2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSY 455 Child Interventions


3 credits

The child interventions course focuses on assessment methods and interventions to treat child and adolescent disorders. Students will learn and practice how to conduct a comprehensive clinical interview to diagnose child and adolescent disorders and to become familiar with therapeutic issues such as ethnical and legal responsibilities and how to build a therapeutic relationship. Several models of child therapy will be discussed including family therapy and parent training, dialectical behavior therapy, group and psychopharmacological approaches. The course emphasizes the application of research in clinical practice and places assessment and treatment in a multicultural context. Assignments focus on critical thinking about childhood problems and their treatments and the practical application of assessment and treatment techniques through role-plays, practice sessions, and experiential assignments.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 290  or PSY 332 .
Spring even years



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