28 courses with the subject PCL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PCL 123Childhood Services1
A survey of professions involving the care of children and families. Theory, research, and practice in each profession will be examined.
PCL 315Observation & Assessment of Children & Families3
This course will prepare students to use naturalistic and standardized observation, interviewing, and testing strategies. Students will learn how to use assessment information to document growth, screen for developmental and mental health risks, and to evaluate children for qualification for various social and educational services. Practical and ethical considerations of observing and assessing children and families.
Developing counseling and human relations skills for working with children and adolescents, families, and professionals. Practice with basic listening skills and reflective self-analysis. Students may not also take PSY 372 for credit.
Investigations of psychosocial aspects of death and grief; understanding ways death is viewed in contemporary society; dealing supportively with dying and grieving persons; understanding one’s own feelings about death; explaining death to children; funerals and other death-related customs.
Preparation for the field experience, including choosing sites, setting goals, writing resumes, interviewing, universal precautions, writing goals and agreement, discussion of professional/ethical issues and behavior, supervision, and the class requirements.
Preparation for internship and professional practice, including exploration of professional issues and behavior, choosing sites, setting goals, writing resumes, and interviewing. Child Life majors only.
Preparation for internship and professional practice, including child abuse training and universal precautions; writing internship goals and agreement; discussion of professional/ethical issues and behavior, supervision, and certification requirements. Child Life major only.
Supervised experience in a hospital or other health care facility (child life specialists) or a community agency dealing with children and/or adolescents (child studies) affiliated with the program. Written work, project, and periodic evaluations; 12 credits for a minimum of 560 hours. May not be used as a major elective for the general psychology degree. Prerequisite(s); if any: Permission of child life faculty required.
This course is an introduction to the role of child life specialists in healthcare settings. It provides the basic knowledge required to function as a child life specialist including the application of general psychological and human development principles to the care of hospitalized children and adolescents. This course includes a variety of pediatric healthcare experiences. Instructor approval required.
PCL 504Social and Historical Context of Child Life2
This course provides a comprehensive review of the field of child life, including a historical perspective of the care of children in healthcare, the origins of child life, its growth as an organized profession, the current state of the psych-social care in healthcare, and opportunities and possibilities for the future.
