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=Challenges Affecting Children Today: Educators Managing Adolescent Societal Issues= Educators Managing Adolescent Societal Issues is an experiential, three semester hour, continuing education graduate level course designed to promote an introduction to the understanding and an awareness of social issues that are of a global concern in our present day society. Content of the course includes: (1) the study of healthy and unhealthy family systems; (2) adolescent substance abuse/addiction; (3) effects of parental substance abuse/addiction (roles, denial, family secrets, codependency, enabling); (4) child abuse and neglect (physical, sexual, psychological); (5) state regulations regarding the reporting of abuse; (6) developmental issues of adolescents, (7) adolescent depression and suicide, (8) bullying, and (9) hate crimes.
 * 1) Educators will learn practical strategies and interventions that can be utilized in their classrooms in reaching and teaching those students exposed to abuse, neglect, community violence, and other forms of trauma.
 * 2) Successful strategies and their classroom applications for breaking down obstacles that may interfere with a troubled child’s academic achievement and social success will be discussed.
 * 3) Strategies in creating a supportive classroom environment that will meet the complex learning needs of children who “hurt” will be presented.