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Reflective Youth Mental Health Practice (PSYT90107)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
Contact information
Semester 2
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-youth-mental-health/
Current Students: TL-youthmentalhealth@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
|---|---|
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Students will spend a period of one semester improving their practice in youth mental health. Students reflect upon and study the following topics in an online community of practitioners:
- Therapeutic skills to engage and develop rapport with young people and their families
- Ways of collaborating with young people to develop and review treatment goals
- A range of therapeutic approaches that arise in their practice
- Therapeutic micro-skills which they develop over time
- Integrating developmental theory and knowledge into practice when working with young people and their families
- Professional and ethical issues that arise in practice
Please note that in order to complete this subject, students must be currently employed in the youth mental health sector.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Optimise engagement, rapport building and the maintenance of collaborative relationships with young people and their families
- Describe a range of therapeutic biopsychosocial interventions and strategies used in their everyday practice
- Articulate ways in which practice is influenced by developmental processes when working with young people
- Identify the professional and ethical issues central to working with young people and their families
- Critically analyse their own practice when working with young people and their families
Generic skills
Participation in this subject will enhance students’:
- Capacity to translate knowledge into practice
- Critical and analytical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Interpersonal skills and understanding of others
- Oral and written communication skills
- Capacity for logical and independent thought
Last updated: 3 November 2022