PARENTING EDUCATION/FAMILY ADVOCACY
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Parenting Education/Family Advocacy Certificate of Achievement prepares students for employment with a family-strengthening agency, in an advocacy/case management role and/or in a professional role providing parenting education. The certificate is aligned with the Child Development and Family Studies A.A. degree coursework.
PARENTING EDUCATION/FAMILY ADVOCACY Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art Therapists
Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 38,840
- High salary: 120,050
- Average salary: 65010
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 40,580
- High salary: 94,030
- Average salary: 58570
Healthcare Social Workers
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 45,030
- High salary: 100,870
- Average salary: 68090
All Careers in PARENTING EDUCATION/FAMILY ADVOCACY (10)
| Social and Community Service Managers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 78,240 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 76,210 |
| Healthcare Social Workers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 68,090 |
| Art Therapists | Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Music Therapists | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | Bachelor's degree | Stable | 64,520 |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | Master's degree | Rising | 63,780 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 60,060 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Stable | 58,570 |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 45,120 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Apply developmental theories and principles to diverse child-rearing situations, including specific parenting tasks, challenges, and related guidance strategies for each developmental stage.
- Explain children's typical development from conception through adolescence in the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive domains.
- Identify community resources, and the protective factors, that strengthen and support children and their families and describe culturally appropriate strategies for collaboration with families to support children's development.