This course will focus on students with emotional and behavioural disorders. Teaching strategies and technologies used for specific behavioural areas such as ADD and ADHD, shy, withdrawn, conduct disorders, autism, emotionally disturbed and some mental health conditions encountered in children in general in PICs will be discussed. Influences that affect student's behaviour such as parenting style, child abuse, and issues affecting family functioning will be examined also. Issues that affect Pacific people such as advocacy, lack of awareness, reporting procedures for child abuse, child counselling, facilities available which are currently in place to cater for this group, as well as professional ethics, confidentiality and networking will also be covered.
- Lecturer: Vilma Ratumudu
- Lecturer: Janine Simi