PSA_030 Counselling Psychology Practice

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0/10. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Burešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PSA_030/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
PSA_0SZ Comprehensive Examination
II. Cycle programme assumes knowledge of topics and literature of subjects: PSA 019, PSA O36 - Psychology of Development I, II, PSA 052 Consulting Psychology, PSA O53 Psychological Diagnostics of Children and Adolescents. Attendance of semester obligatory briefing where student registers chosen subject is necessary. Date and place of meeting will be advised to students via email well in advance.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
It is scheduled two weeks short-term attachment (10 working days altogether) in pedagogical-psychological consultancies and other state or private institutions working in field of care for children and adolescents inside the Czech Republic. Aim of subject study is to acquire basic orientation and overview of work of psychologists in these organizations and understanding of practice within specialized framework of consulting psychology. Student will gain basic knowledge and orientation in special practical subjects comprising work of psychologists in these work places, practical experience in working with client (under supervision of psychologist) and also practical experience in using diagnostic method (under supervision of psychologist).
Syllabus
  • Duration of short-term attachment practice is two weeks. It is recommended to split stay into one week attachment in some of pedagogical-psychological consultancies and one week attachment in other state institutions working inside framework of educational resort (for instance SPC, schools of special needs, homes for youths etc.) or alternatively one week in private establishments working with children and adolescents. During this short-term practice students (after agreement with psychologist who leads students’ practice) are to conduct one anamnesis under supervision of psychologist, to work using one diagnostic method (recommended is WISC III) under supervision of psychologist.
Literature
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. (Psychogiagnostics of Child and Adolescents). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, 791 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-7178-545-8. info
  • MATĚJČEK, Zdeněk. Praxe dětského psychologického poradenství. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1991, 335 s. ISBN 8004245269. info
Teaching methods
Students are asked to reserve two weeks of short-term attachment practice in recommended work places by themselves. Tuitions are run in parts. Students are required to comply with working regulations of chosen working place and keep themselves with rules of professional etiquette.
Assessment methods
Requirement for obtaining term credit is submission of written paper comprising of confirmation of active work participation from individual work places recorded in "Protocol of passing practice in children’s consulting psychology", written compilation of one anamnesis conducted under supervision of psychologist, written elaboration of one diagnostic method used under supervision of psychologist. This elaboration must contain observation from working process with diagnostic method, overview of results and basic diagnostic conclusions and personal reflection on short-term work attachment.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 dnů.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/psych/download/protokoly/det_por_ok.doc
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
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