Women Graduate Courses - Fall 2008
EdPS 620 - Child Development and Learning in Cultural Context (Masters)This courses focuses on the nature of physical, cognitive, emotional , social, and moral development from birth through adolescence, with impilcations for learning and teaching ; major perspectives on the study of child development, including Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory of child development and learning; periods of child development from birth through adolescence, seen in cultural context, with implications for learning and teaching; integration of theory and research findings from fields of developmental and educational psychology; and multicultural context for growth, development and learning with diverse student population. 3 credits.
PSY 600 - Introduction to School Psychology (Masters)This course focuses on understanding the development of the roles and functions of school psychologists within the context of general history and systems of psychology; awareness of the basic issues of the profession, as well as the major contributors to the field; introduction to the primary organizations, literature sources, and resources of the field; and an overview of APA publication guidelines. 3 credits.
PSY 611 - Essentials of Measurement , Evaluation and Analysis (Masters)Introduction to principles, concepts and operations that are necessary for an understanding of individual and group assessment, and of empirical research methodology, derivation of standard scores and other attributes of noramtive test constructio, correlation, reliability, validity, presentation of data in tables and graphs, descriptive statistics and their computation, fundamentals of infernetial statistics, including comparison of mean differences by t-tests, simple analysis of variance, chi-square, individual differences and their measurement, and reading and interpreting research reports. 3 credits.
PSY 623 - Issues and Procedures in Identifying and Intervening with Exceptional Children (Masters)This course focuses on the diagnostic criteria and prevailing best practices in assessment, intervention and service provision for children with special needs. The course instruction concentrates on development of students’ knowledge base of childhood disorders and their diagnostic criteria. Students develop an understanding of differential diagnosis and work with both the educational classification system and psychological diagnostic system. The school psychologist’s role as educational and mental health professional in the school system is discussed. The school psychologist’s role as consultant to administrators, teachers and parents is also reviewed. The overall model represented focuses on ecological/contextual contributions to development of interventions for children with special needs, in both special and general education settings. 3 credits
PSY 627 - Assessment of Social Emotional Function II (Masters)This course is structured to function independently of PSY 626 (I). The current course focuses on utilizing rating scales and more quantifiable methodology to assess student social-emotional status. The course contrasts clinical and non-clinical populations. School and home intervention techniques are emphasized and include topics such as functional behavioral assessment, behavior management applications, and parent and teacher effectiveness training. 3 credits.
PSY 631 - Counseling Families of Exceptional Children (Masters)The focus of this course is the role and dynamics of a family in the management of exceptional children. It also explores the family as a mediator of culture and as a context within which the child develops. The course addresses the interactions of families with children with disabilities such as medical conditions and learning problems. A focus is on the impact of the child with special needs on parents and siblings. Students develop skills in assessing the family’s interactions with the referred child and evaluation of the family’s needs. Students become familiar with the impact and relevance of the socio/economic and cultural context for families with special needs children. Assignments wil emphasize the development of collaborative relationships among the helping systems. 3 credits
