Area
social Sciences
Sub-Discipline
Other Social Sciences
University of Concepcion
- City: Concepcion,
- Commune: Concepción,
- Region: Biobío Region
goals
General objective
The Master's Degree in Family Intervention seeks to train a specialist capable of researching within the framework of studies on family processes in contemporary society, specializing professionals in the social field in such a way as to enable them to generate research that offers adequate answers to the current and complex reality of the family, based on reflection and analysis of disciplinary intervention.
Specific objectives
– To investigate, analyze and systematize intervention in family contexts in a social construction approach, with the contributions of the disciplines that make up the area of Social Sciences, from a transversal perspective.
– Develop skills and competencies for the knowledge, formulation and management of innovative strategies to the complex situations presented by the family, based on the reflective analysis of the intervention processes.
– Analyze theoretical perspectives that allow the understanding of the phenomena, contexts, scenarios, situations and actors in which the processes and proposals for intervention of people and families are developed.
– To understand and integrate methodological and ethical components necessary for the construction, development, monitoring, evaluation and systematization of processes and proposals for intervention with individuals and families.
Applicant Profile
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Graduate profile
Graduates of the Master's Program in Family Intervention are characterized by:
– To develop a broad and up-to-date understanding of the conceptual and theoretical foundations of social research applied to the field of intervention with individuals and families.
– Apply knowledge from social intervention processes to generate research that expands the understanding of social phenomena within the family.
– Develop innovative and comprehensive social intervention processes, incorporating the perspective of the different actors involved, especially families in relation to their context.
– To articulate the processes of social intervention, public policies, theoretical models and intervention strategies.
– Consider the rights perspective, valuing the cultural, social, economic and gender diversity of subjects and social contexts under principles of equity and social justice.
Lines of investigation
– Theories and models of research and intervention in the family.
– Social, cultural and environmental development.
– Psychological well-being and traumatic processes in adolescents and families.
– Violence and family.
– Mental health and family.
– Psychosocial interventions in families.
– Globalization and social vulnerability.
– Families with multiple problems.
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