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May 04, 2024
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SP 504 - Affective & Social Bases of Behavior: Functioning and Assessment
This course will use a biopsychosocial systems approach to prepare students to be proactive in identification, assessment and intervention associated with contemporary trauma-informed school psychology practice. The essential elements of comprehensive school safety planning and crisis response will be explored, drawing extensively on a crisis preparedness, prevention, and intervention curriculum and detailed review of threat assessment protocols. The biopsychosocial conceptualization of trauma and implementation of whole school approaches to trauma informed service delivery in schools will also be addressed. This course will use a biopsychosocial lens to support the conceptualization assessment of social, emotional, and neuro-affective functioning in children and adolescents. The emphasis will be on designing a framework for evaluation of social and neuro-affective functioning that is mindful of developmental, cultural and contextual considerations, as demonstrated through appropriate selection, administration and interpretation of a variety of evidence-based assessment tools. Students will be introduced to the role of universal screening as a prevention and early intervention strategy. will also be addressed. (3 credit hours)
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