Advanced Studies in Working with Children who Challenge Teachers' Skills   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 PO Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

HD 626 - Advanced Studies in Working with Children who Challenge Teachers' Skills


3 credits
This class will help teachers stretch their skills, construct a better understanding of children who challenge them, and also identify those children whose behavior extends beyond their expertise and may require different or specialized help. Students will use and critique observational and assessment strategies while creating an intervention plan for the support of an individual child. Atypical development, family instability, difference in cultural expectations, and the limitations of the student’s own experiences will all be evaluated as possible influences on the teacher’s difficulties with a particular child.