About Us
"The Department of Child and Adolescent Development at California State University, Northridge is one of the few universities across the globe that offer the Bachelor's degree in Child and Adolescent Development. The program has some of the finest nationally recognized and award-winning faculty who are committed to training future practitioners and scholars in the fields of child development, adolescent development, developmental psychology, and education."
Department Overview
"The Department of Child and Adolescent Development is dedicated to promoting and advocating for the well-being of children, adolescents and families through the pursuits of teaching, research, service, reflective practice and community engagement.
Our mission is threefold: (a) to prepare undergraduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be highly effective professionals working with diverse populations in school, service and community settings; (b) to conduct sound developmentally informed research with implications for improving the lives of children and families; and (c) to make significant contributions to the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles community through fieldwork, service, research and community engagement."
Graduation
Class of 2020
Dear CADV Class of 2020,
"You have arrived at a significant waypoint on your journey through life. Completing a bachelor’s degree is a significant accomplishment! When the school year began last August, few of us could have ever imagined that we’d be celebrating your graduation “virtually” due to a statewide stay-at-home order. As many of you know, the pomp & circumstance of the Cal State Northridge commencement festivities is unrivaled across the 23 campuses of the Cal State system. At CSUN we highly value visibly recognizing the accolades and accomplishments of your university degree. Please know this, the faculty & staff of the Department of Child and Adolescent Development are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to celebrate with you, in-person, once it becomes safe to do so. Until then, I hope you enjoy this video montage of heartfelt well-wishes from your department faculty. We hope that these messages provide you some joy and a smile as you finish your final days as a Child and Adolescent Development student at CSUN. As you will witness in the video, your faculty deeply care about you and your success; and not only your success at CSUN, but your long-term success in all of life’s endeavors! We truly are inspired by you. You provide us optimism about the future of the field of child and adolescent development, and we know that you embody our department’s motto of “changing lives daily.”
Go Matadors! - Dr. David Wakefield, Professor & Chair | Department of Child and Adolescent Development
The department would like to thank the Events Committee (Drs. Meyer, Grote, Camacho & Moschetti) for shepherding this project to completion.
We also extend our gratitude and special thanks to Mr. Ricky Corona, a music major and friend of CADV who volunteered his time and talents in the post-production editing process."