FSS:PSYn4070 Child Counselling - Course Information

PSYn4070 Child Counselling

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Masopustová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zuzana Masopustová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! PSY407 Councelling Psychology I

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 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Psychology (programme FSS, N-PS)
• Psychology (programme FSS, N-PSY)

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

Literature

required literature
• aktuální výzkumné studie pokrývající témata předmětu

recommended literature
• FONAGY, Peter, György GERGELY, Elliot L. JURIST and Mary TARGET. Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, xiii, 577. ISBN 9781855753563. info
• Handbook of psychodynamic approaches to psychopathology. Edited by Patrick Luyten - Linda C. Mayes - Peter Fonagy - Mary Target - Sidney. New York: The Guilford press, 2015, xiii, 578. ISBN 9781462522026. info
• FONAGY, Peter, David COTTRELL, Jeannette PHILLIPS, Dickon BEVINGTON, Danya GLASER and Elizabeth ALLISON. What works for whom? : a critical review of treatments for children and adolescents. Second edition. New York: The Guilford press, 2015, xvi, 639. ISBN 9781462525928. info
• POWELL, Bert, Glen COOPER, Kent HOFFMAN and Bob MARVIN. The circle of security intervention : enhancing attachment in early parent-child ralationships. Edited by Charles Zeanah. New York: The Guilford Press, 2014, xxviii, 39. ISBN 9781462527830. info
• Handbook of mentalizing in mental health practice. Edited by Anthony Bateman - Peter Fonagy. 1st ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub., 2012, xxiii, 593. ISBN 9781585629718. info

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

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  
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