Master's Degree - Family & Community Services

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This course provides students with resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan to use in their own lives and the lives of families they serve. Students learn about the biopsychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; and models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises.

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To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Families & Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions (2016)
Christine Price, Kevin Bush, Sharon Price
Edition: 5th Edition
ISBN: 978-1483366753
Publisher: Sage Publications

Individual and Family Stress Crises (2011)
Janice Gauthier Weber
ISBN: 978-1412936910
Publisher: Sage Publications

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Canvas at OSU

 

Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.

 

Brianna Cooper-Kordinak for Agricultural Education, Animal Science, and Grassland Management. 

Rae Ann Montgomery for Dietetics, Early Care & Education, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Merchandising. 

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This course does not require an exam proctor.

This course does not include synchronous components.