Postgraduate Course: CBT with Complex Presentations (CLPS11088)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to deliver CBT to children and young people experiencing complex mental health problems including trauma (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and autism. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Through a series of workshops, and regular online tasks, students will be introduced to the core elements of CBT as they are applied to complex presentations, including formulation and re-formulation, engaging young people in a change strategy, and developing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship in the context of interpersonal difficulties. 
 
Students will explore complex formulation, working therapeutically in the context of attachment-based interpersonal difficulties, and using CBT systemically.  
 
Assessment on this course will contribute towards a portfolio that can be submitted for accreditation with British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
16/09/2024 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 36,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Two case studies of approximately 2000 words (50% for each case study) | 
 
| Feedback | 
During class-time, students will receive peer and tutor feedback on role-plays demonstrating core CBT competencies. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Be proficient in conducting, and critically appraising, a functional analysis of complex disorders in children and young people via the use of self-report, parental/ other report, observations and interview methods.
 - Demonstrate awareness of and proficiency in providing cognitive behavioural formulation and re-formulation of complex disorders in children and young people in a written format.
 - Demonstrate a critical appreciation of theoretical models of CBT as applied to complex disorders.
 - Demonstrate an understanding of the developmental and systemic perspective of the child/young person and its relationship with their presenting problem.
 
     
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Reading List 
Fuggle, P., Dunsmuir, S. & Curry, V. (2013). CBT with Children, Young People & Families. London: Sage   
 
Friedberg, R.D. & McClure, J. M. (2002). Clinical practice of cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: The nuts and bolts. New York: Guilford Press.   
 
Graham, P. (2005). Cognitive behaviour therapy for children and families (2nd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   
 
Kazdin, A. & Weisz, J. (2003). Evidenced¿Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents. New York: Guilford Press.   
 
Kendall, P.C. (2006). Child and Adolescent Therapy: Cognitive¿Behavioural Procedures. New York: John Wiley and Sons. |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
This course is part of a suite that supports graduates to be:  
- creative problem solvers and researchers  
- critical and reflective thinkers 
- effective and influential contributors  
- skilled communicators | 
 
| Keywords | CBT,children and young people,therapy skills | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Alienor Lemieux-Cumberlege 
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Course secretary | Mrs Clara Shaw 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3970 
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