Psychological Intervention with Maltreated Children

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02018205
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge acquired in the unit courses of Developmental Psychology of Children and Adolescents and Neuropsychology will enable students to be more sucessful in this discipline

Teaching Methods

Expository methods

Viewing and debate of filmed documents

Presentation and discussion of cases

Group work

Learning Outcomes

At the end the student should be able to:

- Identify the different types of child maltreatment and recognize their specificity

- develop skills on assessment and diagnosis of child maltreatment situations

- Know prevention and intervention programs designed for victims of child maltreatment

- Use therapeutical strategies to work with victims of child maltreatment

- Conceptualize specific interventions in the dynamics of Placement  Institutions, in order to make them more protective and therapeutic

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- The concept of maltreated children

- Ecological and developmental perspective of the abused child

_ Types of child maltreatment and developmental impact: physical and psychological maltreatment; neglect; sexual abuse; exposure to domestic violence, munchausen syndrome by proxy

- Developmental Trauma disorder: the proposal of a new diagnostic category

- Assessment of developmental trauma: instruments and techniques

- Prevention and Intervention programs for the child and family

- School interventions with chidren with developmental trauma

- Methods and techniques of intervention with abused children: life story work and play therapy

- Residential care of abused children: a) Children and Youth at risk Protection Law; b) developmental impact of institutional care, c) therapeutic care

Head Lecturer(s)

Luiza Isabel Gomes Freire Nobre Lima

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Nobre Lima, L. (2009). Estórias e Projectos de Vida de Adolescentes Institucionalizados. Dissertação de doutoramento não publicada, Universidade de Coimbra, FPCE

Steele, W. & Malchiodi, C. (2012). Trauma-informed practices with children and adolescents. New York: Routledge

Treisman, K. (2016). Working with relational and developmental trauma in children and adolescents. London: Routledge

Ziegler, D. (2011). Traumatic experience and the brain. A handbook for understanding those traumatized as children. Gilbert, Arizona, USA: Acacia Publishing

White, J.; Koss, M. & Kazdin, A. (2011). Violence against women and children. Mapping the terrain. (vol.1). Washington, DC: APA

Wolfe, D. (1999). Child Abuse Implications for child development and psychopatology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

Myers, J. (2002). The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment. Thousand oaks: Sage

Iwaniec, D. (2006). The emotionally abused and neglected child. West Sussex: John Wiley and Son