Psychological Approaches to Child Maltreatment

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Note: This course is not available for the current semester.

Course No: 47.509; Last Offered: Spring 2010;

Course Description

The course addresses the painful topic of Child Maltreatment in the context of research on optimal, typical, and unacceptable treatment of children, as maltreatment cannot be considered apart from acceptable and even optimal treatment. The impact of maltreatment on the development of the child from the first growth of physical organs in the prenatal infant through the development of moral reasoning in the adolescent is addressed. Both theories and research will be discussed.

Prerequisites & Notes

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  • Credits: 3;

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