Human Growth and Behaviour

Course Description

A combination of human growth developmental theory and family dynamics theory will begin this course. Growth patterns will be studied as a framework for differentiating typical and atypical behaviour. Development beginning with conception/genetics and ending with adolescence will be discussed. Woven throughout this material will be family dynamic issues and struggles; family scripts, legacies and secrets. The impact of family structure, boundaries, attachment, traditions and cultural issues will be explored.