Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2023-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in M1238 Master of Applied Psychology (Professional), M1156 Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical Psychology) or D1073 Doctorate of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Demonstrate a clear understanding of the professional and ethical issues relevant to working with children, adolescents and families. Introductory lecturer driven seminars will be key in this regard.
2.
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of common psychological disorders and problems of childhood, adolescence and family functioning. This knowledge will extend to aetiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management of these disorders. This knowledge will also relate to the assessment of these disorders psychometrically and diagnosticallySpecific disorders would include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, elimination disorders, sleep disorders, eating disorders, emerging personality disorders, and conduct and disruptive behaviour disorders.
3.
Demonstrate the ability to synthesize and organize clinical information derived at interview and assessment and to produce associated written and oral formulations.
4.
Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for children and adolescents and to synthesize this information in clinically applicable written and oral formats.
5.
Demonstrate an ability to develop treatment plans for children adolescents and families, to begin to implement those plans, and to evaluate and monitor the progress of those plans by reading feedback, resistance and progress.
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Demonstrate the ability to communicate clinical knowledge to professional and client audiences in clinical contexts.

Assessments

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