Faculty of Education and Social Work
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SOCCHFAM 731 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Issues
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Course description
15 points
An in-depth examination of specific diagnoses and disorders of childhood and adolescence that impact on their mental health and wellbeing, with emphasis on contemporary literature and evidence informed practice with children and young people within Aotearoa New Zealand.
Course director
Shirley-Ann Chinnery
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Learning outcomes
At completion of this course, students will be able to:- Define and critique the social work role in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
- Describe and explore commonly occurring mental health problems of childhood and adolescence.
- Appraise and review a range of assessment methods regularly applied to mental health problems of childhood and adolescence.
- Identify a defined range of evidence-based interventions applied to commonly occurring mental health disorders of child and adolescence.
- Describe and apply the skills of case formulation guided by a biopsychosocial framework of assessment.
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Delivery modes
Block Intensive (intensive on campus days)
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Epsom (Semester 2): Block sessions on Monday 16 July, Tuesday 17 July and Wednesday 18 July and an additional Wednesday session on 10 October from 9am to 4pm
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Take this course
This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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School
Counselling, Human Services, and Social Work
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