This cluster focuses on preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs.
The Human Services Cluser is divided into five pathways. Pathways are grouped by the knowledge and skills required of occupations in these career fields. Each pathway provides instruction as a basis for sucess in an array of careers and educational pursuits.
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Human Services focuses on providing human services (including family, social and related community services). Pathways include Early Childhood Development, Counseling and Mental Health, Family and Community, Personal Care and Consumer Services. This cluster focuses on preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs. Click on the link below to download a Career Plan of Study for 2008-2009.
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| COURSES | PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS |
| Apparel
This technical laboratory course focuses on apparel from the perspectives of personal decision making related to apparel, the apparel industry, and career preparation. Topics include managing the apparel dollar, apparel repair and alteration, and wardrobe planning, care, and maintenance. Quality apparel construction is addressed as it relates to consumer decision making and career preparation for the apparel industry. Other content addresses career options and management practices for assuming multiple family, community, and career roles. |
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| Career Studies
This comprehensive course provides opportunities to explore factors influencing career choices and demonstrate employability skills that lead to career success. Content includes career opportunities in child development and early childhood education, family studies and human services, consumer and resource management, the hospitality industry, the textiles and apparel industries, environmental design, the family and consumer sciences profession, and nutrition and wellness/food science and technology. Hands-on experiences in the occupationally specific training areas may be provided. |
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Consumer and Family Economics This technical course focuses on management of financial resources and obligations to meet personal and family needs across the life span. The course addresses consumer rights and responsibilities, family spending decisions, issues affecting consumers and the U. S. economy, effective consumer buying and consumer protection, credit management, technology implications, retirement planning, and family financial security. Career options available in consumer and resource management and strategies for managing multiple family, community, and career roles are part of the content. |
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Cosmetology I
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Cosmetology II Recommended Prerequisite: Introduction to Cosmetology |
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Family and Career Management This comprehensive course emphasizes preparation for family and career roles, effective management, and personal and career effectiveness. Topics include managing family, community, and career roles; impact of technology on the workforce and the family; correlation of personal and family strengths to employment opportunities; interpersonal skills; and personal characteristics that lead to career and personal success. Other topics include health-related issues affecting employees, nutrition management, ethical and legal practices in the workplace, financial and time management, wardrobe planning and maintenance, and housing considerations and management. |
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Family Health Needs This technical course focuses on health and wellness of family members, management of family health needs, special health needs and issues impacting the family and its members, and career preparation. Promoting good health and wellness for family members across the life span is examined through dietary practices, stress management, home sanitation, and environmental and safety hazard prevention in the home. Laws and legal issues affecting families and their health, managing multiple adult roles, and family health care resources, services, and costs meeting requirements of older family members and family members with special health needs are other topics addressed.
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Food Science and Technology Recommended Prerequisite: Nutrition and Food Science |
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Individual and Family Life This technical course is designed to focus on personal development, interpersonal relationships, effective individual and family functioning, and career preparation - all within a changing society. The course addresses personal identity, responsibilities of living as an independent adult, relationship development outside the family, and factors related to marital success. Special attention is focused on understanding the roles, responsibilities, and impact of the family on individuals and society; promoting and strengthening the family unit; and managing multiple family, community, and career roles. |
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Introduction to Cosmetology This course will allow the student to explore such areas as hair styling, manicuring, shampooing and the principles of hair cutting, hair coloring and facial makeup. Upon completion of this course, the student will have a better understanding of the art and science of beauty care |
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Management This technical course encompasses material on the management process, management of resources, managing multiple roles within the life span, and career options and preparation. Content stresses knowledge and skills related to decision-making, problem-solving, and goal-setting as management tools. Also addressed are effective practices for managing a wide range of resources including time, energy, environmental and financial resources; as well as technology, community, and human resources. |
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Nutrition and Food Science This technical laboratory course concentrates on nutrition, food choices, and food management skills for individuals and the family throughout the life cycle. Instruction addresses nutrition and food science from the perspective of food habits and wellness; menu planning; special dietary needs; food costs and budgeting; consumer food-buying strategies; food safety and sanitation procedures; food labels; technology implications; and food handling, storage, and preparation practices. Meal etiquette; career options; and techniques for managing multiple family, community, and career roles are part of the content |
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Personal and Family Development This comprehensive laboratory course is designed to address a broad range of knowledge and skills related to personal development and management, promotion of strong families, and preparation for adult roles. Content includes a focus on interpersonal skills; decision-making; promotion of family strengths and well-being; developing positive relationships with peers; child development and care; and clothing selection and maintenance. Other studies address nutrition and dietary practices; food selection and preparation; budgeting and consumer-buying practices; and management of family housing needs. Influences of societal and technological changes, career options, and the management of multiple family, community, and career roles are included. |
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Preparation for Parenting This technical laboratory course is designed to provide individuals opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in preparation to function effectively in the role of parent or caregiver. Content stresses parental responsibilities; child guidance techniques; parents as positive role models; parents as their children's first teacher; and parenting practices which promote a child's development, health, safety, and well-being. Managing family crises, managing multiple roles of family members throughout the life cycle, and career preparation are additional topics. |
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Textile and Apparel Production, Management, and Services I Recommended Prerequisites: Apparel, as well as Textile and Apparel Design |
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Skills for Living This comprehensive foundation course, designed to be one semester in length, provides opportunities to explore family relationships and personal development, personal management, and planning for the future. Emphasis is on the importance of the family, effective communications skills, management skills, how to get along with others including family members and peers, decision making, acceptance of responsibility, and child care practices that promote positive development. Other content addresses positive self-image, nutrition, wellness, personal appearance, managing multiple roles, and career options. |
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| Career Preparation I (2-3 Units) (CP1) |
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Career Preparation II (2-3 Units) (CP2) |
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