Note: This course is intended primarily for Child Study and Education students and M.Ed. students with an interest in adaptive instruction and special education. Others must seek the permission of the instructor to register. HDP1279 H Preventative Interventions for Children at Risk This course examines evidenced based efforts to prevent problems that place children and youth at risk. Focus will be on ways of reducing risk and increasing protective factors. Coverage includes interventions that effectively deal with health, social, and educational issues impacting well being and life chances. Poverty, chronic illness, and intentional and unintentional injury are some of the areas surveyed. HDP1284 H Psychology and Education of Children and Adolescents with Behaviour Disorders Psychological and educational characteristics of children and adolescents with behaviour disorders with an emphasis on the interplay between constitutional and environmental factors that contribute to these disorders. Research on current assessment and intervention procedures will be analysed. NOTE: This course is intended primarily for Child Study and Education students and M.Ed. students with an interest in adaptive instruction and special education. Others must seek the permission of the instructor to register. HDP1285 H Psychology and Education of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities Psychological and educational characteristics of children and adolescents with learning disabilities and ADHD with an emphasis on the constitutional and environmental factors that contribute to these disabilities and enable optimal functioning. Emphasis is placed on the concept of learning disability and on the educational implications of the research literature in the field. NOTE: