PSYC 270 - Children at Risk

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SP. This class focuses on social structures, life-experiences, and individual factors that put the developing child/teen at risk for developmental problems. Risk factors include poverty, ethnic minority status, abuse and neglect, orphanage experience, divorce and remarriage, immigration, sex-trafficking, and neurological disorders such as ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Students spend one day per week in class and one day per week in a practicum placement (typically a low-income preschool).