Rod,
In order to expand the content of the course I suggest including a segment on family policy and advocacy for children. Students are often interested in the laws and policies that affect families. I highly suggest an APA book called Adolescents, Sex, and the Law, which has some very interesting segments. Secondly, you can order FOR FREE a document from the CDC and US Dept. of Health and Human Services called Health, United States, 2000: Adolescent Health Chartbook, which provides all kinds of charts and nifty statistics about health and mental health issues. You can also check other Federal websites that offer FREE publications Thirdly, check in your county to see if they publish somewhere a Condition of Children report or it could be Condition of the County or something like that. I would call the local United Way office and ask where they get statistics about the county for grant purposes. Fourth, Duskin offers a series of Human Development and Child Development lay and research articles that are fairly accessible and more understandable than some of our academic writings. Fifth, include a large unit on Child Abuse prevention, detection, and treatment. The American Humane Society has an outstanding video called Visual Assessment of Child Abuse that is shocking but extremely informative. I could go on and on, but that's my more than 2 cents worth, Rob Weisskirch Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. Human Development Program Liberal Studies Institute, Building 15 100 Campus Center California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside, CA 93955-8001 (831) 582-5079 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Subject: child and adolescent development >From: "Rod Hetzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:16:44 -0600 >X-Message-Number: 10 > >Hi TIPSters > >Next fall I'm going to be teaching a Lifespan Development course and a >Child Development course. Aside from the greater depth of coverage in >the child development course, I'm trying to think of other ways to >differentiate the course. One of the things I would like to do in the >child development is to spend some time focusing on mental and physical >health in children and adolescents (including assessment and treatment >of common problems). Does anyone have any references for texts that >deal specifically with child or adolescent mental/physical health needs? > >Rod=20 > >______________________________________________ >Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. >Assistant Professor of Psychology > LeTourneau University >President-Elect, Division 51 > American Psychological Association >=20 >Department of Psychology >LeTourneau University >Post Office Box 7001 >2100 South Mobberly Avenue >Longview, Texas 75607-7001 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
