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(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the MS Program, PSYC 537 and PSYC 538. The course is designed to assist students in training to identify mental health disorders as, classified in the DSM V that affect children and adolescents and write treatment plans that are based on developmentally appropriate cognitive, social, and emotional theories. This course is designed to meet course objectives as well as the professional standards specified by the Council for Accreditation on Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP). This course also provides advanced training for students in assessing and treating parent-child problems encountered in marriage and family counseling. Special attention is given to understanding the psychology of parenthood and counseling strategies for helping parents deal with childhood problems like defiance, attention-deficits, anxiety, and compulsions, and with the special problems associated with single and stepparenting. Note: This course cannot be challe