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This course looks at the nature, prevalence and causes of common childhood disorders and disabilities.
Disorders of childhood arise during the developmental period, pre-birth through adolescence. The course content will include readings, lectures, and videos contributing to the understanding and critical analysis of psychological and educational aspects of disorders arising during childhood. The course will cover foundational processes in the development of children with disorders, including genetic, prenatal, antenatal and postnatal causes and risk factors. The diagnostic processes and characteristics, prevalence and incidence of the principle types of disorders will be considered, and theoretical foundations examined critically, from a transactional perspective.
To develop an understanding of the causes, characteristics, diagnostic processes, diagnostic classifications, incidence, prevalence, and developmental course of children with different disorders, and skills in accessing appropriate and current information about these disorders.To develop an understanding of the different theoretical perspectives underlying different approaches to the disorders of childhood.To develop an understanding of an ecological transational model of impacts on children and adolescents with disorders arising in the developmental period.
Subject to approval of the Head of School.
EDEM661
Kathleen Liberty
Dean Sutherland
The assessment tasks for this course are described in the Course Outline available from the lecturers.
ReadingsTextbook Batshw, M., Pellegrino, L., & Roizen, N. (2007). Children with disabilities (6th Edition) Paul Brookes, Pub. (All chapters except Chapter 34)Papalia, D., Olds, S. & Feldman, R. A Child’s World: Infancy Through Adolescence (11th edition). International Edition: McGraw Hill. OR SIMILAR textbook on child development. Liberty, K (2007). Introduction to Research (handout)Liberty, K (2007). De-mystification of Quantitative Research in Psychology and Education. (handout)Additional Readings: The Textbook will be supplemented by additional readings which will be handed out or will be posted in electronic form on Blackboard. Readings may be cited in assessed work (using APA style).
Library portalReading Research Articles This course requires that you read research articles and use this information in class discussions and assessments. Reading research articles related to children with disorders may require practice and thinking – it is not the same as reading a textbook. Information about how to read the research articles will be handed out and discussed in class. Research articles will be discussed in class to help in the acquisition of skills of critiquing research. For your assignments, you will be selecting intervention studies to read on your own. If you have difficulty understanding or interpreting a particular article, we suggest you might put it aside and see if you can find another, perhaps less technical article instead. However, if you do have trouble understanding an article, please do not hesitate to seek help.
Domestic fee $1,234.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .