Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sudden Life Events
Course Code: CGB456
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To have students gain a point of view for the effects of such specific life events such as death, acute or chronic diseases, divorce, migration, birth of a sibling, earthquakes etc., and strategies to overcome effects of such specific events.

Course Content

Give information about such specific life events as divorce, acute and chronical diseases, natural disasters, birth of a sibling, etc., Give informetions to families about possible efects of such events, method to overcome such effect.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Define sudden life events
2.List sudden life events
3.Explain the effects of sudden life events on child's developmental processes
4.Evaluate sudden life events in family-child and environment interaction
5.Provides guidance to children and family about sudden life events
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çağdaş, A., Seçer, Şahin, Z. (2011).Parent Education, Eğiten Kitap, Ankara.
2.Sayar, K. ve Bağlan, F. (2014). Preventive Psychology. 6. Basım. İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları
3.Levine, P.A. & Kline, M. (2021). Trauma through a Child's Eyesa. Birol Gündoğdu (Ed). İstanbul: Butik Yayıncılık
4.Tanhan, F., Arı İnci, F. (2009). Death Education. Ankara: Pegem
5.Sarıtaş Atalar, D. (2014). Emotion Regulation, Adolescence and Parenthood. Ankara: ODTÜ Yayıncılık.
6.Ertürk Kara, G., Yıldız, T.G. ve Fındık, E. (2018). Self-Regulation in Early Childhood. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is the concept of sudden life events?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Types of sudden life events
Week 3 - Theoretical
Family and child in sudden life events
Week 4 - Theoretical
Society and children in sudden life events
Week 5 - Theoretical
Evaluation of divorce in terms of child-family and environment
Week 6 - Theoretical
Evaluation of an acute, chronic or fatal disease condition that may be seen by any one of the family members or the child itself
Week 7 - Theoretical
Approach in disasters
Week 8 - Theoretical
Evaluation of acute, chronic or terminal illness in terms of child, family and society (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
The concept of death and the evaluation of death in the family in terms of child-family and environment
Week 10 - Theoretical
Evaluation of a new brother to join the family in terms of the other child
Week 11 - Theoretical
The need for a new brother to be a family member, or the need for special needs for the family members
Week 12 - Theoretical
Assessment of natural disasters such as earthquakes in terms of child-family and environment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Evaluation of the immigration phenomenon in terms of child-family and environment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Assignment110111
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-3
4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-4
4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-5
4
3
3
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026