Specific Models of Clinical Intervention with Children and Adolescents

Code:

P805

Acronym:

MEICCA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	19	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Contact with practical aspects of consultation with children 2. Deepen the knowledge about specific models of intervention with children 3. Get some experience in psychological intervention with children: evaluate of the whole situation and design an intervention 4. Training writing reports of clinical sessions 5. Planning the meetings with children and with parents of children and possibly teachers 6. Reflect critically on psychological consultation processes with children

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Direct contact with the various steps of a clinical case 2. Basic skills to begin a process of psychological consultation with children or teenagers; 3. Capabilities of clinical evaluation of a case; 4. Familiarity with the holding of records of proceedings and reports of a clinical case 5. Contact with some intervention techniques; 6. Capacity of writing a clinical case study, with respective conceptualization.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Central aspects in attendance, records and organization of consultation with children and adolescents. 2. Presentation of some specific models of intervention. Issues associated with the high incidence of psychological consultation with children. b. Recent and major impact on clinical work with children 3. Participation in the monitoring of a case: analysis and planning sessions. 4. Presentation of cases. 5. Discussion of cases.

Mandatory literature

Gonçalves Miguel; Terapia narrativa da ansiedade. ISBN: 972-8535-48-1
Gonçalves Miguel M. 570; Psicoterapia, discurso e narrativa. ISBN: 978-989-558-056-8
Kendall Philip C. 340; Handbook of research methods in clinical psychology. ISBN: 0-471-29509-4
Walker C. Eugene 340; Handbook of clinical child psychology. ISBN: 0-471-24406-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

1.  Expository presentation of specific clinical intervention models, illustrated with examples. 2. Direct observation of a clinical case. 3. Analysis of detailed reports of a clinical case with children/adolescents. 4. Exercise planning an intervention from a case presented. 5. Case presentations to the class. 6. Case discussion inside class. Organization: Sessions with the whole class / sessions with half the class / work in small groups and individuals.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Clinical psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Psychotherapy
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Cognitive science
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Developmental psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	20,00
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Trabalho escrito	55,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	1,00
Frequência das aulas	3,30
Trabalho de campo	2,00
Total:	6,30

Calculation formula of final grade

1st Working Group presentation of a clinical case from a detailed report of the same - 2 points;  2nd Working Group presentation of an intervention plan - 4 points; 3rd participating group in a case, implying the presence in all sessions and corresponding report - 5 points. 4th working group presentation of the case in monitoring - 5 points; 5th Oral discussion of individual works and the theoretical material - 4 points