Course Description
Individual and family treatment approaches to a number of child and adolescent psychopathologies common in schools, with emphasis primarily on cognitive-behavioral interventions.
Athena Title
Cognitive Behavioral Interven
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
-provide a brief overview of theoretical perspectives -discuss issues in the selection of an appropriate treatment -provide an in-depth introduction to promising psychosocial and behavioral treatments for the more common emotional and behavioral disorders affecting youth -examine issues that impact the development of a treatment plan, including functional assessment -consider developmental and multicultural issues when developing and implementing various interventions -provide an introduction to methods for tracking treatment efficacy
Topical Outline
I. Introduction -framing issues to consider -brief overview of theoretical perspectives II. Issues in selectig interventions -Choosing a treatment: Debate and issues related to empirically supported treatment -Overview for efficacy literature -Criteria for efficacious treatment III. From assessment to intervention -Linking assessment to intervention: Functional and behavioral assessment IV. Psychological treatment of externalizing disorders -Overview of efficacy literature -strategies based on instrumental [operant] conditioning -Behavioral strategies continued -Behavioral strategies continued; extension to the classroom -Example of a validated treatment approach. V. Psychological treatment of anxiety disorders -Overview of efficacy literature for anxiety disorders -strategies based on classical conditioning -examples of validated treatment approaches -examples continued (class will not meet this week, but do read the following [it's fairly straightfoward] and turn in though questions) VI. Psychological treatment of mood disorders -Overview of efficacy research on mood disorders -Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral strategies/approaches -Cognitive strategies continued -Examples of validated treatements for mood disorders VII. Other disorders -Child sexual abuse -Elimination disorders -Eating disorders -Children with social problems VIII. Implementation and evaluation -Emphathic availability and therapeutic action -The case study and single-case research designs.
Syllabus
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