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Family-Centered Treatment of Problems in Early Childhood

Area III Course

This 45-hour course provides practitioners with a survey of recent developmental theory and research on young children, ranging from infancy through the early elementary school years. Stanley Greenspan’s model of how social/emotional competence normally unfolds is given particular focus, along with how individual differences in child temperament, sensory processing and learning styles impact developmental trajectories. In keeping with an applied developmental emphasis, parent-child interactional patterns which constrain or promote emerging developmental capacities at each stage of development is examined. $700.

Educational Objectives:

  1. Identify normal social/emotional milestones.
  2. Identify the primary features of “off-course” or “at-risk” social/emotional development.
  3. Describe how developmental variations or constitutional challenges in the child can shape family interactional patterns.
  4. Discuss the clinical applications of a bio-developmental-systems model.