SLWK 3316

(3 Credits) 3 Lecture hours Recognizing development as a process embedded within a social context, students will gain an understanding of how a range of life events and processes influence human development. Utilizing a prevention lens, students will explore protective factors that promote resilience during adverse developmental contexts. Attention will be given to how family, community and cultural systems enhance human development by looking at the ecological influences and the ways in which healing and strengths influence development.