A ten week course covering :
- Patterns of development: linear, cyclical, other
- Distress and disability: links with development
- Physical development and links with psychosocial development
- Stage theories and their impact on child-rearing customs and educational practice
- Social development
- Emotional development
- Aging, changing social expectations, and developmental challenges
- Developmental theory in psychology and psychotherapy practice
- Transcending development: crisis, trauma, and recovery
- Tackling some questions about development: what is its aim? What are we developing into?