LAP411 Psychology of Exceptional Children and Adolescents

This course provides a survey of the psychology of children and adolescents who are developmentally disabled, gifted, physically challenged, visually or hearing impaired. Topics will include speech and language disorders, learning disabilities, behavioral and emotional disorders. Characteristics, assessment and intervention strategies for children with special needs will be explored. (Personality/ Clinical Psychology). This course does not meet the requirements for professional education coursework for Illinois state teacher certification. (Students in elementary and/or early childhood education should take SPE300, Survey of Exceptional Children, instead). Prerequisite(s): One previous psychology course or consent of advisor. 5 quarter hours OR 3 semester hours

Distribution

Clinical Psychology GenEd-Behavioral Science Personality Psychology