Family Support Studies
FSS Learning Outcomes
The overall goal of the Edmonds Community College Family Support Studies program is to prepare family support professionals who are able to develop skills to teach, support, and work with parents, families, and communities through family supportive practice.
Family Life Education Department faculty have identified student-learning outcomes essential for all students pursuing a Certificate or Degree. Upon completion of the FSS Certificate or Degree course of study students should be able to document, perform and self-assess their level of knowledge, performance, and dispositions in each of the outcomes. Because Family Support Studies faculty believe that all learners filter new information through individual beliefs and past experiences, the department recognizes that students will document knowledge and performance of learning outcomes on individualized levels and a continuum of mastery. Completion of the Edmonds Community College Family Support Studies Program is only the beginning of a professional commitment to a career with parents, families, and communities. Therefore, it is crucial that a student use his/her familiarity with the program's learning outcomes to strengthen his/her capacity as a self-directed learner.
The Family Support Studies Program at Edmonds CC provides the skills and knowledge that family support personnel need to help families in our communities stay healthy. The program prepares students to work using a strengths-based approach to empower families to promote their own healthy development and prevent future problems.
Family support students learn to:
- Enhance communication skills
- Establish and maintain mutually respectful relationships with families
- Help families assess and meet their own needs, strengths, and goals
- Identify & practice giving appropriate parenting information through organized groups, individual conferences, and home visits
- Develop skills in personal and family leadership
- Build communities and partnerships
- Increase cultural competence
- Collaborate effectively with families and other support personnel or community groups
- Provide opportunities for families to participate in family literacy
- Access community resources
- Assist families in crisis
- Develop and maintain a commitment to professionalism.
