ATC 510 Human Growth and Development
This course provides students with the opportunity to integrate stages of human growth and development in assessment and treatment of typical and atypical client and patient populations. Additional areas of coverage include contextual/ecological factors that impact these groups, recognition that development exists along a continuum and the feasibility of health across the lifespan. Includes the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels, following psychological, sociological and physiological approaches. Human behavior (normal and abnormal), personality theory, learning theory, dynamics of stress, and medical/functional implications of disability will also be reviewed. Students will apply principles of human development, artistic and creative development, human sexuality, gender identity development, family life cycle, and psychopathology, to the assessment and treatment of clients.