Faculty Contact Information:
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Consultation:
Office Hours: During Lunch Breaks; After Class on Saturdays and
Before Class on Sundays | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Ghuman, M.S., Weist, M.D., & Sarles, R.M. (Editors) (2002). Providing
mental health servies to youth where they are: School and community
based approaches. (1)st ed.). New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
Kauffman, J.M. (2000). Characteristics of emotional and behavioral
disorders of children and youth (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall. | |
Supplementary Readings:
| All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills. | |
Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
| This course is designed as an integrated study of the interaction of human behavior, learning, and the environment. Emphasis is placed on the symptoms, causes, and mediation of deviant behavior among children, adolescents, and young persons. Trends and practices in community mental health are studied. Instruction in the writing of a case study report is also given. | |
Course Goals:
As a required course in the M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling, this course seeks primarily to:
1. improve the professional counseling skills of the participants,
2. provide graduate students with foundational knowledge of the various mental health problems of children and youth, and
3. familiarize graduate students that affect changes in the child or adolescent. | |
Course Objectives:
Students will:
1. identify and recognize, particularly within school-based settings, children and adolescents with mental health problems,
2. understand the causes of mental health problems in children and adolescents,
3. understand how theory provides a framework for remediation of presented problems,
4. study remedial measures that affect changes in the child or adolescent with poor mental health with special emphasis on the school, home, and community settings,
5. review trends in community, home, and school-based interventions for children and adolescents with emotional and/or behavioral problems,
6. obtain an in-depth awareness of mental health concepts as applied to school-age children,
7. develop a basic knowledge of how to access mental health resources, programs, organizations and referral services. | |
Grading Information:
Grading:
A = 90 – 100 points
B = 80 – 89 points
C = 70 – 79 points
F(a) = Below 70 points
F(n) = Dropping Course without officially withdrawing
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs or in your local Education Center. | |
Course Requirements:
Course Requirements:
Students will be responsible for completing the following requirements:
Class Discussions/Exercises (Worth 10% of final grade). Students will be graded on the quality and not the quantity of their participation in class discussions and exercises. Grading will be divided into 2.5% of their final grade for each weekend. Nonparticipation or absences during those days will affect the grade received.
Case Study Write up (Worth 25% of final grade). Students will be required to complete an interview with a child and write up a case study. Instruction will be given on the format early in the term. In addition to content, the case study will be graded for writing style including clarity, grammar, and typos.
Oral Presentation on the Case Study (Worth 20% of final grade). Students will be required to present their case study to the class in the form of an oral presentation. The purpose of the presentation is to provide students with experience in presenting information in a manner appropriate for a professional setting.
Three Non-cumulative Exams (Each is worth 15% of the final grade for a cumulative total of 45% of final grade). Students will be required to complete three non-cumulative exams. The exams will cover the material presented both in class and in the texts. The format will include multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. The exams are designed to assess students understanding and ability to apply the material. | |
Description of Course Requirements:
Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours of additional study for every hour of a face-to-face class and approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
Write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Plan on committing approximately 150 hours over the duration of this course to producing professional level deliverables.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your research in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
Complete one or more written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary to successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam. | |
Course Schedule:
Course Outline:
The following is a general guide to the content of the course and is subject to slight modifications.
Saturday 16 August 2003
Introduction
The Problem and Its History Kauffman Chapters 1 – 3
Ghuman et al. Introduction
Chapter 1
Sunday 17 August 2003
The Problem and Its History (Cont) Kauffman Chapter 4
Screening and Classification Kauffman Chapters 5 – 6
Ghuman et al. Chapter 4
Saturday 7 September 2003
Morning Exam #1
Causal Factors Kauffman Chapters 7-10
Sunday 8 September 2003
Facets of Disordered Behavior Kauffman Chapters 11-14
Saturday 21 September 2003
Morning Exam #2
Facets of Disordered Behavior (Cont) Kauffman Chapters 15-17
Sunday 22 September 2003
School-Based Approaches Ghuman et al. Chapters 2 - 5
Saturday 5 October 2003
Home and Community-Based Approaches Ghuman et al. Chapters 2 - 5
Afternoon Exam #3
Sunday 6 October 2003
Case Study Write up Due
Class Presentations
Wrapup
Course Evaluations | |
Academic Policies:
Please refer to the UMUC – Europe Graduate Catalog, available online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/ or from your local Education Center, for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities | |
Faculty Bio:
| My educational background includes a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Hahnemann University and a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. I specialize in the assessment and treatment of emotional, learning, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents. I conduct research in the field of child welfare with a particular focus on the educational needs of youth living in foster care. I have been an Assistant Professor for a program that trained master’s and doctoral-level clinical psychology students and was a faculty mentor for a distance education institution. | |