Psychology 322
Mentoring Children at Risk
Prerequisite: Psychology 100, permission of instructor.
Course combines lecture with hands-on work with children of incarcerated mothers at a summer camp. Topics covered in lectures include models of developmental psychology, middle childhood development, maternal incarceration, the impact of poverty on development in children, risk and resilience, and managing problem behaviors. Mentoring component involves spending one week at a sleepover camp specifically for children of incarcerated mothers.
Credits: 3
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