SPYF 528 Linking Students to Mental Health and Behavioral Supports

This is the second of a two-course series in prevention and intervention for behavioral health in the schools. This course examines psychopathology in childhood and adolescence as it impacts cognitive and social -emotional and behavioral functioning in school, family and community contexts. Candidates will critically examine evidence-based knowledge about etiology, essential features, and effective prevention and intervention strategies for psychopathologies from an integrated diversity, genetic, neurophysiological, and social perspective. Medical, psychosocial, and multi-tiered systems of support models of prevention and intervention will be addressed with an emphasis on treatment applications in school settings. There is a field experience connected with this course. Pre-requisite(s): Admission to the Ed.S. School Psychology Program; and SPYF 508 and SPYF 518 or equivalent or permission of program coordinator. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours