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

MÉTODOS E TÉCNICAS DE INTERVENÇÃO CLÍNICA EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7

Teachers

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

Class type and School hours

Prática Laboratorial : 2 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To frame clinical intervention as a result of the integration of information gathered in the clinical assessment
To know the main strategies and techniques of clinical intervention with children and adolescents
To select approaches, strategies, and techniques according to the child´s/adolescent´s symptoms, psychopathology and specific characteristics

Specific Aims/Objectives

To design an intervention plan based on the integration of the information gathered in the clinical assessment
To select approaches, strategies, and techniques based on the child´s/adolescent´s symptoms/ psychopathology and specific characteristics
To critically analyse the approaches, strategies, and techniques used to deal with the specific needs identified in each case
To assess the effectiveness of the intervention

Skills to be acquired

It is expected that the students acquire competencies allowing them to:
- define an appropriate intervention plan
- select approaches, strategies, and techniques according to the child´s/adolescent´s symptoms/ psychopathology and specific characteristics
- critically analyse the approaches, and strategies used, considering the specific needs identified in each case
- assess the intervention effectiveness

Teaching Procedures

Participated exposition of the contents
Analysis and discussion of clinical cases
Role-playing to illustrate the use of the strategies and techniques explored in the classes

Programme

1. Clinical intervention as a construction resulting from the integration of information gathered in the clinical assessment and the case clinical formulation
2. Evidence based strategies and techniques used in the intervention in:
2.1. Depressive Disorders
2.2. Anxiety Disorders
2.3. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
2.4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2.5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
2.6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Behavior Disorder
2.7. Elimination Disorders
3. Specific skills associated with clinical intervention with children and adolescents
3.1. Design of intervention plans based on child´s/adolescent´s symptoms/ psychopathology and specific characteristics

Evaluation Type

Continuous assessment, compulsory for the approval in the curricular unit, requires:
- attendance of 70% of the classes;
- elaboration of a clinical formulation and an intervention plan appropriate to the case, based on a clinical case provided by the teacher.

The 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

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

clinical intervention, children and adolescents, strategies, techniques

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography