Adult Living

Textbook:  Families Today by Connie R. Sasse

Course Description:  Adult Living is a semester course designed to assist individuals in living enjoyable, satisfying lives through responsible adult participation in the home, community, and workplace.  Among topics included are:  family structures, functions and rituals; building strong families; Maslow’s hierarchy of needs; Erikson’s theory of personality development; interpersonal communications; conflict resolution; love and marriage, and dealing with crisis in families.

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Course Syllabus

Topic: Readings: Related Web Sites
Families Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 7 Family Rules vs. Social Rules


Interpersonal Development - Maslow and Erikson Pgs. 44 - 45, 389 - 397

Erikson's Eight Stages of Human Development

ABRAHAM MASLOW

Abraham Maslow and Human Motivation

Personality Quiz Links

Communication Skills and Conflict Resolution Chapters 5 and 6 Communication Skills Test

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Love, Engagement, and Marriage Chapters 19 -20, 30 - 32 After You Say I Do:  Adjusting To Marriage
Handling Crisis and Change
  • Stress
  • Addictions
  • Family Violence
  • Death
  • Suicide
  • Divorce
Chapters 11 - 14 American Society of Addiction Medicine 

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   

Family & Consumer Science Home Pg.  | Adult Living | Intro to Family & Consumer Science | Parenting
Resource Management
| Foods | Child Development | CAM High School Home Pg. | CAM District Home Pg. |

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