CAST 402 - Responding to the Survivor of Child Abuse and Survivor Responses

(4 S.H.)

The purpose of this course is to prepare students to recognize the effects of child maltreatment and to apply intervention strategies for children and their families. Multidisciplinary approaches to prevention, advocacy, and treatment of child maltreatment survivors will be presented and discussed. The course is designed for students majoring in criminal justice, education, social work, sociology, psychology, nursing, paralegal, or other areas in which knowledge of child maltreatment and advocating for children will be necessary. The experiential lab for this course involves courtroom observation and interaction with children. Prerequisites: CAST 301 - Child Advocacy Studies I: Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy, CAST 401 - Professional and System Responses to Child Maltreatment, or instructor’s permission.

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