Promoting Positive Youth Development: Applying Developmental Science In The Community

(Cross-listed w/ CVS 155) Introduction to theory and research about using developmental science within community settings to promote positive development among children and adolescents. Focal topic varies each semester -- for example, building civil society through community-based child development programs, promoting positive development of teenage mothers and their infants, or promoting healthy alternatives to interpersonal, family and community violence. Recommendations: CSHD 1 and one additional Child Study & Human Development course or permission of instructor.