PSX_003 Counselling psychology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject is conceived as a systematical overview of relations with others psychological disciplines and contents of investigation with focus on counseling care of children and juveniles in individual stages of their development. Aim: providing of general knowledge base of psychological counseling for children and adolescents. After the course students will be able to adequate control terminology and will be familiar with the diagnostic categories. At the end of the course students will to state the strategy of counseling process for the above mentioned issues, adequate procedure of examination and build battery of relevant psychodiagnostic methods.
Syllabus
  • Following issues will be discussed in this course: the structure of the counseling process (anamnesis, assessment and diagnostic methods), causes of school failure, attention disorders, specific study development disorders - dyslexia, dysgraphy, dysortography (definition, etiology etc.), pre-school period, school period, career, professional consultancy, emotion disorders in childhood and adolescence, mental deprivation, children and their school class, educational psychology. Program would be enriched with case studies. 1. Pedagogical-psychological counseling. Actual state, development, education, relation and cooperation with other disciplines, personality of psychologist. 2. Counseling care of children and adolescents in the life course. Counseling process, overview of the issues, diagnostic devices, types of examinations. 3. Developmental language disorders. Language development and its pathology, pronunciation disorders, articulation and speech rhythm, disorders of grammatical sentence construction, social use of language. 4. Mental deficiency Definition, diagnostics, epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis. Clinical forms of m. d., prognosis, differential diagnosis, professional care. 5. Pervasive developmental disorders. Autism, Asperger s syndrome, schizoid disorder in childhood. 6. Activity and attention disorders. Hyperactivity, impulsivity, hyperkinetic disorder, ADHD. 7. Pre-school age. Irregular development. School attendance capability. Laterality in counseling process. 8. School age Start of school attendance, school performance. School relevant deficiencies in structure of abilities. Specific developmental learning disorders. Gifted children. Rearing problems. 9. Professional and career counseling. 10. Emotional disorders in childhood and adolescence. 11. Children endangered by environment. Mental deprivation, CAN, prevention. 12. Child in school class. 13. Educational psychology.
Literature
  • MCLEOD, John. Counselling skill. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2007, ix, 281. ISBN 9780335218097. info
  • MILNER, Judith and Patrick O'BYRNE. Assessment in counselling : theory, process, and decision-making. Edited by Jo Campling. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, xiii, 232. ISBN 1403904294. URL info
  • MCLEOD, John. An introduction to counselling. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2003, xix, 613. ISBN 0335211895. URL info
  • Handbook of counselling psychology. Edited by Ray Woolfe - Windy Dryden - Sheelagh Strawbridge. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications, 2003, xviii, 709. ISBN 9780761972075. info
  • GELSO, Charles and Bruce FRETZ. Counselling psychology. 2nd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt college publishers, 2001, xx, 652 s. ISBN 0-15-507156-4. info
  • SEDEN, Janet. Counselling skills in social work practice. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1999, x, 166. ISBN 0335199682. URL info
Teaching methods
Individual tutoring
Assessment methods
Written essay (5 pages), oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Výuka probíhá formou konzultací s příslušným vyučujícím.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pouze zahraničním studentům psychologie.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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