Youth at Risk

Catalog description

This course will examine various issues surrounding youth-at-risk. This course will give students a better understanding of certain risk factors and characteristics of youth-at-risk, in addition to, the most significant problems faced by this population. Important concepts to be examined include: parental responsibility, learning disabilities, internet dangers, peer pressure, school violence, and substance abuse. By the end of the course, students will be able to articulate how these elements play a role in youth becoming “at-risk.”