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Area/Catalogue
BEHL 5089

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
151043

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

Second Semester
(Study Period 5)
Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Justice & Society

Course aim

To prepare students for working with children and adolescents with a variety of psychological problems.

Course content

Students will develop skills in diagnosis (using current major diagnostic classifications systems) and aetiology (including psychological models) of psychological problems across the spectrum of severity within the child and adolescent age range. Topics include: Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, learning disorders, PTSD and child abuse, working with families, attachment, and behavioural disorders.

Textbook(s)

Flessner, C.A., & Pracentini, J.C. 2017, Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Step by Step Treatment Manual, Guildford, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop 3 hours x 12 Weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Report, Viva Voce

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4Y)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

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