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Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology

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Course ID: 2500-EN-PS-CS5-02
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.4 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology
Name in Polish: Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology
Organizational unit: Faculty of Psychology
Course groups: (in Polish) Neuropsychology and Neuroscience specialization
WISP specialization courses for 5 year
WISP specialization courses: Psychotherapy
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Type of course:

elective courses

Short description:

The aim of the course is to provide an overview of child and adolescent clinical psychology. Definitions, key characteristics, developmental course, correlates, causes, contexts, and outcomes of various emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents will be outlined and discussed. Students will be introduced to the basics of assessment, counseling and psychotherapy with children, adolescents and their families. Different psychotherapeutic approaches (humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, family systems and integrative) will be discussed as applied to the treatment of children and youth with various clinical problems. Finally, the course will help to build understanding of how psychological theory informs clinical practice.

Full description:

The course includes three main modules:

1. Introduction to child and adolescent clinical psychology that will provide an overview of: historical context of child and adolescent clinical psychology, epidemiology, developmental trajectories leading to emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents, risk and protective factors, main theories of child and adolescent psychopathology, diagnosis of child and adolescent disorders and issues in clinical decision making.

2. Characteristics of selected neurodevelopmental, behavioral and emotional disorders and problems in children and adolescents e.g. autism, ADHD, oppositional-defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, depression.

3. Basics of counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents. Main approaches to counseling and psychotherapy of children, adolescents and their families (humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, family systems and integrative)

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to describe:

1. Developmental trajectories leading to emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents.

2. Risk and protective factors..

3. Main theories of child and adolescent psychopathology.

4. Process of diagnosis of child and adolescent emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders and process of clinical decision making.

5. Characteristics of selected disorders in children and adolescents in particular: autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, conduct disorders, oppositional-defiant disorder, anxiety disorders and depression.

6. Basics of counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents.

7. Main approaches to counseling and psychotherapy with children, adolescents and their families.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Szymon Chrząstowski, Małgorzata Gambin, Grażyna Kmita
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2025/26" (future)

Time span: 2025-10-01 - 2026-01-25

Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Szymon Chrząstowski, Małgorzata Gambin, Grażyna Kmita
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
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