Toner is majoring in Psychology and Human Development and Family Sciences, and hopes to work in child psychology and family development, with a focus on children with Down syndrome. “My parents broke up when I was eight, and I know how kids feel when their family life is not the best,” she said. “I want to help and volunteer with those kids as much as I can,” if she doesn’t play professionally.
Tag: Human Development and Family Sciences
Aging may be a universal experience, but culture and ethnicity affect how aging relatives fit into the family picture. Latino families, says CPHHS Assistant Professor Carolyn Mendez-Luck, tend to care for their elderly family members at home and delay institutionalization, relative to other racial and cultural groups.
My whole career would come to be driven by questions about how women and men experience time, age and the life course.
“There is a saying on the streets of downtown Cape Town that holds so much truth, ‘I came here to change Cape Town, but Cape Town changed me.’ I feel blessed to have had such a wonderful experience in the amazing country of South Africa,” Katherine says.
Researchers in Oregon State University’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences have been awarded $4.6 million in federal grants to study how to better prepare at-risk children for school.
CPHHS School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Co-Director Karen Hooker describes the differences between Human Development and Family Sciences, Psychology and Sociology, and how the HDFS program offers a broader, more interdisciplinary perspective on individuals.