HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS addresses development and wellness of individuals and families throughout the life cycle. A project-based approach that utilizes higher order thinking, communication, leadership, and management processes is recommended in order to integrate suggested topics into the study of individual and family issues. Topics include human development and wellness theories, principles, and practices; roles, responsibilities, and functions of families and family members throughout the life cycle; individual and family wellness planning; prevention and management of illnesses and disease; impacts of diverse perspectives, needs, and characteristics on human development and family wellness; gerontology and intergenerational aspects, including adult care giving; contemporary family issues, including ethics, human worth and dignity, change, stress, and family crisis-abuse-violence; physical, mental, and emotional health issues, including substance use/abuse and eating disorders; managing the family's health-related resources; community services, agencies, and resources; and exploration of human and family services careers. Applications through authentic settings such as volunteer experiences, internships, and service learning are encouraged.

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• An elective (Career Acacemic Sequence) and directed elective course for Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors, and Core 40 with Technical Honors Diplomas
• Counts toward the 8-10 Career-Technical credits required for Core 40 with Technical Honors Diplomas
  
• Counts toward Career Academic Sequence and Flex Credit requirements for the General Diploma
• This course is recommended for any student as an elective, and as a foundation for students with a career interest in human services, wellness/fitness, or the health care professions.
• This may be a one-semester or two-semester course, depending on local needs and resources. Regardless of the length of the course, the emphasis is on the development and wellness of individuals and families throughout the life cycle.
• While all topics listed in the course description should be addressed, emphasis placed on each topic may vary according to local needs and resources.
• This course is one of the six FACS courses from which students may choose three to fulfill the required Health and Safety credit. See State Rule 511 IAC 6-7-6 (6).

This course is one of the seven from which schools must select four to teach a minimum of once every other year in order to qualify for state vocational funding.

Human growth, development, and wellness are fundamental, life long human needs. Families perform critical functions that help to meet these needs. The degree to which growth, development, and wellness needs are met plays a key role in the well-being of family members and the ability of individuals to be effective in school, work, and community. Wellness is a central component of human growth and development. It is a process by which individuals actively make choices to promote optimum health. Many factors influence health and wellness, including heredity, environment, stress, and most importantly, behavior. Being well means taking responsibility for developing healthy habits and making healthy choices. The daily choices one makes with regard to wellness significantly impact individual and family wellness. Helping adolescents understand that their decisions and practices are major factors in growth, development, and wellness is essential to helping them have a healthy future.

In the HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS course students gain essential skills in communication, leadership, thinking, and management processes. They build and use these skills to analyze principles and conditions that influence human growth and development throughout the life cycle. They also consider the impact of the family as a social system on individuals and society and develop appreciation for diverse perspectives, needs, and characteristics of individuals and families. They demonstrate strategies that promote human development and family wellness and gain awareness of careers related to family and community services. These abilities enable students to strengthen human development and family wellness now and throughout their lives.

1. Explain, demonstrate, and integrate processes of thinking, communication, leadership, and management in order to apply family and consumer sciences knowledge and skills.

1.1. Explain and demonstrate components of directed thinking, particularly critical thinking, creative thinking, and reasoning.

1.2. Explain and demonstrate components, roles, functions, and styles of effective communication in family, community, and career settings.

1.3. Explain and demonstrate collaborative leadership that encourages participation and respect for the ideas, perspectives, and contributions of all group members.

1.4. Explain and demonstrate management and problem-solving processes to address problems, make decisions, and accomplish tasks and responsibilities in family, career and community settings.

1.5. Examine and demonstrate interrelationships among thinking, communication, leadership, and management processes and their applications to making decisions and addressing individual, family, community, and workplace issues.
 

2. Analyze principles of human development and family wellness throughout the life cycle.

2.1. Examine physical, emotional, social, intellectual, moral, and cultural development and wellness throughout the individual and family life cycles.

2.2. Examine interrelationships among physical, emotional, social, and intellectual aspects of human development and family wellness.
 

3. Analyze conditions that influence human development and family wellness throughout the life cycle.

3.1. Investigate the impact of heredity and environment on human growth, development, and wellness.

3.2. Analyze governmental, economic, technological, and geographic impacts on human growth, development, and wellness throughout the life cycle.

3.3. Examine physical, psychological, social, and cultural influences on human growth, development, and wellness.

3.4. Examine the effects of life events on physical and emotional development.

3.5. Assess the impact of fads, addictions, disorders, and other disadvantaging conditions on human development and family wellness.
 

4. Analyze the impact of family as a system on individuals and society.

4.1. Analyze biological, emotional, legal, and ethical factors related to preparing for parenthood and carrying out parenting roles throughout the life cycle.

4.2. Examine roles, responsibilities, and functions of families and family members throughout the life cycle.

4.3. Examine family as the basic unit of society.

4.4. Examine global influences on today's families.

4.5. Examine the role of family in teaching culture and traditions throughout the life cycle.

4.6. Examine the role of family in developing independence, interdependence, and commitment of family members.

4.7. Determine the impact on families of change and transitions over the life course.
 

5. Demonstrate appreciation for diverse perspectives, needs, and characteristics of individuals and families.

5.1. Demonstrate awareness of multiple diversities and their impact on individuals and families.

5.2. Examine the impact of cultural diversity and global interaction on individuals and families.

5.3. Examine the impact of empathy for diversity on individuals in family, work, and community settings.

5.4. Demonstrate respect for multiple diversities with sensitivity to anti-bias and equity in gender, age, race, culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and exceptionalities.
 

6. Determine strategies that promote human development and family wellness throughout the life cycle.

6.1. Locate and evaluate products and information related to nutrition and wellness.

6.2. Examine issues and options related to child care and elder care.

6.3. Demonstrate communication skills that contribute to individual and family wellness.

6.4. Demonstrate techniques for prevention and management of illness and disease.

6.5. Create plans for individual and family safety and for emergency response.

6.6. Utilize family and community resources to meet individual and family nutrition, health, and wellness needs throughout the life cycle.

6.7. Construct a safe and healthy environment for individuals, families, and communities.
 

7. Analyze career paths withing family and community services. .

7.1. Explore opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors related to family and community services.

7.2. Determine the roles and functions of individuals engaged in family and community service careers.

7.3. Examine requirements and opportunities for education and training for careers related to family and community services and the health professions.

7.4. Examine factors that contribute to collaborative relationships between family members and human services professionals.

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