Disruptive Behavior Through the Lifespan

Catalog description

This course offers a clinical focus on "disruptive behavior" by highlighting diagnostic and treatment considerations for Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder. The course is a learning collaborative in which graduate-level students learn from each other and the course instructor. They will learn to identify factors that contribute to continuity and discontinuity in disruptive behavior across the lifespan through discussion of case studies, theoretical work, and empirical papers. They will also reflect on their own thoughts and feelings about clients presenting with disruptive behaviors while learning how to address disruptive behavior in clinical settings. The course is designed for graduate-level students who have a background in psychology or a related field.