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Special Dates |
Week 1
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Begins Tuesday September 6
Graded work is due Sunday September 11
- Introduction to the Course
- Lesson 1: Conceptual Foundations of Geriatric Mental Health
- Lesson ZERO - Part I
- Lesson 1 Discussion (online class)
- Lesson 1 Quiz
- Lesson ZERO - Part I Discussion - All students
- Lesson ZERO - Part I Quiz
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| Week 2 |
Begins Monday September 12
Graded work is due Sunday September 18
- Lesson 2: The Study of Adult Development
- Lesson ZERO- Part II
- Read Chapter 1
- Read Chapter 2
- Lesson 2 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 2 Quiz
- Lesson ZERO - Part II Discussion
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| Week 3 |
Begins Monday September 19
Graded work is due Sunday September 25
- Lesson 3: Healthy Aging & Does Wisdom Increase with Age?
- Lesson ZERO - Part III
- Read Chapter 7
- Read Chapter 9
- Lesson 3 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 3 Quiz
- Lesson ZERO - Part III Discussion
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| Week 4 |
Begins Monday September 26
Graded work is due Sunday October 2
- Lesson 4: Interviewing and Assessment
- Read Chapter 3
- Lesson 4 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 4 Quiz
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| Week 5 |
Begins Monday October 3
Graded work is due Sunday October 9
- Lesson 5: Emotional Maturation and Do People Really Change Over Time?
- Read Chapter 11
- Lesson 5 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 5 Quiz
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| Week 6 |
Begins Monday October 10
Graded work is due Sunday October 16
- Lesson 6: Retirement, Play, and Creativity
- Read Chapter 8
- Lesson 6 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 6 Assignment
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| Week 7 |
Begins Monday October 17
Graded work is due Sunday October 23
- Lesson 7: Benefits, Entitlements, & Community Services
and The Americans with Disabilities Act
- Lesson 7 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 7 Assignment
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| Week 8 |
Begins Monday October 24
Graded work is due Sunday October 30
- Lesson 8: Neurocognitive Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease
- Lesson 8 Discussion (for online course)
- Lesson 8 Quiz
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| Week 9 |
Begins Monday October 31 Happy Halloween!
Graded work is due Sunday November 6
- Lesson 9: The Past and How much it Matters and the Keeper of Meaning
- Read Chapter 5
- Lesson 9 Discussion (for online course)
- Review expectations for Lesson 11 Assignment this week since it includes a significant amount of work.
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Look at Lesson 11 Assignment |
| Week 10 |
Begins Monday November 7
Graded work is due Sunday November 13
- Lesson 10: Managing Behaviors & Symptoms and Caregiving
- Lesson 10 Discussion (for online course)
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| Week 11 |
Begins Monday November 14
Graded work is due Sunday November 20
- Lesson 11: Psychiatric Disorders
and Aging
- Lesson 11 Discussion (to post assignment, all students)
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| Week 12 |
Begins Monday November 21
Graded work is due Sunday November 27
- Lesson 19: Substance Abuse in Late Adulthood
- Read Chapter 6
- Lesson 12 Discussion (online course only)
- Lesson 12 Quiz
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Start working on analysis of poem |
| Week 13 |
Begins Monday November 28
Graded work is due Sunday December 4
- Lesson 13: Elder Abuse & Capacity
- Lesson 13 Discussion (online course only)
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| Week 14 |
Begins Monday December 5
Graded work is due Sunday December 11
- Lesson 14: End of Life Care
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Analysis of a Poem is Due - Sunday December 11 |
| Week 15 |
Begins Monday December 12
Graded work is due Friday December 16
- Lesson 15: Spirituality, Religion, Integrity and Positive Aging
- Read Chapter 12
- Lesson 15 Discussion (online course only)
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All work needs to be completed and submitted to Instructor by FRIDAY December 16. |