PSY 544 - Standard of Care Approaches for Evaluating and Treating Children and Adolescents with Externalizing Disorders

Units: 3
When Offered: As offered & OPS
This course exposes students to empirically based approaches for working with children and adolescents with externalizing disorders, including oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and intermittent explosive disorder. Students will explore the history, goals, techniques, and research outcomes associated with interventions for children and adolescents with externalizing disorders. A majority of the course will be focused on the collaborative problem solving (CPS) approach, multisystemic therapy (MST), parent-child interaction training (PCIT), and parent management training (PMT).
Grade Type: Letter Grade