Course Syllabus
| Course Title | SFP101 Solution Focused Parenting |
| Course Schedule | Open Enrollment |
| Course Location | http://class.uiversalclass.com/sfp101 |
| Required Texts | None/All materials are online |
| Instructor | Don Campbell |
| E-Mail Address | doncampbell@bellsouth.net |
Course Objectives
Lesson One: An Introduction to Solution Focused Parenting
Parents will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the seven principles upon which the course is built.
Parents will identify both effective and ineffective parenting techniques that they are currently using.
Lesson Two: Dungeons, Dragons, and Demons of the Past
Parents will learn how to use the 12 most important words in the English language in order to deal effectively with the pain of relationships.
Parents will learn to identify the unfinished business in their lives.
Parents will learn the four steps for closing the door on the past.
Lesson Three: Identifying the Problem
Parents will learn the difference between a problem and a situation.
Parents will learn how to identify the problems in BoSS terms.
Parents will learn how to identify in concrete terms the change that is desired in regard to these problems.
Parents will identify one problem to which they wish to find a solution before the end of the class.
Lesson Four: Investigating Solutions
Parents will learn the three basic patterns of failure.
Parents will learn to look for solutions in exceptions.
Parents will learn the key to success in forming and implementing plans.
Lesson Five: Finding the Right Consequence
Parents will learn how to avoid being "toothless tigers" in dealing with their teens.
Parents will learn how to use both negative and positive consequences in order to bring about behavior change in their teens.
Parents will learn how to write BoSS contracts for achieving change.
Lesson Six: Parent Traps
Parents will be able to identify the seven traps that teens set for parents.
Parents will learn the traps that their teens can use most successfully with them.
Parents will learn the difference between reactive and proactive aggression.
Lesson Seven: Avoiding Teen Traps
Parents will learn how to avoid the seven traps that teens set.
Parents will learn the three R's for giving their teen control over them.
Parents will learn the triple A method of regaining and maintaining control.
Class Policies and Procedures
For each lesson, you will be expected to do the following:
o Read the lecture.
o Do any assignments connected with the lecture.
o Take the quiz for that lesson.
o Participate in the online discussions by posting at least two substantive messages each week.
You are required to keep a journal for this class
o This is not a diary of all of your thoughts and feelings about life, but a journal of the behaviors and interactions of your family as the class progresses.
o Begin your journal with an entry as to why you have enrolled in this course and what you hope to achieve by the end of the course.
o Each day add entries about how your thoughts and feelings are changing as the class progresses.
o You will want to include any perceived changes in your mate (if applicable), your teens, and any other significant persons in your family circle.
o You will be asked to share your journal entries each week, so do not include anything that you want kept confidential, because there is no way this can be done. It is generally best to do this journal offline as a text document and then submit it as an attachment to me in an email message. This will make it less public-something just between me and you. However, I repeat that it is not possible to guarantee confidentiality in an online environment.
Grades (1500 points)
All Quizzes are worth 100 points.
Each assignment is worth 50 points
The weekly journal entries are worth 50 points
Class participation is a maximum 10 points each week (five points for each posting)
There are three surveys-one the first week, one in week four, and one at the end of the course. You will receive 10 points each for completing these surveys.
| Points | Letter Grade |
| 1350 - 1500 | A |
| 1200 - 1349 | B |
| 1050 - 1159 | C |
| 900 - 1049 | D |
| Below 900 | F |
