Course Title: Foundational Parent-Infant Mental Health

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Foundational Parent-Infant Mental Health

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	150H Health Sciences	Face-to-Face	Summer2016, Summer2017
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2020

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	PGRDFlex18 (All)
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	PGRDFx2019 (ZZZZ)
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	PGRDFlex21 (All)
NURS2182	Bundoora Campus	Postgraduate	173H School of Health and Biomed	Face-to-Face	PGRDFlex23 (XXXX)

Course Coordinator: Dr Leanne Sheeran

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7445

Course Coordinator Email: leanne.sheeran@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 201.07.007

Course Coordinator Availability: Mon to Fri (but sometimes off campus for clinical and meetings)

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Assumed Knowledge

Bachelor degree or equivalent, in a related health or community service field.

Course Description

In this course you will examine concepts surrounding health promotion and health education in the context of primary health care. Concepts of trauma informed practice and responding to mental health presentations of adults and young children will also be explored. Key parenting concerns for the 0-6 year age group such as infant mental health, play and behaviour will be examined from an evidence based perspective. Throughout the course the focus will be on working in partnership with families.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the following Program Learning Outcomes:

• PLO 1: Critically examine the principles of primary health care to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activities within child, family and community health practice.
• PLO 3: Critically evaluate contemporary research findings and integrate these to provide comprehensive, safe and effective evidence based health care for children, families and the community.
• PLO 5: Conduct individual and family consultations and group sessions in a planned, systematic, professional and timely manner, providing feedback to families and engaging them in decision making regarding their own care.
• PLO 6: Communicate effectively with children, families and groups to engage and support clients, working in partnership with families and interdisciplinary health teams to promote assess and support maternal, child and family health and wellbeing.

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

1. Critically examine health promotion in the context of primary health care and review key health promotion issues in child, family and community health.
2. Critically appraise the strengths based framework of trauma informed practice and its application to individuals and families in the maternal and child health setting.
3. Evaluate the current evidence base related to infant mental health and integrate this into Maternal and Child Health (MCH) practice and early parenting support.
4. Identify and respond to common presentations of mental health issues in adults and preschool children in a community setting.
5. Identify common (key) parenting concerns for parents and children aged 0-6 years, appraise the evidence base around each and work in partnership with parents to address their concerns, discuss options and plan management strategies.

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: Simulated Perinatal Mental Health Assessment
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3 & 4

Assessment Task 2: Critical Analysis Assignment
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3 & 5

Assessment Task 3: Parent - Infant Observation Report
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 2

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.