FSS:PSYb1720 Child psychology in practice - Course Information

PSYb1720 Child psychology in practice

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Šamánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Lenka Lacinová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites (in Czech)

SEMESTR(5) || SEMESTR(6)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/16

Course objectives

The course is aimed at acquiring practical knowledge and skills applied in contact with children, adolescents and their parents in various life situations and developmental stages. The main form of teaching is practical exercises (model situations, demonstrations, video demonstrations), which allow to simulate situations involving contact with children, adolescents and families in a safe environment. The course includes, for example, the following training situations: communication with a mother in a six-parent ward; contact with a child experiencing separation from parents; a dispute between school children, a crying child; a resisting child; an aggressive child and others. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Learning outcomes

Through training situations, students learn to apply theoretical and practical psychological knowledge, especially from developmental psychology and from the fields of education, training and counselling; they learn to orient, recognize, understand and comprehend specific situations and to react adequately and communicate effectively in these situations. Learning to reflect on one's own processes in concrete training situations, to define one's needs, resources, to be able to support one's strengths, to work with error, and thus to gain responsibility for work under supervision is also an integral part of this. The graduate of this course has the opportunity to look at his/her current psychological practice skills and abilities and can thus clarify further goals in the area of his/her own professional development. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Syllabus

• Introductory reflection - opening, organizational matters, Introduction to the model situation, introduction to the situation, preparation for the model situation: The model situations will always include the following aspects: child development - e.g. contact with the child at different stages of development (newborn, toddler, preschooler, younger schoolchild, older schoolchild, adolescent), behavioural expressions - crying, defiant, with different levels/ways of communication, active/passive and the context of the situation - e.g. Situations in the family, at school, in public, in crisis situations - at the doctor's, in a new environment, during separation...; at play, in learning, in contact with peers, etc. Time allocated for a model situation in groups (preparation, acting out the model situation, "acting out the role", group analysis). Analysis of the model situations - looking at the individual roles (how they feel, what they need, what helped them), the role-played situations (insight into the circumstances), what went well, what helped, etc. Theoretical anchoring, useful summary and recommendations for practice. Final reflection Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Literature

• ČERNÝ, Vojtěch and Kateřina GROFOVÁ. Děti a emoce : učíme děti vnímat, poznávat a pracovat se svými pocity. 2., doplněné vydání. Brno: Edika, 2017, 160 stran. ISBN 9788026611257. info
• PLUMMER, Deborah. Učíme děti zvládat úzkost, obavy a stres : cvičení pro mladší školní věk. Translated by Denisa Šmejkalová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2013, 133 stran. ISBN 9788026203773. info
• KOPŘIVA, Pavel, Jana NOVÁČKOVÁ, Dobromila NEVOLOVÁ and Tatjana KOPŘIVOVÁ. Respektovat a být respektován. 3. vydání. Bystřice pod Hostýnem: P. Kopřiva - Spirála, 2008, 286 stran. ISBN 9788090403000. info
• MATĚJČEK, Zdeněk and Zdeněk DYTRYCH. Krizové situace v rodině očima dítěte : dětská závist; žárlivost, nevěra a rozvod; nový partner v rodině, nevlastní sourozenci; vzpomínky z dětství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2002, 128 s. ISBN 8024703327. info

Teaching methods

discussions, model situations, case studies

Assessment methods

attendance, active participation in model situations, their analyses and discussions, participation in the final meeting where students orally present the outcomes of one model situation.

Language of instruction

Czech

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