APSY6348 · Education

Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children, Families, and Communities

Lynch School of Education & Human Development

This course is designed to provide an overview of key issues that arise in the development, implementation, evaluation, and scaling of prevention and intervention programs that intersect with the field of psychology. Key issues include the challenges and opportunities of research-practice partnerships, the critical role of theories of change, diverse perspectives on evidence, and unintended consequences of good intentions. A variety of exemplar prevention and intervention programs are used to illustrate and analyze these key issues using theoretical, conceptual, and empirical works from psychological science.