Unit information: Life Span Development in 2009/10

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Unit name Life Span Development
Unit code ACHS20006
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Mr. Sidgwick
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department School of Applied Community and Health Studies
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

This unit explores human development in relation to ages, stages and experiences of lifestyle and identity and how an understanding of these will enable the counsellor a better insight into the client and his/her world. A range of models will be examined (e.g. Freud, Erikson, Levinson, Piaget).

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