Course Description

EDCO 545

Intervention and Prevention (3)

In this course, students view learning, behavior, and social problems from behavioral, cognitive, ecosystemic, personal/self-esteem, and family system perspectives. Using these perspectives, the student learns to select, design, implement and evaluate prevention, intervention and postvention programs and techniques that prevent learning failure and enhance learning success with a multicultural context. Students learn social skills training to develop resiliency. Action plans and techniques are explored to help children and the school community prevent school violence and cope with other crisis in the school setting.