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Applied Early Childhood Development
AC 210
8 Credits
Human development can be limited by unconscious and unnecessary repetition of patterns and behaviors learned in early childhood, or enhanced by successfully resolving early childhood's individuation challenges. In this AC, students will examine principles of Adlerian, developmental, and existential psychology. Students will understand the progressive and regressive poles for each developmental stage, the relationship between stages, likely blocks to progress, and how the three schools of thought are integrated. In this graduate studies course, the experiential component of the AC is a lab in which students deepen their understanding of the typical stages of early childhood, examine how they still apply in the present time, identify and use their primary emotions to be emotionally nourished, and engage to a high level of satisfaction with others and with tasks. Prerequisite: AC10 Self Care and Nourishment
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