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PSYC 2017 – DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD AND
ADOLESCENCE
INSTRUCTOR: TERYN BRUNI, PHD., BCBA
Objectives…
Introductions
Q&A
Education and Interests
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
2018 — 2022
Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 — 2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI Teryn Bruni, PhD, BCBA-D
2015 — 2016
Predoctoral Internship Office: SH508
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Email: teryn.bruni@algomau.ca
2014 — 2015
Community Mental Health Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
2010 — 2011 Research Interests:
• Integrated Mental Health
Spectrum Intervention Group Autism Program • Brief Evidence-based
Ottawa, ON
Interventions
2008 — 2010
• Mental health training and
Niagara Child & Youth Services 2007 — 2008 implementation
St. Catharines, ON Community Living Algoma • Healthcare and mental health
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
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• Wellness and prevention
Review of Syllabus and Course
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Course Resources
PowerPoint slides All slides will be posted ~24 hours before each class.
Child Development:
Overview
Instructor: Teryn P. Bruni, PhD., BCBA-D
Objectives …
Review definition of child development
What is Resilience?
Developmental Theories
Theoretical Perspectives on Development
Piaget’s theory of cognitive • Four stages of cognitive development that center around organization and adaptation
development • Stages are age related, consist of distinct ways of thinking and understanding the world
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural • Emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
Cognitive Theory • Child development is inseparable from social and cultural experience
Bandura’s social learning • Behavior, environment, and cognition are key factors in development
theory • Emphasis on observational learning
Bronfrenbrenner’s • Development reflects the influence of several environmental systems and the interaction
ecological theory of across and within each of those systems
development
Developmental Milestones
A developmental milestone is a behavior, ability, or skill that emerges at
a particular age in most children and that can easily be observed and
described
Atypical
Development
• https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/
• https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/milestonemomentseng508.pdf
• https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/index.html
• https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development#healthy-development
• https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/screening.html
• https://cps.ca/en/tools-outils