Postgraduate Course: Trauma and Resilience in a Developmental Context (CLPS11045)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Clinical Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will be an option course on the MSc in Children and Young People&©s Mental Health and Psychological Practice. The course will introduce students to concepts of trauma and resilience in a developmental context. Past and current conceptualisation will be considered within applied settings to question how these conceptualisations help assessment and intervention for children and young people. The course has a preventative health care/health promotion focus.
Aims
&·To critically examine existing definitions and models of trauma in children and young people
&·To critically appraise models of trauma in terms of developmental impact and consequences, and relevance to and utility in applied settings
&·To critically examine existing definitions of resilience and coping in children and young people
&·To consider how interventions might be shaped to enhance resilience and coping to prevent secondary risk accruing from future trauma
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 20 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. &·To be able to demonstrate a critical awareness of a range of definitions and models of trauma and resilience within a developmental context.
2. &·To be able to apply this theoretical understanding to designing and implementing a resilience building framework to interventions at an individual, systemic or institutional level |
Assessment Information
| Approx. 5000 words across a range of written assignments. |
Special Arrangements
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emily Taylor
Tel: (0131 6)50 3892
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Course secretary | Mrs Joanna Claydon
Tel: (0131 6)51 3967
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