Foundations of Youth

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the systems involved in behavioral and emotional disorders of childhood and adolescence. Systems reviewed include family, ecological, developmental, constructivist and medical (DSM) models. The course focuses on analysis of each classification system with respect to symptoms, etiology, response to treatment and prognosis of each disorder, as well as associated biological, personal and social characteristics. Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students with the SPECIAL APPROVAL attribute.