The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs

This course provides an introduction to:

1. Basic concepts of The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development System (SSLD), their relevance for every day relationships and provide advanced concepts for  participants who work in fields of social work and health care .

2. Basic practice principles and methods of SSLD, illustrated by relationship management case studies.

3. The SSLD framework for relationship management assessment; N3C (needs, circumstances, characteristics, capacity) and problem translation.

4. Core competencies in the relationship management application of the SSLD system: Observation learning, simulation, real life implementation, review and monitoring.

University of Toronto

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