PSY 6609 - Infant/Early Childhood Testing and Evaluation

3 Semester Hour(s)

This is a graduate level course and is intended to provide an understanding of various models of assessment by examining biopsychosocial development and cultural formation of infants and their families through a reflective lens of attachment, neurobiology, ethics, case conceptualization, and other factors using clinical observations of infants, families, and relationships; informal and formal assessments. Student taking this course will conduct a series of three observations modified version of the “Tavistock method of Infant Observation” and receive a minimum of two hours of reflective supervision/consultation via an online platform every week during this course. Course readings and recordings are pulled from clinical and nonclinical infant/early childhood mental health and parent mental health sources.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 6607.