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Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences
Career Opportunities in Family
and Community Services 200
Family and Community Services
Paraprofessionals
Counselors
Social Workers
Administrative Careers in Family and
Community Services
Preparing to Enter the Family and
Community Services Field 208
Where Are Family and Community Services
Professionals Employed?
What Do Family and Community Services
Professionals Need to Know?
What Training Is Needed?
What Are the Working Conditions?
Chapter 12
Careers in Human Development:
Early Childhood Through Older
Adulthood 218
The Field of Human Development 219
Career Opportunities in Early Childhood
Development 219
Early Intervention
Early Childhood Education
Child Life Services
Preparing to Enter the Early Childhood
Development Field 224
What Training Is Needed?
What Are the Working Conditions?
Career Opportunities in Youth
Development 228
Preparing to Enter the Youth Development
Field 228
What Training Is Needed?
What Are the Working Conditions?
Career Opportunities in Adult
Development and Aging 229
Life Coaching
Working with Older Adults
Preparing to Enter the Adult Development
and Aging Field 230
What Training Is Needed?
What Are the Working Conditions?
Chapter 13
Careers in Family and Consumer
Resource Management 235
The Family and Consumer Resource
Management Field 236
Career Opportunities in the Family and
Consumer Resource Management
Field 236
Financial Management
Consumer Credit Counseling
Personal Financial Planning
Consumer Affairs
Customer Service
Account Management
Human Resources
Professional Organizing and Life Coaching
Preparing to Enter the Family and
Consumer Resource Management
Field 245
What Training Is Needed?
What Are the Working Conditions?
Unit 3
Launching a Career in Family
and Consumer Sciences 251
Chapter 14
Looking Inward: Self-Assessment 252
Getting Started 253
Creating a Notebook
Using Self-Assessment Tests or Surveys
Getting to Know Yourself 254
Key Accomplishments
Personality Characteristics
Writing a Personal Statement
What Motivates You? 259
Identifying Personal Values
Identifying Work Values
Psychological Wants or Desires