SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description

The course discusses contemporary issues and challenges that confront formal education in school settings. The role and functions of the school psychologists in assessment, prevention, and intervention is studied. Current educational issues and the influential legislation, impact of cultural and linguistic diversity that the school psychologist has to effectively deal with are discussed. The students’ adjustment problems are highly evaluated within an understanding of adolescence period’s emotional, psychological and physical effects on an individual. School psychology course studies individual behavior within the school context and analyze every single factor that have possible influence on the behavior. It is an elective course for students who are interested in psychological dimension in education.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Defining (2) of the problems that children can have in school, to comprehend the necessity of special education for children and family.
2. 02 2.Students will be able to express (3) problems that will be reflected in the school environment, create emotional problems, learning difficulties, hyperactivity and intelligence problems.
3. 03 3.Applying (4) the interventions to solve the problem such as preparing educational programs related to the problems mentioned in learning output 2 or directing to related institutions when necessary and providing school-family coordination.

Course Syllabus

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Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Defining of the problems that children can have in school, to comprehend the necessity of special education for children and family. SOLO 2
2. L02 2.Students will be able to express problems that will be reflected in the school environment, create emotional problems, learning difficulties, hyperactivity and intelligence problems. SOLO 3
3. L03 Applying the interventions to solve the problem such as preparing educational programs related to the problems mentioned in learning output 2 or directing to related institutions when necessary and providing school-family coordination. SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 to compare and criticize contemporary psychotherapy approaches
2. P02 to make specific psychotherapy techniques under supervision
3. P03 to pull together interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary studies
4. P04 to follow national and international publications and to participate scientific meetings for be informed about innovations and developments
5. P05 to conduct informing activities about Community Mental Health
6. P06 to practice all the time within the frame of profession and ethical principles of clinical psychology
7. P07 to examine psychological researches with critical point of view
8. P08 to conduct scientific research with combining clinical applications to analyze and interpret research results
9. P09 to analyze and interpret research results
10. P10 to identify, to diagnose and analyze and explain the lifelong psychological disorders
11. P11 to assess and diagnose individual basically
12. P12 to know and apply basic psychological help and intervention

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