Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Code:

P804

Acronym:

ACCA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2016/2017 - 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	25	Official Curricular Structure	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. 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. Evaluation of development

5. Family context evaluation

6.Assessment peer (Sociometry)

7. Interview

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

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.Note oriented videos and discussion. 
5. Peer learning - students participate in the presentation of clinical cases followed by peers, under the supervision of the professor.
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

Calculation formula of final grade

The final score is obtained by the sum of the grades obtained at:
  Test (40% weight), and required a minimum score of 4 points in this component;
Work field (30% weight) , and required a minimum score of 3 values in this component;
Written work  (30% weight), and required a minimum score of 3 values in this component.