Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• Common psychiatric disorders affecting school age children
• Definitions of each disorder
• Diagnostic criteria for each disorder

Understand

• The etiology of each of the psychiatric disorders
• Academic and social pressures facing students with one or more of the disorders
• Effective treatment methods for each disorder

and Be Able To

• Identify warning signs of mental illness in children
• Apply strategies and classroom interventions that promote academic and social success for students with psychiatirc disorders
• Assist and support parents of children with mental illness