This course provides an overview of Indigenous families from historical and contemporary perspectives with an emphasis on parenting practices, issues, and applications. The course will include the following modules: Indigenous perspectives on family and parenting; personal histories and experiences of parenting; the effects of colonization on the Indigenous family system; parenting stressors; family resiliency; attitudes, skills and practices for healthy parenting; parenting and self care; parent-education programs.
Credits: 3
Hours: 45 (Lecture Hours: 3)
Total Weeks: 15
Prerequisites:
SSWD 215 or permission of the instructor
Non-Course Prerequisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
- Awareness of biases and assumptions
- Traditional and contemporary parenting roles in Indigenous families and communities
- Impact of Residential Schools and "Sixties Scoop" on families
- Needs and challenges for Indigenous parents, grandparents and caregivers
- Nature and effects of abuse and neglect
- Family and lateral violence
- Supporting community strength and cohesion
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate awareness of personal biases and assumptions about parenting
- Recognize the strength and cohesion displayed in Indigenous families and communities
- Articulate the differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous parenting approaches
- Explore the intergenerational effects of residential schools and the outcomes of child protection actions on Indigenous families
- Identify the legacies associated with several generations of oppression
- Explain the challenges and obstacles for Indigenous families
- Explain best practices and successes in support of Indigenious families and parenting
- Identify resources and supports for Indigenous families
- Identify the parenting challenges associated with displacement, isolation and poverty
- Articulate strategies for building and maintaining resilient and healthy families
-Explain how development influences behaviour
-Identify and explain how primary factors other than development influence behaviour (values, beliefs, culture, encironment, diversity, etc.)
-Identify strategies for organizing environments in order to support pro-social behaviour
Grading System: Letters
Passing Grade: C (60%)
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Text Books:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current book lists.