12.5 1st year Ms D. Scott Selection into Bachelor of Social Work First semester One 90 minute lecture and one 1 hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• apply their understanding of an ecological model of human development to a specific person-situation configuration;
• analyse an individual's social networks in relation to their structural and interactional properties, and their potential as a stress-buffer and stress-inducer;
• identify the significant bio-psycho-social transitions associated with the development of individuals from infancy to old age, understanding patterns of individual variation and the importance of class, gender and culture;
• describe individual patterns of coping and adaptation and the significance of protective and vulnerability factors in determining stress resilience;
• apply concepts related to loss to a broad range of stressful life events including bereavement, migration, role loss and disrupted social attachment;
• reflect critically on the theoretical perspectives and value assumptions implicit in the literature relevant to the subjective experiences and in students' own beliefs and attitudes.

Psycho-social development and adaption across the life-span. Written assignments of up to 4,000 words. Germain C Human Behaviour in Social Environment: an Ecological View, Columbia University Press and readings as provided 20.0 Ms D Scott. TBA Double semester Third year: a 90 minute lecture and a 1-hour tutorial. Psycho-social development and adaptation across the life-span. Written assignments of up to 4,000 words.