Spring 2021 Course Information
Adolescents and Their Families
University: |
University of Missouri |
Course Number: |
HDFS 8234 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $590 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
January 19, 2021 - April 30, 2021 |
Course Description
This course covers adolescent development as it relates to and intertwines with family development; it examines reciprocal influences between adolescents and their families. The study highlights working with youth in relation to the family system.
Contacts
Instructor
Melissa Herzog
Office: 573-884-9845
herzogm@missouri.edu
Campus Coordinator
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?: Family transitions through adolescence and their implications for practice and policy
Harold, R., Colarossi, L., and Mercier, L.
ISBN: 0-8058-6305-2
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
American Psychological Association (2020)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Edition: 7th edition
ISBN: 978-1433832161
Publisher: Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Course Access
Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at MU, the Mizzou Online student services department will email course access information to students for courses taught by MU. Using the instructions and information in the email, students will be able to access their myZou account. Students will then be able to activate their MU email account and access
Canvas at Mizzou. Instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.
Returning students will be sent information on how to access this information and reset their password if they have forgotten it. Students are loaded into the course site one week before the start date of the class; however, instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.
Students needing assistance accessing their account should contact the IT Help Desk at
techsupport@missouri.edu or 573-882-5000.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.