Youth Psychology and Psychopathology

Catalog description

In this course, students will explore topics in child and adolescent psychology and psychopathology, including trauma, attachment issues, and neurodevelopment disorders. Through reading, research, and interaction with fellow students and faculty, students will be provided with opportunities to experience information about healthy and unhealthy cognitive, emotional, and social experiences in childhood and adolescence. Prevention, intervention, and recovery from unhealthy experiences will be addressed. Professional ethics will also be examined.