Course syllabus for Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents for Psychologists

Psykologarbete bland barn och ungdom

Specific entry requirements

To be eligible to advance to this course, students must have no more than 15 credits remaining from the previous term, and no credits remaining from any terms preceding this.

Students who fail a clinical placement (or equivalent) as a result of demonstrating such a serious lack of knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or the patients' confidence in medical care is at risk, will only be qualified for a new clinical placement once the individual action plan has been carried out.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

Module 1, Theories, models and methods that concerning children and adolescents

• give an account of basic theories and models in psychologist work with children and adolescents e.g. concerning development and maintenance of problems
• describe attitudes and basic strategies in psychological interventions that target children and adolescents, e.g., how guardians can be involved and how one can handle a lack of motivation
• formulate analysis and conceptualization based on theories, models and methods relating to children and adolescents.

Module 2, Applied clinical practice with children and adolescents

• carry out behaviour consultation, including interviewing a pedagogue/teacher, doing child observations and giving oral and written feedback to the pedagogue/teacher
• integrate theoretical knowledge of children and consultative work (from module 1) in the practical implementation of behaviour consultation
• Show a professional approach and attitude in the consultative work as psychologist.

Content

The student is expected from earlier courses (Developmental psychology and Clinical psychology 1) to have basic knowledge about assessment - and testing methodology, communication methodology and behavioural analysis. This course mainly all intends to provide knowledge about how these skills can be applied in psychological work with children and adolescents.

The course is divided in the following two modules:

Module 1, Theories, models and methods concerning children and adolescents, 3 credits
A smaller part of the module is devoted to theories and models that concern psychologist work with children and adolescents, as for instance knowledge of risk and protective factors, prevention models, system theory and models of interaction. The larger part of the module is about attitude and basic strategies in psychological interventions. This includes, aspects of the psychologist work that are central in work with children and adolescents - in particular consultative work with parents and school staff.

Module 2, Applied clinical practice with children and adolescents, 3 credits
The other module of the course include a placement where the student conduct a behavioural consultations with a pedagogue/teacher at a preschool. This includes interviewing a pedagogue/teacher, observe the interplay between pedagogues/teachers and children, analyze the interplay and give feedback to the pedagogue/teacher. Furthermore, the student should take into consideration ethical aspects during the work with the behavioural consultation. No individual children will be subjected to observation or documentation.

Teaching methods

Module 1, Theories, models and methods concerning children and adolescents
The teaching consists of teacher-led lectures. Researchers and clinically active psychologists with experience working with children and adolenscents lead the teaching. Throughout the module, students apply knowledge of theories, models and methods to fictional cases.

Module 2, Applied clinical practice with children and adolescents
The main part of the module is devoted to the placement activity at pre-schools. The students visit a preschool individually or in pairs on four occasions. During these visits, each student carries out consultative work with a pre-school pedagogue/ teacher. Before and between the visits, the students participate in compulsory lectures and seminars to obtain necessary guidance in the practical work.

Some course elements are compulsory, see heading "Examination".

Examination

The course is examined in the following way:

Module 1, Theories, models and methods concerning children and adolescents
a) examination seminar based on the main course book, is graded U or G
b) written test based on the scientific articles and the contents on lectures and seminars, is graded U or G
c) compulsory seminars according to schedule
d) compulsory written assignment based on fictive cases

The module is graded U or G. The grade G requires G on examination a and b, as well as fulfillment of compulsory course elements, according to instructions.

Module 2, Applied clinical practice with children and adolescents
a) individual written report from the clinical practice at the pre-school, is graded U or G
b) continuous examination of professional approach in connection with VFU, is graded U or G
c) compulsory seminars according to schedule

The module is graded U or G. The grade G requires G on examination a and b, as well as fulfillment of compulsory course elements, according to instructions.

Course grade
The entire course is graded U or G. The grade G requires G on both module 1 and 2.

Absence from or unfulfillment of compulsory course elements
The examiner decides whether, and if so how, absence from or unfulfillment of compulsory course elements can be made up for. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in or fulfilled compulsory course elements, or compensated for any absence/ failure to fulfill in accordance with instructions from the examiner. Absence from or unfulfillment of a compulsory course element may imply that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.

Limitation of placement/clinical modules
Students who have not received a pass in the regular VFU have the right to participate on one (1) additional occasion, however, this may be at the next course occasion.

The examiner may, with immediate effect, interrupt a student's clinical placement (or equivalent) if the student demonstrates such serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or patient confidence in healthcare is at risk. If a clinical placement is interrupted in this way the student is deemed to have failed that element and to have used up one clinical placement opportunity. In such cases, an individual action plan should be set up stating which activities and tests are required before the student is qualified for a new clinical placement on the course. The number of times a student has the right to undergo such activities and examinations is limited to two times.

Possibility of exception from the course syllabus' regulations on examination
If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a functional disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected knowledge, skills and attitudes may not be changed, removed or reduced.

Transitional provisions

The transition rules follow KI's local guidelines for examination.

Other directives

Course evaluation takes place from the expected learning outcomes of the course syllabus take place according to KI's local guidelines. Results and possible actions are communicated to the students in the course web page.

Literature and other teaching aids

Mandatory literature

Rosengren, Anna
KBT ur ett barnperspektiv: förhållningssätt och anpassningar i psykiatriskt arbete
Första utgåvan : [Stockholm] : Natur & kultur, [2019] - 325 sidor ISBN: 9789127823242, LIBRIS-ID: x73m8949vlkckdnd,

Articles accordning to teacher's instructions (100-150 pages)