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Family & Community Services Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Crises Across the Lifespan

University:
University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Nebraska - Lincoln logo
Course Number:
CYAF 853
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $610 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 26, 2024 - December 13, 2024

Overview

Course Description

This course provides students with resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan to use in their own lives and the lives of families they serve. Students learn about the biopsychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; and models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises.

Contacts

Instructor

Carrie L. Hanson-Bradley
Office: 402-472-4905
chanson-bradley@unl.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Directory
Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

What Happened to You?
Winfrey
ISBN: 9781250223180
Publisher: Macmillan Trade

Course Access

Canvas at UNL

UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education, Early Childhood & Family Policy, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development
Kelly Durkin for Dietetics
Melisia Bieber for Merchandising
Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.