INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( SOC WORK 205 or HDFS 174 ) and junior standing, or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss foundational principles in infant and early childhood mental health. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify risk and protective factors that influence social/emotional wellbeing in young children and their parents/caregivers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically assess relationship-based and evidenced-based interventions for infants, young children and families. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Reflect on the professional use of self and the role of the infant and early childhood mental health practitioner within early intervention. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply the diversity-informed tenets for working with infants, children and families. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss foundational principles in infant and early childhood mental health. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify risk and protective factors that influence social/emotional wellbeing in young children and their parents/caregivers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically assess relationship-based and evidenced-based interventions for infants, young children and families. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Reflect on the professional use of self and the role of the infant and early childhood mental health practitioner within early intervention. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply the diversity-informed tenets for working with infants, children and families. Audience: Graduate