Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Welcome to our class!

There are no Zoom meetings for this class. You will work through the week's material on your own. I'll have weekly Zoom hours for your questions. I am available by email to answer questions or set up a Zoom call to talk one one one with you anytime you need help. There are weekly Discussions and Quizzes to complete, as well as 4 larger assignments, requiring college-level reading and writing. The PCC Librarians and Writing tutors are available online and in person to help you with these.

There is no textbook to buy for this class. All course materials are free and online, provided in the course page on D2L.

I have worked for over 20 years with children from birth through adolescence as a behavioral therapist and Naturopathic doctor. I've collaborated with early childhood educators, K-12 schools, psychologists, pediatric nurses and doctors, Occupational and Speech therapists, and behavioral developmental pediatricians for many years. I love to help students considering any career working with children! 

In our class, you'll learn about Children's mental, physical, emotional, cognitive, and social health and development. You will discover strategies to promote better health and well being for all children.

This class uses the model of Social Determinants of Health to define the root causes of health disparities and solutions to remove these barriers.

This class is part of the General Education requirement (Gen Ed).

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