Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Clinical Psychology
AVALIAÇÃO CLÍNICA DE CRIANÇAS E DE ADOLESCENTES - 2023/2024
1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 7
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Mariana Sousa
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Mariana Sousa
Class type and School hours
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas
Prática Laboratorial : 2 Horas
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
- To explore the main techniques and instruments used in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents
- To reflect on the principles that guide the construction of a clinical assessment plan
- To reflect on the principles that guide the communication of the results of the clinical assessment
Specific Aims/Objectives
- To frame clinical assessment in the context of clinical intervention with children and adolescents
- To analyse the main techniques and instruments of clinical assessment of children and adolescents
- To analyse the principles that guide the construction of a clinical assessment plan
- To discuss the principles that guide the communication of the results of children and adolescents clinical assessment
Skills to be acquired
It is expected the students to acquire competencies allowing them to:
- frame clinical assessment in the context of clinical intervention
- know the main techniques and instruments of clinical assessment used with children and adolescents
- administer, code and interpret the results of the main instruments of clinical assessment used with children and adolescents
- integrate and communicate the assessment results
- plan a clinical assessment
Teaching Procedures
- Participated exposition of the contents
- Role-playing to model specific competencies in the context of children and adolescents clinical assessment
- Training on the administration, coding, and interpretation procedures of each clinical assessment instrument
- Analysis and discussion of clinical cases
Programme
1. Clinical assessment of children and adolescents
1.1. Theoretical models of Developmental Psychology and their implications for clinical assessment of children and adolescents
2. Formal and informal strategies used in clinical assessment of children and adolescents
2.1. Clinical interview
2.2. Clinical observation
2.3.1. Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA):
- Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 1/2- 5 (CBCL 1 1/2 - 5; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Caregiver-Teacher Report Form for Ages 1 1/2-5 (CTRF; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Teacher Report Form (TRF; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach et al., 2014)
- Semistructured Clinical Interview for Children & Adolescents (SCICA; Araújo et al., 1995; McConaughy & Achenbach, 1994)
2.3. Instruments assessing socioemotional adjustment
2.3.2. Roberts-2 (Roberts & Gruber, 2005)
2.3.3. Instruments assessing anxiety and depression
2.3.4. Instruments assessing difficulties in behavioral and attention regulation;
2.4. Cognitive assessment
2.4.1. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 3r edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 2003);
3. Communication of the clinical assessment results (written and oral communication).
Evaluation Type
Continuous assessment, compulsory for the approval in the curricular unit, requires:
- attendance of 70% of the classes
- a clinical report, based on a clinical case provided by the teacher
Final assessment consists of a final exam on the contents explored along the semester
Weighting: Continuous assessment - 60% of the final grade; Final assessment - 40 %
Teaching Resources
Computer, projector, books and scientific articles, materials from psychological tests developed during the sessions
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
clinical assessment, children and adolescents, clinical assessment instruments, clinical interview, clinical observation
Main Bibliography
Author | Carr, A. |
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Title | Manual de Psicologia Clínica da criança e do adole |
Edition | 1ª |
Place | Braga |
Editor | Psiquilíbrios Edições |
Year | 2014 |
Author | Sattler, J. |
Title | Assessment of children, revised and updated third |
Edition | 3rd |
Place | San Diego |
Editor | Jerome M. Sattler Publisher |
Year | 1999 |
Author | Almeida, L., Machado, C., Simões, M., & Gonçalves, |
Title | Avaliação Psicológica: Instrumentos validados para |
Edition | 2ª |
Place | Coimbra |
Editor | Quarteto Editora |
Year | 2008 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Wechsler, D. |
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Title | Escala de Inteligência de Wechsler para Crianças - |
Author | Roberts, G., & Gruber, C. |
Title | Roberts-2 [Manual] |