FSS:PSY407 Counseling Psychology I - Course Information
PSY407 Counseling Psychology - Children, Adolescents
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Zuzana Masopustová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Hanáčková (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Pátková Daňsová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dana Seryjová Juhová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Zuzana Masopustová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:40 P24
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- VYCET(1, PSY403 Psychodiagnostics of children ||NOW( PSY403 Psychodiagnostics of children ))
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 44 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/44, only registered: 0/44 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FSS, N-PS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce students the most common themes of child counseling. The focus of the course is on child's difficulties in her broader context (child's developmental stage, needs, life situation etc.) and on a counseling process (with whom to work, when, how etc.).
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, students should be able:
to understand the impact that the most common problems of childhood have on various aspects of child's life (e.g. how the ADHD influences child's behavior, family life, child's school performance, relationships with peers, self-esteem and life satisfaction)
to provide basic counseling for parents and teachers of children with the most common difficulties (ADHD, ADD, ASD, anxiety, problem behavior, aggression)
to create an individualized plan of care for children with different types of difficulties with respect to their needs, life context, and developmental stage - Syllabus
- Legal issues related to counseling
- Principles of working with children
- Principles of working with adults - parents, teachers etc.
- School maturity/readiness, adaptation to school
- Anxiety, problem behavior, aggression, sensory hypersensitivity
- Divorce, family conflicts
- ADHD, ADD
- ASD
- Abuse and neglect, institutional care, foster care
- Teaching methods
- lectures, case studies, class discussions, self-led learning and studying
- Assessment methods
- fulfilling requirements: presentation of a case study and accepted written individualized counseling plan based on presented case study
final exam: written test
the final grade is based on a sum of points gained for written individualized counseling plan and points gained for written test - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Povinný předmět profilace Pedagogická a školní psychologie. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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