Syllabus - CRD 147: Youth/Community Development

Source: University of California, Davis
Program: Community & Regional Development
Course: CRD 147: Youth/Community Development
Instructor: Dr. Ahna Suleiman, DrPH 

Description

This upper-division undergraduate course is intended to help students develop a critical understanding of influences on a health and well-being and how young people (ages 10-30) serve as agents of community change. It will also highlight how cognitive, physical, emotional, and social changes occurring during adolescence and young adulthood influence engagement in community development. This course will focus on the personal experiences of the students in the course, including the stresses and challenges they face in their communities that can affect their social, emotional, mental, and physical well-being, as well as their academic success.

Syllabus - CRD200: Planning for Health

Source: University of California, Davis
Program: Community & Regional Development
Course: CRD200 - Planning for Health
Instructor: Dr. Catherine Brinkley 

Description

This course focuses on the intersection of planning and public health. The health of an individual is determined not only by the healthcare they receive, but also by the natural, social, physical, economic, and political environment in which they live and work. This course provides students with an overview of available public spatially explicit datasets related to human and environmental health. We will cover such topics as food access, air and water quality, waste and energy infrastructure, community engagement, and the planning process. We will learn how to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIA) - and to use various environmental audit tools to measure the built environment. A variety of model practices in California, nationally and internationally are reviewed for inspiration on planning, policy and programming efforts. 

Syllabus - MCD 5040: Introduction to Human Development

Date: Fall 2017-2018
Source: University of Detroit Mercy
Program: Master of Community Development
Course: MCD 5040 - Introduction to Human Development
Instructor: Dr. Cheryl C. Munday, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology Department, College of Liberal Arts and Education

Description

This course applies human development principles and methods to define the interaction between the social, natural, and built environments and to study the behavioral and attitudinal reaction of the human inhabitant in terms of mutual and ongoing transactions. The course integrates theory, research, and practice in human ecology and ecofeminism; reviews critical factors affecting people in their environment; and offers a basis to assist community developers in the design and planning of the human environment in terms of social sustainability.

Special emphasis will be given to neighborhood and residential environments. Through intensive seminar readings and guest lectures, we will discuss human development principles and research to define the interaction between the social, natural, and built environments and to analyze the behavioral and attitudinal reaction of neighborhoods and communities in terms of mutual and ongoing transactions. Our focus this term will be on community health. 

Exercise - Emotional Intelligence and Awareness

Source: Temple University, University of Minnesota Extension: Center for Youth Development

Description

In class exercise and take-home assignment from Temple Universities CDEV3455/CTRP5455 Community Engagement and Empowerment course, to help youth build emotional intelligence and awareness leveraging the University of Minnesota Extension self-assessment tool.

Exercise - Quick Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment

Source: University of Minnesota Extension: Center for Youth Development

Description

Adults as well as youth need to be able to identify their emotions. One way to equip staff is to help them become more aware of their own emotions. Emotional Intelligence (sometimes referred to as EQ) is defined as the ability to be aware of, understand, and manage one’s emotions. This quick self-assessment can help adults feel grounded in some of the language we use in supporting SEL with youth.

Assignment - Building Emotional Self-Awareness

Date: 2012
Source: Institute for Social and Emotional Intelligence
Author: Dr. Laura A. Belsten, P.h.D.
Website: www.The-ISEI.com

Description

The goal of this exercise is to expand your ability to name your emotions. A good emotional “vocabulary” and steady self-reflection will help us become more conscious of our emotions. We cannot develop empathy for other people’s feelings until we understand our own! And we definitely can’t manage emotions we are not aware of.