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This course introduces students to several counseling theories while teaching skills that are fundamental to making counseling effective. Establishing rapport, analyzing problems from different theoretical perspectives, and formulating interventions are examples of skills covered. Students who complete this course will understand the concepts and terminology of several widely used counseling theories. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. Meets LAC outcome: HCC3. 3 crs.
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This course examines development of the child from conception to preadolescence, emphasizing the theories associated with the development of cognition, physical, and visual-motor skills, personality, and social behavior. Consideration will be given to the impact of family and environment on the child. Application of principles for helping the troubled child will be addressed. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. This course is an option for required Developmental Issues area for Psychology majors. Meets LAC outcome: HCC3. 3 crs.
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This course explores normal adolescent psychology and issues that interfere with the process of development. Normal as well as problematic cognitive, social, and emotional development will be explored. Topics include the impact of family functioning on the teen, identity development, development of healthy relationship and communication skills, and issues leading to adolescent problems such as substance abuse, aggression, depression, and feelings of isolation. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. This course is an option for required Developmental Issues area for Psychology majors. Meets LAC outcome: HCC3. 3 crs.
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Organizational psychology involves the practical application of psychological principles to issues in the work context. This course will examine various concepts and ideas central to organizational psychology, such as job design, employee motivation, hiring, decision making, performance management, training systems design, leadership assessment, and occupational health psychology. People working with others in any organizational setting will find this course useful. Meets LAC outcome: HCB5. 3 crs.
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This course focuses on evidence-based solutions to managing people in organizations. This course focuses on the application of psychological principles to assessing and enhancing the effectiveness of individuals, groups, and organizations. Topics include leadership and employee selection, performance management, organizational assessment, job design, motivation, and other human performance issues relevant to work. This course is essential to successful leadership in the twenty-first century. Meets LAC outcome: HCB5. 3 crs.
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What is a family How do economic, social, health, and historical factors affect today's families What are the positive and negative influences individual members and subsystems of the family have on each other These questions are explored in this overview of family therapy. Topics include the changing definition of family, family development and characteristics, the rationale and history of family therapy, and the main theorists and therapeutic approaches. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. This course is an option for the required Mental Health Issues area for Psychology majors. Meets LAC outcome: HCC2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of professional issues and ethical standards in mental health practices. Topics include professional burnout and self-care, values and the helping relationship, clients' rights, professional responsibilities, confidentiality, ethical and legal issues, managing boundaries and multiple relationships, training and supervision, and multicultural and diversity issues in individual, marital, family, and group treatment, and current issues in the managed health care industry. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. Meets LAC outcome: AIA1. 3 crs.
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The course examines processes of attachment, separation, and loss. Different types of loss, including sudden and anticipated loss, and the grief reaction experienced by the bereaved will be covered along with a task-based model for mourning. Facilitation of adjustment to loss will also be explored. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. Meets LAC outcome: HCC2. 3 crs.
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This course examines disorders of personality, focusing on the contributions of ego psychology, object relations theory, and self-psychology, and the origins of personality disorders. In addition, the implications of therapeutic diagnosis and treatment options are considered. Psychodynamic, behavioral, and biological approaches will be covered. Prerequisite: PSY 201 & PSY 334, or equivalents. This course is an option for required Mental Health Issues area for Psychology majors. Meets LAC outcome: HCC2. 3 crs.
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This course explores some of the common childhood exceptionalities encountered by educators in the school system, including learning disabilities, sensory impairments, and talented youth. These exceptionalities will be considered from educational, developmental, and psychological perspectives. Emphasis will be on identification and intervention in the schools, as well as on relevant special education laws. Prerequisite: PSY 201 or equivalent. Meets LAC outcome: HCC4. 3 crs.
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