce students to the basic legal concepts governing child protection law, providing them with a background in the legal process and assisting them in understanding how that process responds to the particularized needs of children in the child protection proceedings. This background will also be helpful in analyzing material in other courses in the degree program that focus on the legal process of child protection. HCP 0520 - Foundations in Family Diversity & Conflict Resolution (4 Credits) This course will focus on the fundamental concepts of family structure and interpersonal family dynamics that impact family functioning including communication and cultural diversity. Students will be introduced to the theoretical aspects of family systems functioning and investigate through practice the most effect application of theories introduced. HCP 0530 - Foundations in Child Development (4 Credits) This course reviews child growth and development and individual differences in brain development, temperament and biology. Physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and