Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour
Catalog page 334
Prerequisites: none
Description: Provides a comprehensive overview of concepts and issues related to childhood stress and trauma. Emphasizes the short-and long-term effects that stress and trauma have on the physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional development of a child. Examines methods that support the child’s coping skills and healing process and reviews how parents and practitioners can assist them.