The Institute for Work and Family Integration (IWFI) and Lagos Business School (LBS) have adapted this one year course from the Ministry of Fomento in Spain to suit our needs. The Certificate Course in Family Advisory aims at preparing teachers, advisors (tutors) and counselors to better advice and assist parents as the first educators and to ensure a holistic formation for the youths.
OBJECTIVES: • To form professionals in family advisory in matters of education, who are able to guide, foresee, and advice in the area of family education • To widen the knowledge and understanding of the person and the family so that they may be able to foster an effective cooperation between the family and the school • To improve the ability of analyzing concrete family situations so that they can draw effective suggestions for each case • To learn the fundamental areas of family advisory: Anthropological foundation; Marriage; Education in the family; Difficulties in the education of children • To learn the main educational principles of the intelligence, the will and affectivity in the family context.
