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Basic Course: $20.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $45.00
This is a course that will help parents and educators understand the effects of violence and its impact on children. During the past 25 years, violent crime among juveniles has more than quadrupled, and weapons offenses for children ages 10-17 have doubled. What has happened? We must try to understand why violent and horrific events are occurring with alarming frequency. Who is to blame? Schools? Parents? Media? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent this escalation? This class will provide alarming but basic facts and statistics about violence and children; provide discussions regarding the news report, possible causes of violence and early identification of potential for violence; how to help children avoid violent conflicts, and finally solutions, ideas and resources to help prevent violence in homes, schools and communities. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

A course that will help parents and educators understand the effects of violence and its impact on children. During the past 25 years, violent crime among juveniles has more than quadrupled, and weapons offenses for children ages 10-17 have doubled. What has happened? We must try to understand why violent and horrific events are occurring with alarming frequency. Who is to blame? Schools? Parents? Media? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent this escalation? This class will provide alarming but basic facts and statistics about violence and children; discussion regarding the news report, Little Criminals; possible causes of violence and early identification of potential for violence; how to help children avoid violent conflicts; and finally solutions that parents and educators ideas and resources to help prevent violence in their homes, schools and communities.
Violence and Children is a course providing educators and parents with an understanding of violence and its effect on children. Information will include: 1. Basic facts and statistics about violence and children, 2. Discussion regarding the news report, Little Criminals, 3. Possible causes of violence and early identification of potential for violence, 4. How to help children avoid violent conflicts, 5. What can parents and educators do to prevent violence.

This will be a pass/fail course. If you participate fully in the discussion area, complete required assignments and participate by evaluating your progress through the quizzes and surveys, then you will pass. If you fail to log in (come to class) weekly/ regularly, do not post in the discussion area, and neglect completing your assignments, then you will not receive a certificate until the requirements are met.

Instructor Sandra Looper's education includes an M.A. East Central University 1982 Counseling, B.S.Ed. Southwestern Oklahoma State University 1971 Elementary Education and certified as an elementary teacher, principal and K-12 Counselor.


This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Learning About Violence and Children Lesson 1 - The 6 articles provided will insure us a common background for understanding and discussion as we begin our class.
  2. Little Criminals Lesson 2 - A PBS, Frontline news report that highlights the alarming trend of children and crime.
  3. Causes of Violence Lesson 3 - During this lesson, you will discover what causes people to become violent, when one can begin to detect violent tendencies, and how to distinigush between misbehavior and potentially violent behavior tendencies.
  4. The Aggression Component Lesson 4 - This article discusses how violent behavior begins, signs of aggression, the impact of television and the nurture vs. nature argument and the importance of parents and early education in preventing violent behavior.
  5. Preventing Violence Lesson 5 - After reading these 7 articles, you'll discover several ways to prevent violent behavior.
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Additional Information

Course Title : Violence and Children
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 3961
Course Type : Professional Development
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/violence
Course Review : Reviewed & Approved on June 27, 2002
Instructor : Sandra Looper
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $20.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $45.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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