SWK-336 Military Culture †

This course describes the military family and how the family exists within the social context of the military. The course will review both normative and unique stressors that the military family navigates and how professionals can intervene effectively to aid with those stressors. Specific issues of family violence, coping with deployments, adjustments through the family life cycle, and advocating with the military for change are covered. The course illustrates how the ethnic identity and diversity concerns of the military family are addressed within the military. The course illustrates the macro and policy concerns that impact on the military family. Finally, the course emphasizes a strength's perspective that can be used to empower the military family.