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This
course is an introduction to working with at-risk youth
in alternative education settings.
The course is designed to prepare future
educators and others for work in alternative education
settings by introducing the scope and purpose of
alternative education, the characteristics and dynamics
of at-risk conditions for youth, and by providing
opportunities to develop basic helping skills.
Students will learn basic helping skills
necessary for effective intervention with at-risk
students including helping communication,
referral/case-management, conflict management,
interviewing and assessment.
Approximately one-half of the course is designed
to examine at-risk youth issues and the programmatic
considerations related to those issues and one-half of
the course is devoted to examining alternative education
settings and the development of helping skills
appropriate to working in those settings.
Restricted to Elementary and Special Education
majors with a minimum of 60 credit hours; others by
permission.
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