Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Code:

P804

Acronym:

ACCA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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	32	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

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. Clinical assessment of children and adolescents: an overview. Issues and dimensions in clinical assessment. Quantitative assessment. Qualitative developmental approach to assessment. Eco-behavioral approach in clinical assessment
2. Infant assessment: forms and contexts
3. Cognition; quantitative intelligence tests for children and adolescents; Piagetian qualitative developmental assessment.
4. Communication: Instruments and measures.
5. Attachment: methods and tools for assessment of attachment in children and adolescents
6. Personal and social assessment: instruments for children and adolescents
7. Strategies and specific measures:
            7.1.Assessment of maltreatment
            7.2.Assessment of autism-spectrum disorders
            7.3.Assessment of emotional symptoms
            7.4.Assessment of behavior disturbances. Hyperactivity and attention deficit.
            7.5. Evaluation of the quality of interactions and relationships

7.6. Assessment of family dynamics
8. Ethical and legal issues of the clinical assessment

 

Mandatory literature

Fernandes João Cabral 340; DSM-IV-TR. ISBN: 972-796-020-0
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

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. Supervision of a process of clinical assessment of a child or adolescent followed by students, under the direct guidance of a psychologist in different contexts.
5. Peer learning - students participate in the presentation of clinical cases followed by peers, under the supervision of the professor.

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 (%)
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Trabalho escrito	45,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

 

Evaluation of the students achievement is based on:
1. Oral presentations (20%)
2. Conducting a clinical assessment of a child or adolescent (40%);
3. Report of the clinical assessment of a child or adolescent (40%);