Educational Psychological Counselling

Code:

P822

Acronym:

CPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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	20	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To describe the dimensions involved in school (in)adaptation
To elaborate on the intersections between the school and normal and disturbed development
To describe the expression of the main child and adolescent problems in the school context
To plan the main goals and strategies of school-based intervention for students' behavioral, social, emotional and motivational problems
To develop communication counseling skills training
To acknowledge the ethical implications of school-based psychological intervention

Program

I- Models of Educational Psychological Counselling: Evolution of paradigms
II – Communication and interpersonal counseling skills
1- Direct communication and interpersonal counseling skills: with teachers, students, and students’ families
2- Using communication and interpersonal counseling skills to support teacher-teacher and student-student communication and interaction
3- Using communication and interpersonal counseling skills to support parenting management of students’ needs
III- Educational Psychological Counselling: A developmental perspective
1- Contributions of Developmental Psychology and Developmental Psychopathology to Educational Psychology
1.1- Developmental tasks of children and adolescents: self-concept, learning, peer relations and family relations
1.2- Personal, family , and relational consequence of school inadaptation
1.3- Family and peer influences on school adaptation
IV- Assessment and intervention in the most frequent students problems: conceptual models and specific techniques
1- Behavioral problems
2- Emotional problems
3- Motivational problems
4- Relational problems

Mandatory literature

Calfee, R. C. & Berliner, D. C. ; Handbook of Educational Psychology, NY: Macmillan., 1996
Gazda, G. M., Asbury, F. R., Balzer, F. J., Childers, W. C., Phelps, R. E., & Walters, R. P. ; Human relations development. A manual for educators, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999
Sandoval Jonathan 340; Handbook of crisis counseling intervention and prevention in the schools. ISBN: 0-8058-3616-0
Hill Clara E.; Helping skills. ISBN: 1-59147-104-4

Complementary Bibliography

Gupta Rajinder M. ed. lit.; Intervention with children. ISBN: ISBN 0-415-00791-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Study of the documents suggested by the teacher and autonomous exploration of complementary literature, including scientific journals in the domain of educational counseling
-Participation in classroom activities
- Small groups discussion
- Communication and interpersonal counseling skills practice (modeling and role-playing)
-Case discussion

Software

Consultar Documentos da UC

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	84,00
	Exame	3,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	95	2011-02-11
	Total:	95,00

Eligibility for exams

Admission to exams may require the participation of students in activities that will be proposed in class during the semester and may involve the delivery of written reports.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The student workers (SW) and other students in special circumstances will be evaluated in the same way that students in a normal situation and should take the examination .
The final examination of SW and other students in special circumstances may include an additional question on the practical skills acquired throughout the semester.
It is essential to have direct contact with faculty at the beginning of the semester to set the work to be done .

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is done by a new final exam .