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Course Description
Relationships are complicated. Love and companionship are wonderful things, but they can also be challenging. Just like a garden, relationships need attention, respect, focus and work. When a baby enters the picture, the couple changes into a family.
©2005 E&E Lund
This transformation and the birthing of a mother and a father role can cause a multitude of issues that couples must be ready for to offer the best strength and stability for their relationship. Relationship Management I discusses the emotional ups and downs a couple goes through in the early stages of parenthood, including conception, pregnancy and birth.
Course Requirements
This course is designed for adults over 18 (due to sexual references ) in a serious relationship.
Before beginning this class, I ask that you have the following:
* open communication with one's spouse or significant other
* honesty
* compassion
* understanding
* openness
** genuine interest in building and keeping a strong family relationship **
Course Goals
Appreciation of your partner
Acquisition of interactive and communication skills
Self-Understanding and appreciation
Conflict-Resolution
Understanding the changes a baby brings
Respecting your partner's feelings
Respecting the child
Course Materials
The following books are recommended:
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It by Allan Pease, Barbara Pease, and Trevor Dolby
What Women Want Men to Know by Barbara De Angelis
Grading Policy
This is a self-paced course that consists of 5 lessons. Each lesson should take approximately a week. At the end of each lesson there will be questions to answer. Each lesson is graded on 100% scale.
There will be 2 tests- 1 midterm and 1 final.
Each test is graded on a 100% scale.
Class participation including active responses and questions are encouraged.
Extra credit assignments can be requested if the student feels it is necessary for further understanding of the subject matter or increase of a low grade.
Disclaimer
All information contained in this class is for informational and educational purposes ONLY.
This information is not intended to replace psychological or psychiatric care by a your mental health practitioner.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your physical or mental health or the health of your baby, please seek assistance from a qualified healthcare provider.
If you feel you are in an unsafe situation or relationship, contact your local police department or battered womens shelter for domestic violence assistance.
Registration in the class constitutes understanding and acceptance of this disclaimer.
about the instructor
Jill Chasse, MSpsy has been helping couples before, during, and after parenthood since 1996. She is certified in relationship counseling as well as pregnancy counseling and depression. As an instructor for childbirth education classes, she has helped many couples understand what the addition of a baby means for the relationship and has helped many couples work through these changes.
Mrs. Chasse has been a mentor for adolescents in abusive relationships, the mediator for couple grief counseling support groups, and has completed studies and research papers on relationships, including "The Labyrinth of Love," in 1999.
