PIA (0501) 423 - Advanced Topics in Socioemotional Development in Children

Credits: 3.00

Students apply theories of development to issues confronting youth, families, and the professionals working on their behalf. It explores the interactions between youth and their social environments, and how diversity impacts these interactions. The course uses resilience-based perspectives to explore the development of psychological health.

By the end of the course students will have the ability to

1. Identify and understand behaviors associated with healthy development and the challenges to healthy development within the contexts of cultural, ethnic, and social class influences.

2. Describe and explain the issues confronting children and families and the theories and research related to these issues

3. Demonstrate the ability to apply course content to the analysis of current issues impacting child and adolescent development