HSER 1121 - Adolescent and Youth Work
2 Credits
Focuses on learning about adolescents, identifying their developmental stage, tasks and goals, and how to work with them concerning their mental and physical health needs. Common adolescent crisis problems and cases will be explored, including assessment and intervention strategies. This course is for Human Service Students, counselors, other helping professionals, law enforcement personnel, teachers and parents.
Major Content Areas
Specific interventions for youth; depression and suicide, delinquency, drug use- alcohol and recent party drugs, ADHD and anxiety, parent and child crisis and family breakdown, truancy and school issues, probation issues Adolescent mental health in families and American culture Assessment of adolescent mental and physical health Adolescent development in different family structures Prevention of youth crisis- therapeutic and parental responses to adolescence and youth to promote mental and physical health Theories of working with youth in human services and other helping professions
Learning Outcomes
Identify the critical developmental stages, tasks and goals of youth from 12 to 20 Describe the family structures needed to support the mental and physical health of youth Explore the history of adolescence in American culture Demonstrate the use of at least one assessment and intervention tool
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