The change of the nurturing environment and the increase in nurturing demand:
- Increased family instability and increased problems of the welfare of children in these families
- Increased attention to improve the quality of early childhood eduction Increases in child and family problems and the demand of counseling
- Children's psychological and emotional needs arising from rapid changes in our culture and social environment.
- Family instability and the increase of other family problems as a result of the increasing divorce rate in Korea.
Focusing on providing skills, knowledge and leadership to our students This department seeks to prepare specialists who can effectively deal with the changes of today's families, focusing on early childhood needs, child counseling, and family counseling. - Fostering the development of quality child care and education
- Fostering the skills for child counseling with the ability to work with both special needs children and gifted children.
- Fostering the skills for family counseling attending to both prevention and intervention to promote healthy family functioning.