FF:PSA_030 Short-Term Placement at Child - Course Information

PSA_030 Short-Term Placement at Child Counselling Facilities

Extent and Intensity

0/0/10. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

PSA_030/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Prerequisites

PSA_0SZ Comprehensive Examination
II. Cycle programme assumes knowledge of topics and literature of subjects: PSA 019, PSA O36 - Psychology of Development I, II, PSA 052 Consulting Psychology, PSA O53 Psychological Diagnostics of Children and Adolescents. Attendance of semester obligatory briefing where student registers chosen subject is necessary. Date and place of meeting will be advised to students via email well in advance.

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

• Psychology (programme FF, M-PS) (2)

Course objectives

It is scheduled two weeks short-term attachment (10 working days altogether) in pedagogical-psychological consultancies and other state or private institutions working in field of care for children and adolescents inside the Czech Republic.
The aim of subject study is to acquire basic orientation and overview of work of psychologists in these organizations and understanding of practice within specialized framework of consulting psychology.

Learning outcomes

The student will gain:
- basic knowledge and orientation in special practical subjects comprising work of psychologists in these work places;
- practical experience in working with client (under supervision of psychologist);
- practical experience in using diagnostic method (under supervision of psychologist).
The student will be able to develop the required background from the practice at the appropriate level of processing.

Syllabus

• Duration of short-term attachment practice is two weeks. It is recommended to split stay into one week attachment in some of pedagogical-psychological consultancies and one week attachment in other state institutions working inside framework of educational resort (for instance SPC, schools of special needs, homes for youths etc.) or alternatively one week in private establishments working with children and adolescents. During this short-term practice students (after agreement with psychologist who leads students’ practice) are to conduct one anamnesis under supervision of psychologist, to work using one diagnostic method (recommended is WISC III) under supervision of psychologist.

Literature

required literature
• Matějček Z. (2011). Praxe dětského psychologického poradenství. ISBN 978-80-262-0000-0
• SVOBODA, Mojmír. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. (Psychogiagnostics of Child and Adolescents). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, 791 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-7178-545-8. info

recommended literature
• Clinical interviewing. Edited by John Sommers-Flanagan - Rita Sommers-Flanagan. Fifth edition. 1 online r. ISBN 9781118270042. info
• Fontana, D. (2014). Psychologie ve školní praxi. ISBN 978-80-262-0741-2
• Cogenet, G. (2013). Dětská kresba jako diagnostický nástroj. ISBN 978-80-262-0499-2
• caby, F., Caby, A. (2014). Příručka psychoterapeutických technik pro práci s dětmi a rodinami. ISBN 978-80-262-0710-8
• Stuchlíková, I. a kol. (2005). Zvládání emočních problémů školáků. ISBN 80-7178-534-2
• Culley S., Bond T. (2008). Integrativní přístup v poradenství a psychoterapii. ISBN 978-80-7367-452-6
• Weiss, P. a kol. (2011). Etické otázky v psychologii. ISBN 978-80-7367-845-6
• MCLEOD, John. Doing research in counselling and psychotherapy. Third edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015, xi, 269. ISBN 9781446201398. info
• SLAVIN, Robert E. Educational psychology : theory and practice. Tenth edition, Pearson new i. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, ii, 578. ISBN 9781292020730. info
• MCLEOD, John. An introduction to counselling. Fifth edition. Meidenhead: McGraw Hill, 2013, xxv, 750. ISBN 9780335247226. info
• MCLEOD, John and Julia MCLEOD. Counselling skills : a practical guide for counsellors and helping professionals. Second edition. Meidenhead: McGraw Hill, 2011, xiv, 356. ISBN 9780335244263. info
• MCLEOD, John. The counsellor's workbook : developing a personal approach. Second edition. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill, 2010, xi, 228. ISBN 9780335228713. info

not specified
• Svoboda, J. (2014). Agrese a agresivita v předškolním a mladším školním věku. ISBN 978-80-262-0603-3
• Daniel Romer, Elaine F. Walker. Adolescent Psychopathology and the Developing Brain: Integrating Brain and Prevention Science. ISBN 9780195306262

Teaching methods

Students are asked to reserve two weeks of short-term attachment practice in recommended work places by themselves. Tuitions are run in parts. Students are required to comply with working regulations of chosen working place and keep themselves with rules of professional etiquette.

Assessment methods

Requirement for obtaining term credit is submission of written paper comprising of confirmation of active work participation from individual work places recorded in "Protocol of passing practice in children’s consulting psychology", written compilation of one anamnesis conducted under supervision of psychologist, written elaboration of one diagnostic method used under supervision of psychologist. This elaboration must contain observation from working process with diagnostic method, overview of results and basic diagnostic conclusions and personal reflection on short-term work attachment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 dnů.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/psych/download/protokoly/det_por_ok.doc

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