Behavioral and Emotional Disorders
ED 673 Course Syllabus 2008
2:45-5:45, Library 4
Professor: Dr. Courtney W. Moffatt Office: De Ricci 231
Telephone: 663-2831 Email: cmoffatt@edgewood.edu
Website: http://education.edgewood.edu/ed673
This course has a large on line component.
Please see the Blackboard site for this course as well.
Course meeting dates: June - 16, June 27
Practicum: 10:00 am. to 11:00pm, June 26th
*Practicum alternate choice available in Cabrini Green with permission of instructor Tom Holub.
*This course requires additional hours, as seen above for practicum involvement.
The required practicum for this class is a pre college experience, which is a one day overnight
experience for students in the Cutting Edge Program.
Course Description:
Introduction to the understanding of behavioral disorders in children and youth.
Topics include the nature of deviance and behavioral variation;
the classification and characteristics of emotional disorders; the environmental,
social, and psychobiological factors related to these disorders;
and educational and therapeutic treatment alternatives
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Class Hour Breakdown: (This indicates appropriate percentages.)
Lecture 10%
Group work 30%
Discussion 25%
Practicum 35%
Instructional Methodology:
Class instruction will be a combination of practicum lecture-discussion and
student participation through the use of videotapes, small group activities,
assigned projects and individual testing.