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Microcredential
Child Behavioral Health
Child Behavioral Health
Microcredential - Child Behavioral Health
DESCRIPTION
This Microcredential provides professionals with the essential knowledge and skills
to engage children with mental health issues. The credential focuses on understanding
the pros and cons of diagnosis, medication, the DSM, and various treatment approaches. Students will learn the DSM diagnostic system, focusing on the classifications, characteristics, behaviors, and
comorbidities of childhood psychological disorders. They will also learn developmental
trends, expectations in physical growth, emotional and social competence, and cognitive
ability across development. They will be able to identify developmental expectations
and changes as children age and how those changes affect correct and incorrect diagnoses.
Instruction Method
In person and online
Knowledge Acquired
- See Learning Outcomes
Course Names and Codes
To earn this credential, the following courses must be successfully completed:
- Child Psychopathology (PSYC 2053)
- Child Growth and Development (CHED 2033)
Durable Skills Awarded
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
Pre-requisites
None
Credits Earned
6 academic credits
Shortest Time to Completion
4 months
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the diagnostic symptoms characterizing various childhood psychological disorders
- Evaluate the role of environmental, biological, and cultural issues on diagnosis and treatment
- Evaluate the connection between childhood behaviors and child maltreatment risks
- Recognize the cultural, social, and environmental risks surrounding child psychopathology
- Exhibit increased acceptance, understanding, and empathy for diagnosed children and adolescents, as well as their family members
- Differentiate between the physical, cognitive, social/emotional, and language characteristics of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children
- Document observations of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children and connect them to the Arkansas frameworks for infants, toddlers, and three- and four-year-old children
- Describe the factors affecting learning and child maltreatment
- Examine biological and environmental factors influencing child development from conception to middle childhood (through age 8)
- Analyze how culture, family, and society influence growth and development from conception through middle childhood (through age 8)