Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Code:

P804

Acronym:

ACCA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

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	39	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit aims to learn to conduct a clinical assessment of children or adolescents, using formal and informal methods, quantitative and qualitative. Students should be able to:
- Know the theoretical models featuring a set of assessment tools and techniques used in the clinical evaluation of children and adolescents
- Select the assessment procedures to use in a specific situation or context of clinical evaluation of children and adolescents
- Undertake the administration, quotation and interpretation of the results of formal instruments (tests, scales, questionnaires) used in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents
- Use non-formal methods of clinical assessment, mastering the technique of application and attribution of meaning to the results obtained
- Prepare a report of clinical assessment  

-  Communicate  the results of the clinical assessment

-  Be aware of the ethics and legal issues of a clinical assessment.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

The leraning outcomes are:

- mastery of strategies and tecnical procedures, both formal and informal of clinical assessment of children and adolescents

- mastery of skills tooverall  integrate the results  of a clinical assessment

- mastery of the comunication process of the clinical assessment results, both to parents and to professionals

Working method

Presencial

Program

 1. Comprehensive theoretical model of the Clinical Evaluation with Children and Adolescents
1.1.Biopsychological model (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998)

1.2.Model of the Social Information Processing (Lemerise & Arsenio, 2000).

2- Assessment and Classification in clinical evaluation with children and adolescents

DSM-5 (categorical) - ASEBA (dimensional)

3.Direct Observation (structured and semi-structured)

4.Interview

5. Developmental assessment 

6. Cognitive assessment
 
7.Family context evaluation

8 Self reports and rating scales

9. Technical projective

10. Psychological reports in the context of clinical evaluation of children and adolescents and Ethical and deontological orientations of clinical evaluation with children and adolescents

 

 

Mandatory literature

Walker C. Eugene 340; Handbook of clinical child psychology. ISBN: 0-471-24406-6
Sattler Jerome M.; Assessment of children. ISBN: 0-9618209-7-7
Conoley Jane Close 340; Family assessment. ISBN: 0-910674-38-8
Grotevant Harold D.; Family assessment. ISBN: 0-89862-733-8
Simeonsson Rune J. 340; Psychological and developmental assessment. ISBN: 1-57230-645-9
Sattler Jerome M.; Foundations of behavioral, social, and clinical assessment of children. ISBN: 978-0-9702671-8-4
Sattler Jerome M.; Resource guide to accompany foundations of behavioral, social, and clinical assessment of children. ISBN: 978-0-9702671-9-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methods used are as follows:
1. Lecture
2. Role-play for training of specific clinical assessment skills
3. Tutorial in groups of students - the professor guides the students in the search of clinical assessment tools

4.Note oriented videos and discussion. 
5. Peer learning - students participate in the presentation of clinical cases reviewed by classmates.
6. Supervised application of
 a psycological assessment methodogy in context.

keywords

Social sciences
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Clinical psychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	40,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	28,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining attendance involves the participation of students in at least 75% of the classes actually taught. It also requires an individual test on the theoretical contents taught (40% weighting, to be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20, a minimum grade of 10 values is required), conducting a research work involving a methodology of psychological evaluation (30% weighting, to be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20, a minimum mark of 10 values is required) and a written study that summarizes a process of psychological evaluation (30% weighting, to be evaluated on a scale of 0 To 20, a minimum grade of 10 points is required).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final score is obtained by the sum of the grades obtained at:
  Test (40% weight), to be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20, a minimum mark of 10 values is required in this component.
Research work (30% weight), to be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20, a minimum mark of 10 values is required in this component.
Written work  (30% weight), to be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20, a minimum mark of 10 values is required in this component.

Classification improvement

The resource time can be used to perform the theoretical component (40%) for those who have missed, failed the test or for improvement of classification. It is planned to improve the classification in the test (40%), once, until the time of appeal of the school year subsequent to the one in which they obtained approval and in which the curricular unit has scheduled examination.

Observations

Considering the operational recommendations for maintaining teaching and non-teaching activities in person, but in the impossibility of guaranteeing the presence of all the teaching activities of the 1st semester of 2020/2021 in the current pandemic context, due to the lack of physical facilities able to accommodate with security the number of students in this cycle of studies, this UC will take place partially at a distance, with synchronous moments, making use of telematic resources.