Certificate in Family and Community Studies

This certificate is designed to equip persons whose interactions with the community requires them to have skills that are the level of a paraprofessional. It would expose participants to an interdisciplinary course of studies that will provide essential basic information and skills to enhance service delivery to the community. Professionals, paraprofessionals and community workers must be prepared to engage in multiple roles to meet the variety of services required by society. They must educate, assess and make basic diagnoses of situations and intervene in crises. They must be empathic listeners who are careful not to minimize the story but be skillful to unlock the door of the client’s world and free the individual to negotiate a way out of difficulties.