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M64
Award in Creating an Understanding of the Educational Psychosocial
Services
This unit will equip the educators to effectively identify and manage sensitive situations when students disclose and/or exhibit education psycho-social difficulties. They will be proficient in the application of procedures to refer to the appropriate education psycho-social service. Lectures will be delivered by professionals working in the Education Psycho-Social Services. The areas tackled will be as follows:
1. Social Work Service;
2. Counselling Services;
3. School Psychological Services;
4. Child Safety Services;
5. Anti-Bullying Service;
6. Anti-Substance Abuse Service;
7. Servizz Għożża;
8. Youth Work Service;
9. Psychotherapy Service.
Applicants interested in following this programme are to be in possession of an MQF Level 3 Certificate or higher.
By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:
a) Identify situations which necessitate referral to education psycho-social services;
b) Identify the adequate service the student needs to be referred to;
c) Follow referral procedures adequately;
d) Respond timely and effectively in situations where students disclose sensitive information related to education psycho-social matters.
a) Outline procedures to follow when students under his/her responsibility do not attend school regularly;
b) Identify signs that students are suffering from learning difficulties;
c) Distinguish signs and symptoms of the different types of child abuse;
d) Identify signs of bullying and appropriate ways to intervene accordingly at the classroom level;
e) Recognise signs and symptoms related to substance misuse;
f) Acquire a better understanding of the various education psycho-social services available for students can encourage and motivate learners to specialise in one of the areas through further training provided locally and/or internationally.
a) Intervene effectively when faced with a situation of bullying as well as follow procedures adequately;
b) identify students who require an assessment by an educational psychologist as early as possible;
c) identify psycho-social difficulties students are facing which merit a referral to the counsellor, psychotherapist or clinical psychologist;
d) effectively manage a situation of bullying presented in class or on school premises;
e) effectively manage situations of substance abuse on school premises;
f) Respond effectively when students disclose sensitive information such as incidents of alleged child abuse.
This module adopts a blended approach to teaching and learning. Information related to the structure and delivery of the module may be accessed through the IfE Portal. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures found on the Institute for Education’s website.
This programme adopts continuous and summative methods of assessment including assignments, online tasks, reflective journals, projects and video presentations. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures.
Upon successful completion of this module, course participants will be conferred an accredited certification.
Upon successful completion of this module, course participants may use certification conferred to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning for accredited programmes. Teachers may also use this certification in their application for accelerated progression.
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