JOAN HALVERSTADT

Instructor: JOAN HALVERSTADT   (Look up syllabus and additional information)
Location: Online Course
Description: VESi/ Online Class; INSTRUCTOR: Halverstadt. You can register for this course anytime between Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2009 and work at your own pace. Designed to help classroom teachers, school counselors and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by child abuse or neglect. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms for the three types of abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual) and the four types of neglect (physical, neglect, emotional, and educational). Explore how abuse and neglect affect a student's learning, cognitive brain development and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of neglect as well as the social and family causes will be reviewed. The educator's role in the intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect will be discussed.
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Instructor: JOAN HALVERSTADT   (Look up syllabus and additional information)
Location: Online Course
Description: VESi/ Online Class; INSTRUCTOR: Halverstadt. You can register for this course anytime between Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2009 and work at your own pace.Help classroom teachers, school counselors and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by stress, trauma and/or violence. Learn the signs and symptoms of stress and trauma. Explore how stress, violence and trauma affect a student's learning, cognitive brain development and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of being exposed to stress, trauma or violence, as well as the social and family causes, will be reviewed. Learn the dynamics of domestic violence and community violence. The educator's role in the intervention and prevention of violence will be discussed.
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