7 courses with the subject DBMF, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DBMF 300Child and Adolescent Issues and Helping Strategies3
This course examines the tough issues facing today's children and adolescents and identifies appropriate strategies and interventions for effective growth and change. Developmental stages, learning styles, personality factors and social influences are examined, as well as the efficacy of community counseling resources and programs. Ethical concerns and multicultural factors are also considered.
DBMF 400Marriage and Family Systems: Foundations, Models and Techniques3
This course provides an overview of marriage and family dynamics, specifically looking at various foundations and models for effective people helping. A wide range of marriage and family issues and definitions are examined. Ethical concerns and multicultural factors are also considered.
This course provides background to the causes of divorce, the emotional and relational consequences for both children and parents, factors that challenge positive adjustment after a divorce, strategies for successful remarriage, blended family dynamics, current policy issues, and the legal, cultural, and theological implications. Ethical concerns and multicultural factors are also considered.
DBMF 600Counseling Children and Adolescents: Issues and Strategies3
This course prepares students to address opportunities to evaluate current theories and the appropriateness/effectiveness of frequently used counseling strategies related to parents and minor clients addressing related problems including, but not limited to conduct, eating, sleeping, high-needs kids, and ADHD. Additionally, there is a special focus on trauma and abuse in the childhood years as well as an in depth analysis of ethical concerns and recognition of multicultural factors associated with diverse families are also included.
DBMF 605Parenting and Child Discipline Strategies: Raising Healthy Kids3
This course provides students with scientifically based strategies and tools for helping parents raise emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially healthy children. Time-honored techniques for disciplining children are examined together with an analysis of contemporary research and biblical perspectives on parenting and discipline strategies. Moral, ethical, and legal issues are considered within the context of today's socio-cultural environment. The influence of intergenerational factors and family systems variables are also evaluated.
DBMF 610Marriage and Family Systems: Foundations, Models and Techniques3
This course prepares students with techniques and approaches useful to marriage and family counseling, including theoretical models of family systems and methods that can be used when problems develop. Current trends, societal issues, ethical concerns and multicultural factors are presented and considered.
