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MCEP319 Practicum III

MQF Level: 7

ECTS Value: 12 ECTS

Contact Hours: 0

Supervised Placement and Practice Hours: 252

Self Study Hours: 0

Assessment Hours: 48

 

Overall Objectives and Outcomes

The practicum is intended for the course participants to apply and practice the skills and knowledge they are learning throughout the course in addition to integrating and consolidating all they have learnt in previous years. The field supervisor will allot clients to the course participants according to guidance by the practicum coordinators taking into consideration the current procedures of the service. The field supervisor must ensure that the course participants practice the skills learnt during the placement.

By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:

Competences

a. Conduct assessments of childrens’ and adolescents’ cognitive abilities, personalities, learnin and emotional/behavioural aspects;

b. Intervene therapeutically with children and adolescents and work effectively towards therapeutic outcomes;

c. Devise and implement behaviour modification programmes;

d. Integrate findings and knowledge;

e. Create concise and comprehensive reports;

f. Work effectively with and within systems;

g. Work within and reflect upon ethical frameworks as required from the profession of psychology;

h. Conduct assigned work ethically and responsibly.

Knowledge 

a. Identify psychopathological traits and mental health disorders in children and adolescents;

b. Identify mental difficulties;

c. Describe assessment tools used to assess cognitive abilities, personalities, emotional and behavioural aspects;

d. Outline the process of devising and implementing behaviour modification programmes;

e. Demonstrate knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and its application;

f. Describe the process of working with Trauma and Bereavement;

g. Demonstrate knowledge of personality theories;

h. Identify crises situations and communicate proper interventions.

Skills

a. Administer and interpret the WIPPSI and/or WISC in line with standardized procedures;

b. Abide with standardized procedures to administer and interpret Personality Assessments;

c. Use service procedures to work effectively in crisis situations if situation arise;

d. Use Cognitive Behavioral Techniques efficiently and effectively in the interventions provided;

e. Identify trauma and bereavement;

f. Combine results from different assessments, observations and interviews;

g. Write concise and comprehensive reports;

h. Reflect on how own personality, and past and current experiences influence own work.

Assessment Methods

This module will be assessed through: Continuous Assessment by field supervisor and practicum coordinators together with a Portfolio.

Suggested Readings

Core Readings List 
  1. Growth-Marnat, G. 2016. Handbook of Psychological Assessment 6 ed. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  2. Flanagan, D.P. (2017). Essentials of WISC-V Assessment. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
  3. Karen, B., Goldfinger B., & Pomerantz, A.M. 2013. Psychological Assessment and Report Writing. SAGE Publications Inc.
  4. Sommers-Flanaga, J. Clinical Interviewing. 6 ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  5. Allan, A. (2010). Ethical Practice in Psychology – Reflections from the creators of the APS Code of Ethics. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  6. Koocher, G.P., & Spiegel P.K (2016). Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions : Standards and Cases. Oxford University Press Inc.
  7. Knapp, S.J. (2011). APA Handbook of Ethics in Psychology. American Psychological Association.
  8. Neill C., (2016). Ethics and Psychology : Beyond Codes of Practice. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  9. Roberts, M.C. (2021). Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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