Family Development Credential - Certificate of Proficiency
This Certificate of Proficiency consists of 7 credit hours and 90 contact hours.
The modules in this program are:
- Family Development: Route to Healthy Self-Reliance
- Communication with Skill and Heart
- Taking Good Care of Yourself
- Diversity in Clients
- Strength-based Assessment
- Helping Families Set and Reach Goals
- Helping Families Access Specialized Services
- Home Visiting
- Facilitation Skills: Family Conference, Support Groups and Community Meetings
- Collaboration Among agencies
Portfolio Advisement - Students work with a trained portfolio advisor associated with the course, who provides guidance to complete required portfolio work.
Portfolio Development - Prepare a portfolio that contains, for each of ten chapters:
- Responses to at least three “Activities to Extend Your Learning” from the Worker Handbook.
- Plan and carry out at least one skills practice for each chapter.
- Share this with your portfolio advisor and document it in the portfolio.
The last section of the portfolio contains three Family Development Plans that the worker creates with one family, to demonstrate an ability to work with family member(s) as they choose a goal and begin to take steps toward that goal.
Examination - Successfully complete an examination based on "Forest,C. (2003). Empowerment Skills for Family Workers, Ithaca, NY: Cornell Family Development Press (distributed by Cornell University Press)." Costs include a fee charged by the local FDC program (fees vary, averaging around $850), the Worker Handbook ($35) and a $250 credentialing fee charged by Cornell.
*Pending approval from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education