The aim of this course is to introduce different family structures, to provide understanding about problems that can occur in family-child relations and effects of these problems on child's development, child centered family counseling studies

Overview of the family system and family counseling approaches, Parent and Child Interaction, Attitudes of families towards their children and their effects on the development of children, Disciplinary methods, effects of parental behavior on children, Participation of the disabled child in the family and psychological processes in families, Child development monitoring stages and counseling to the family, family counseling approaches (psychoanalytic family counseling, Bowen family counseling, structured family counseling, humanistic family counseling, strategic family counseling, cognitive behavioral family counseling), Counselor-family interaction, the importance and purpose of family participation, family participation studies, communication with the family (developing friendly welcome ways, first interview), informal communication with the family (daily conversations, phone calls personal notes, electronic communication, progress reports, handbooks, bulletin board, an important daily news, etc.), group interviews, individual interviews, home visits, training sessions, father involvement (child's life, the father's role, factors affecting father involvement, fathers participation in programs implemented around the world, implemented in Turkey father participation programs, family education, family training methods, techniques and materials used in the team (teaching by presentation, teaching by discovery, teaching by inquiry and investigation, teaching methods: lecture, question and answer, discussion, problem solving, case study, teaching techniques: brainstorming, role playing, drama, six hat techniques, educational games), education of families of children who develop differently.