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Engaging and Assessing Young People (PSYT90097)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-youth-mental-health/
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject examines some of the key foundations of youth mental health clinical practice, including assessment, engagement and case formulation. It explores a variety of frameworks and provides an overview of the concept of youth friendliness, which is pervasive throughout all youth mental health clinical practice and service level delivery.
The content includes:
- Fundamental principles and strategies underlying youth friendly practice
- Key assessment frameworks for young people
- Introduction to conducting risk assessments
- Introduction to case formulation and shared explanatory models
- Assessing the needs of families and primary carers
- Ethical and legal considerations in youth mental health practice
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Optimise engagement with young people and their families.
- Develop a framework for the assessment of the needs of families of young people experiencing mental ill-health.
- Describe the ethical and legal considerations in youth mental health practice
- Perform a biopsychosocial assessment of the young person and their family, integrating developmental and cultural perspectives.
- Conduct assessments and develop formulations within the context of an assessment process that facilitates a collaborative relationship with young people.
Generic skills
Participation in this subject will enhance students’:
- Capacity to translate knowledge into practice
- Critical and analytical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to find, evaluate and use relevant information
- Capacity for logical and independent thought
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Online quizzes on lecture content - 4 multiple choice questions per week for 5 weeks and 5 multiple choice questions in the last week = 25 questions in all - equivalent to approx. 1,250 words, (25%/1% per question)
- 10-minute audio-visual case presentation, with written summary of 250-500 words, due week 4, (25%)
- 2,500 word written assignment, due week 6, (50%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- April - Online
Principal coordinator Stefanie De Silva Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Approximately 20 hours of online lectures, presentations and discussion Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 April 2019 to 31 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 24 April 2019 Census date 24 April 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2019 Assessment period ends 2 June 2019 April contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-youth-mental-health/Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Last updated: 3 November 2022