This Undergraduate Minor is designed for students interested in education, psychology, medicine, social work and public health who want to focus their career aspirations on children and adolescents.

Students will develop the skills necessary to successfully integrate the knowledge of child and adolescent mental health into their service/profession as it relates to the social and cultural context of mental health, mental illness, diagnosis and treatment, with coursework that reflects research‐based, developmentally appropriate practices for addressing children’s mental health issues.

Required

• EDUC-P 225 Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Applied Settings (3 cr.)

Complete two of the following:

• EDUC-G 208 Prevention of Adolescent Risk Behavior (3 cr.)
• EDUC-G 375 Multicultural Skills (3 cr.)
• EDUC-G 445 Consultation Theory and Skills (3 cr.)
• EDUC-K 343 Introduction to Behavior and Classroom Management (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P 248 Elementary School Child: Physical, Emtional and Social Development (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P 302 School-Based Mental Health (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P 313 Adolescents in a Learning Community (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P 314 Life Span Development (3 cr.)

Complete two of the following:

• EDUC-P 302 School-Based Mental Health (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P 403 Child and Adolescent Trauma in Applied Settings (3 cr.)
• EDUC-P404 Behavior Management in Youth (3 cr.)