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One in four children or adolescents will experience a disorder, disability or trauma affecting their development. Students will consider issues relating to children with different developmental pathways, including pathways affected by mental and physical health, trauma and disability.
1. Students will understand the symptoms, causes, and developmental course of several common disorders and their implications for educational and psychosocial outcomes and adjustment.2. For a particular developmental challenge, students will examine and evaluate one or more critical issues and/or compare and contrast a range of perspectives on a particular developmental challenge through an essay integrating empirical research-based information and individual case studies.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
30 points in EDUC or PSYC, orpermission of the Head of School
The on-campus class is taught through the "flip" method, in which the learning facilitator (formerly, lecturer) sets discussion materials on Learn, and students come together during class meetings to discuss these. Students bring or share laptops, smart phones, tablets, with learning materials, during whole class discussions. These discussions are video-taped and shared via Learn with students enrolled in our distance course. Distance students email the learning facilitator a summary and contribution to the discussion after viewing the video. Distance students will develop their own essay topics and develop their essay idea plan during emailed interactions around tutorials.
Kathleen Liberty
Readings for the course will be available through LEARN. Included will be readings on ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia and Social Anxiety.
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Domestic fee $746.00
International fee $3,038.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .