PY6015 - Child and Family Therapy

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Psychology

Miscellaneous enrolment in this subject requires the approval of the Coordinator of Professional Programs (Psychology).

This subject will develop the skills of the student to deal with more complex psychological and behavioural disorders. Topics will include child and adolescent psychopathology and the use of family therapy intervention.

Learning Outcomes

• skills in the assessment and identification of disorders specific to children and adolescents;
• skills in the assessment of family dynamics and functioning;
• basic knowledge and skills in the use of family based interventions.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

PY6011 and PY5005

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching (Two workshops per Study Period)
Coordinator:	Dr Alistair Campbell
Contact hours:	42 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	essays (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.