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| Semester: | Spring 2024 |
| Number: | 0504-613-002 |
| Instructor: | Rachell Pierre-Louis |
| Days: | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:20 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Post Hall 207 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
For majors only |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
This course will explore strategies for preventing mental health problems in youth. The focus will be on the development and implementation of prevention measures to reduce a variety of mental health related problems facing youth in schools, including delinquency, substance abuse, and learning failures. |
| Learning Goals: |
1. Increase student knowledge of the field of prevention and youth development and the models, methods, and practices within them2. Increase student knowledge of the principles and core elements of effective prevention practices within schools3. Increase student knowledge of the evidence based child and adolescent focused interventions that can be used to prevent or mitigate the growth of mental health problems in youth that are related to issues of:• School Failure• Social Competence of Regular and Special Needs Students• Relational Violence and Aggression *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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