Family and Human Services: Grades 9-12

Analyze career paths within family and human services.7.1

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    Explain the roles and functions of individuals engaged in family and human services careers.7.1.1

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    Investigate opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors.7.1.2

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    Summarize education and training requirements and opportunities for career paths in family and human services.7.1.3

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    Analyze the effects of family and human service careers on local, state, national, and global economies.7.1.4

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    Create an employment portfolio to communicate family and human services knowledge and skills.7.1.5

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    Analyze the role of professional organizations in family and human services professions.7.1.6

Analyze factors in providing family and human services.7.2

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    Describe local, state, and national agencies and informal support resources providing human services.7.2.1

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    Analyze professional, ethical, legal, and safety issues for human services employees.7.2.2

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    Summarize licensing laws and regulations that affect service providers and their participants.7.2.3

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    Analyze harmful, fraudulent, unethical, and deceptive human services practices.7.2.4

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    Summarize the rights and responsibilities of human service participants and their families.7.2.5

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    Analyze effective self-advocacy strategies for human services professionals.7.2.6

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    Investigate community-networking opportunities in family and human services.7.2.7

Demonstrate professional behaviors, skills, and knowledge in providing family and human services.7.3

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    Evaluate rules, regulations, legal and work site policies that affect employer, employee, personal, and family rights and responsibilities.7.3.1

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    Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior with peers in a variety of settings.7.3.2

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    Analyze procedures for maintaining accurate and confidential documentation and submission practices.7.3.3

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    Demonstrate formal and informal assessment practices that evaluate participants' strengths, needs, preferences, and interests across the life span.7.3.4

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    Demonstrate use of current and evolving technology in human services.7.3.5

Analyze the impact of conditions that could influence the well-being of individuals and families.7.4

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    Investigate health, wellness, and safety issues of individual and families with a variety of conditions that could influence their well-being.7.4.1

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    Analyze management and living environment issues of individuals and family conditions that influence their well-being.7.4.2

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    Analyze personal, social, emotional, economic, vocational, educational, and recreational issues of individuals and family conditions that influence their well-being.7.4.3

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    Differentiate between situations that require personal prevention or intervention and those situations that require professional assistance.7.4.4

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    Analyze situations which require crisis intervention.7.4.5

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    Summarize the appropriate support needed to address selected human services issues.7.4.6

Evaluate services for individuals and families with a variety of conditions that could impact their well-being.7.5

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    Describe needs and accommodations for people with a variety of conditions that could affect their well-being.7.5.1

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    Analyze ways in which individuals with conditions that affect their well-being influence the family and family members financially, socially, physically, and emotionally over the lifespan.7.5.2

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    Illustrate coping or adjustment strategies and stress management practices for the participant, a caregiver, and family members.7.5.3

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    Summarize the importance of friends, family, and community relationships for individuals with a variety of conditions that affect their well-being.7.5.4

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    Demonstrate ways to provide support that validates the participants' capabilities and right to privacy, dignity, and autonomy.7.5.5

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    Identify strategies that help participants make informed choices, access resources and support, follow through on responsibilities, and take appropriate risks.7.5.6

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    Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills that support individuals and families with a variety of conditions that could affect their well-being.7.5.7

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?
190000_Family_and_Consumer_Sciences_2018_701915_7

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