Course Title: Assessment and Intervention 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Assessment and Intervention 1

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BESC1459

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2015

BESC1459

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022

BESC1471

Bundoora Campus

Research

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012

Course Coordinator: Dr Yan Yang

Course Coordinator Phone: N/A

Course Coordinator Email: yan.yang@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

 

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

Psychological Assessment and Intervention 1 is designed to apply an advanced body of knowledge to your understanding of assessment, diagnosis and intervention for psychopathology in children and adolescents, and provide you with a critical understanding of psychopathology in relation to the major psychological disorders in adults. This course will particularly focus on the following areas:

  • Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology
  • Adult Psychopathology


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC002 Master of Clinical Psychology:

  • PLO 1:  Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theories, models and scientific underpinning of professional psychological practice and its application across behavioural and organisational systems.
  • PLO 2:  Develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of the legislative frameworks and ethical codes and guidelines that guide professional psychological practice at a personal and professional level.
  • PLO 3:  Design, analyse, synthesise and communicate information from a wide variety of psychological assessments and techniques appropriate to the developmental stage, cognitive level and cultural background of the client, and appropriate to the purpose of the assessment.
  • PLO 4:  Demonstrate the ability to design, apply and evaluate appropriate evidence-based empirically-validated interventions individualised to the client’s diagnosis, case formulation, and personal or organisational characteristics.


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of nosology, predominant aetiological theories, and the course of major psychological disorders in children and adolescents and adults.
  2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the DSM-5 and competence in making differential diagnoses in the context of a broader case formulation when using the DSM-5.
  3. Select an empirically supported set of psychological techniques for intervention with a range of child and adolescent psychological problems and evaluate the potential impact of contextual factors when designing, implementing and evaluating an intervention for child and adolescent psychological problems.
  4. Discuss a variety of approaches to the assessment of clients (children, adolescents, families, and adults) to generate a diagnosis, making a formulation, and developing a treatment plan.
  5. Conceptualise and discuss diagnostic issues in the broader context of the likely course of, and prognosis for, major psychological disorders.
  6. Using a CBT framework, conceptualise a case and apply this this knowledge in the context of assessment and diagnosis.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both. 

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Critical evaluation written assignment 
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Group case study 
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Oral examination
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.