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Course Details
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Course Title Cognitive Development, Trauma and Loss - Children's Mental Health
Conestoga Course Code OLRN1417
Host College Sir Sanford Fleming College
OntarioLearn Course Code SF-HLTH280
Start Date 01/13/2026
End Date 04/21/2026
Course Fee $403.25
Hours 45
Pre-requisites
Course Description Students will determine the effects of trauma on cognitive development of infants, children, and adolescents. Students will also identify those children with trauma histories in order to limit the potential triggers within the therapeutic environment. The theories of loss and grief, as these relate to the infant, child, and adolescent population will be explored throughout the course.
Midterm Exam Format No exam requirement
Final Exam Format No exam requirement
Other Evaluation Details Discussion Posts 40%, Assignments 60%
Minimum Passing Mark 50
Mandatory Chats
Mandatory Group Work
Other Details
Platform d2l/brightspace
Computer Software Requirements
Additional We suggest you do not purchase your textbooks until approximately two weeks prior to the course start date as textbooks may change.
Textbook Information Purchase textbook from www.textnet.ca. No substitutions unless otherwise stated.
Textbooks
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Textbook Title The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and other Stories Children and Loss The Body Remembers
Author Perry and Szalavitz Elizabeth Pomeroy and Renee Bradford Garcia B. Rothschild
Publisher Basic Books Oxford Press WW Norton
Edition 3rd 1st 1st
ISBN 9780465094455 9780190616274 9780393703276
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