Childhood Development | |||||
Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
Course Code: | CGL201 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Child Mental Health | ||||||||
Course Semester: | Fall | ||||||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | TR | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Compulsory | ||||||||
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Öğr.Gör. FULDEN TUNÇ GENÇ | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Öğr.Gör. FUNDA AYRA Öğr.Gör. FULDEN TUNÇ GENÇ |
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Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to provide information for our students about subjects like concepts about mental health, characteristics of people who suffer from mental health problems and who do not have these problems about them, behavior and conduct problems of children and effects of family on child mental health. Moreover, this lecture also focuses on the developmental childhood disorders as well as childhood illness and evaluates them by using different psychology approaches such as genetic, biological, cognitive and family systemic approaches. |
Course Content: | • Identify basic concepts about mental health. • Discuss basic mental health approaches and generates links between those approaches. • Demonstrate preventive and risk factors about mental health. • Analyse main factors that effects mental health and associates them with cases in daily life. • Assess basic developmental psychopathology in childhood period. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | • Introduce the course to the students | |
2) | • Identify the basic assessment methods for child mental health. • Describe the basic assessment methods that might be applied childhood period. • Recognize assessment process and family integration in child psychology. • Explain the arising of mental health problems in childhood period. | |
3) | • Identify objective and subjective test in order assess child’s mental health condition. • Recognize the assessment method for intellectual ability • Explain the assessment methods for mental-emotional in childhood period • Analyze the difference between objective and subjective assessment methods. | |
4) | • Identify the basic intervention methods for child mental health. • Describe the basic intervention methods that might be applied childhood period. • Define the importance of family integration for intervention and treatment process in childhood psychopathology. • Explain the ethical dilemmas in applying process of intervention methods. | |
5) | • Identify play therapy as a therapeutic intervention that may be used in childhood period. • Recognize the strength and limitations of play therapy • Discuss the importance of family integration on play therapy process. | |
6) | • Identify CBT as a therapeutic intervention that may be used in childhood period. • Analyse the strength and limitations of CBT • Explain the importance of family integration on CBT. | |
7) | • Identify Music Therapy as a therapeutic intervention that may be used in childhood period for mentally disabled children. • Analyse the strength and limitations of Music Therapy as a therapeutic intervention. • Explain the ethical considerations for disabled children | |
8) | • Evaluate students via final exam | |
9) | • Describe mood disorders in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of mood disorders and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on mood disorders • Recognize the importance of familial relationship on mood disorders and preventive factors. | |
10) | • Discuss Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of OCD and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on OCD • Recognize the importance of familial relationship on OCD and preventive factors. | |
11) | • Recognize attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of ADHD and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on ADHD • Recognize the importance of familial relationship on ADHD and preventive factors. | |
12) | • Recognize attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of ADHD and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on ADHD • Recognize the importance of familial relationship on ADHD and preventive factors. | |
13) | • Identify Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Asperger Syndrome in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of ASD and Asperger Syndrome and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on ASD and Asperger Syndrome • Recognize the importance of familial relationship on ASD and Asperger Syndrome and preventive factors. | |
14) | • Identify Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in childhood period • Explain main characteristics of CD and ODD and diagnosing criteria. • Identify risk factors on CD and ODD Recognize the importance of familial relationship on CD and ODD and preventive factors. | |
15) | Final | Handouts |
16) | Make Up Exams | Handouts |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Understanding Psychology (10th Ed.) McGraw Hill ©2011 | McGraw Hill| Published: 2011 ISBN- 978-0-07-338279-1 |
References: | Understanding Psychology (10th Ed.) McGraw Hill ©2011 | McGraw Hill| Published: 2011 ISBN- 978-0-07-338279-1 |
Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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Program Outcomes | |||
1) Describes the general concepts scientific theorises in child development area and may be able to compare among systems. | |||
3) Students have social responsibility that related to their work proficiency and they also enthusiastic to join these kinds of projects | |||
4) The general knowledge and experiments that obtained through lectures can be applied different area of child development such as cognitive, social-emotional, psycho-motor, language) | |||
5) A considerable amount of educational models and the application process are known |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Describes the general concepts scientific theorises in child development area and may be able to compare among systems. | 5 |
3) | Students have social responsibility that related to their work proficiency and they also enthusiastic to join these kinds of projects | 5 |
4) | The general knowledge and experiments that obtained through lectures can be applied different area of child development such as cognitive, social-emotional, psycho-motor, language) | 5 |
5) | A considerable amount of educational models and the application process are known |
Field Study | |
Peer Review | |
Expression |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Oral Examination | |
Homework |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Application | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Final | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload | 120 |