Community+&+Family+Studies

=Preliminary & HSC Community & Family Studies= Congratulations on choosing Community & Family Studies for your HSC. While this website is under constant construction it will expand throughout the year. Good information can be found on the three links below as well as throughout this website.
 * [[image:mss-stage6tas/BOS_logo link="http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/community-family-studies.html"]] || [[image:mss-stage6tas/hsc_logo2.jpg link="http://hsc.csu.edu.au/cafs/"]] || [[image:mss-stage6tas/hsc-daily-news.jpg width="187" height="115" link="http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/"]] ||

Preliminary Course

 * **Core Strands** || **Content** || **100%** ||  ||
 * Resource Management || * Basic concepts of resources management
 * Communication
 * Decision-Making
 * Management Processes || 20% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg link="mss-stage6tas/Resource Management"]] ||
 * Individuals & Groups || * The Individual
 * Group Formation
 * Roles, relationships & tasks within groups
 * Leadership
 * Group dynamics
 * Managing conflict
 * Individual & group wellbeing || 40% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg link="mss-stage6tas/Individuals & Groups"]] ||
 * Families & Communities || * Lifespan Development
 * Socialisation of children
 * Family structures & functions
 * Change in communities
 * Support networks || 40% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg link="mss-stage6tas/Families & Communities"]] ||

**HSC Course**
OR Social Impact of Technology OR Individuals & Work ||  || 25% ||  ||
 * **Core Strands** || **Content** || **75%** ||  ||
 * Research Methodology || * Research Methodology || 25% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg link="Research Methodology"]] ||
 * Groups in Context || * Identifying groups with specific needs
 * Identifying the needs of specific groups in the community
 * Researching community groups || 25% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg]] ||
 * Parenting & Caring || * Becoming parents & carers
 * Managing parenting & caring responsibilities
 * Parenting & caring relationships
 * Support for parents & carers || 25% || [[image:mss-stage6tas/link.jpg]] ||
 * **Option Strand** || **Content** || 25% ||  ||
 * Family & Social Interactions

**Useful Resources**
Relationships Australia – CUA Relationships Indicators Survey 2008 [] Lifespan development []
 * Resources to support the Preliminary Course**

Australian Bureau of Statistics – Social Trends [|http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0?opendocument#from-banner=LN] The Australian Institute of Family Studies  [] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) [] Australia's welfare 2009 is the ninth biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. [] Topics include: Children, youth and families [] Ageing and aged care [] Disability and disability services [] Carers and informal care [] Housing and housing assistance [] Homelessness [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">State Library of NSW In focus HSC assistance - Community and Family Studies []
 * General Resources**