Career Preparation
The major in family and child studies at Northern Illinois University prepares the student for employment in a variety of settings that deal with:
Aging
- Residential care (Program coordinators, Intake / discharge planning)
- Senior citizen centers
- Adult day care
- Intergenerational programming
Child development
- Adoption
- Child care programs
- Child life specialists
- Early intervention
- Early childhood education
- Early childhood programs
- Parent and child programs
- Resource and referral
Family life education
Family violence services
Services for persons with disabilities
- Residential care
- Sheltered workshops
Hospital social services (with MS.)
Parent education
Religious work
Student activities at colleges
Social services
- Child protection
- Employment training
- Foster care and adoption
- Probation, adult
- Public aid
- Substance abuse
- Voluntary action centers
Women's programs and shelters
Youth work
- Big Brother/Sister programs
- Residential settings
- YMCA/YWCA programs
- Youth probation
- Youth service bureaus
