Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Clinical Psychology

AVALIAÇÃO CLÍNICA DE CRIANÇAS E DE ADOLESCENTES - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 7

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Mariana Sousa
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Mariana Sousa

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas
Prática Laboratorial : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

- To explore the main techniques and instruments used in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents
- To reflect on the principles that guide the construction of a clinical assessment plan
- To reflect on the principles that guide the communication of the results of the clinical assessment

Specific Aims/Objectives

- To frame clinical assessment in the context of clinical intervention with children and adolescents
- To analyse the main techniques and instruments of clinical assessment of children and adolescents
- To analyse the principles that guide the construction of a clinical assessment plan
- To discuss the principles that guide the communication of the results of children and adolescents clinical assessment

Skills to be acquired

It is expected the students to acquire competencies allowing them to:
- frame clinical assessment in the context of clinical intervention
- know the main techniques and instruments of clinical assessment used with children and adolescents
- administer, code and interpret the results of the main instruments of clinical assessment used with children and adolescents
- integrate and communicate the assessment results
- plan a clinical assessment

Teaching Procedures

- Participated exposition of the contents
- Role-playing to model specific competencies in the context of children and adolescents clinical assessment
- Training on the administration, coding, and interpretation procedures of each clinical assessment instrument
- Analysis and discussion of clinical cases

Programme

1. Clinical assessment of children and adolescents
1.1. Theoretical models of Developmental Psychology and their implications for clinical assessment of children and adolescents
2. Formal and informal strategies used in clinical assessment of children and adolescents
2.1. Clinical interview
2.2. Clinical observation
2.3.1. Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA):
- Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 1/2- 5 (CBCL 1 1/2 - 5; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Caregiver-Teacher Report Form for Ages 1 1/2-5 (CTRF; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Teacher Report Form (TRF; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Semistructured Clinical Interview for Children & Adolescents (SCICA; Araújo et al., 1995; McConaughy & Achenbach, 1994)
2.3. Instruments assessing socioemotional adjustment
2.3.2. Roberts-2 (Roberts & Gruber, 2005)
2.3.3. Instruments assessing anxiety and depression
2.3.4. Instruments assessing difficulties in behavioral and attention regulation;
2.4. Cognitive assessment
2.4.1. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 3r edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 2003);
3. Communication of the clinical assessment results (written and oral communication).

Evaluation Type

Continuous assessment, compulsory for the approval in the curricular unit, requires:
- attendance of 70% of the classes
- a clinical report, based on a clinical case provided by the teacher
Final assessment consists of a final exam on the contents explored along the semester
Weighting: Continuous assessment - 60% of the final grade; Final assessment - 40 %

Teaching Resources

Computer, projector, books and scientific articles, materials from psychological tests developed during the sessions

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

clinical assessment, children and adolescents, clinical assessment instruments, clinical interview, clinical observation

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography