ED5859 - Atypical Development
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Student Contribution Band: | National Priority Band |
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Available to Master of Guidance and Counselling and Master of Education Guidance Counselling students.
This subject draws on an understanding of typical human development to investigate atypical human development. Using a combination of theory and case-studies, skills in identifying and options for addressing an individual's educational, social and other needs due to their disability or psychopathology will be developed. To enable targeted study this subject offers streams in four age points; older adult, younger adult, adolescent, and childhood.
Learning Outcomes
- be knowledgeable of normal patterns of human development;
- be able to define and recognise a range of major psychopathologies and disabilities;
- be able to identify and conceptually address areas of skill strength and deficit.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
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| Census Date 24-Mar-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | jc122671. |
| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
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| Census Date 24-Mar-2006 | |
| Face to face teaching 13-Mar-2006 to 29-Apr-2006 (Class Teaching: 23/3/06 to 29/03/06) | |
| Coord/Lect: | jc122671. |
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Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.