and most importantly the ontogeny of deception in children as well as the practical implications of empirical research on deception and its development in educational, legal, and clinical contexts. By permission of instructor only. HDP3238 H Special Topics in Human Development and Applied Psychology: Doctoral Level: Conceptual and Statistical Approaches to Complex Structures in Families This course reviews the latest approaches in multilevel modelling that are applicable to the analysis of complex family data. Within family differences in children's development are most appropriately analysed using multilevel modelling. Students will test family theory using complex statistical techniques. Students are expected to have access to a dataset that is suitable for analysis in a family framework. Prerequisites for this course include Multilevel Modelling in Social Scientific and Educational Research (HDP 3227) and Developmental Psychopathology (HDP 1236). Students are expected to be well versed in multilevel modelling, the literature on families and developmental psychopathology and have published in the family research domain. HDP3238 H Special Topics in Human Development and Applied Psychology: Doctoral Level: Advanced Programming for Reading and Writing Difficulties This course focuses on prevention and intervention in the area of reading and writing difficulties and disabilities and has both a classroom-based and a practicum component. In class, students critically review research-based interventions to meet specific programming needs for children and adolescents who have serious reading and writing difficulties. The practicum component involves implementing a theory-based remediation (with students of all ages) and consultation with teachers and parents. The course is intended