CPSE 602
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Child and Adolescent Social/Emotional Assessment and Intervention
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
David O. McKay School of Education
Course Description
Theory of assessment and intervention for youth with behavioral, social, and emotional problems. Evidence-based interventions focusing on individual, group, and school-wide application. Assessments are aligned with DSM-V and IDEA identification systems. Interventions focus on evidence-based practice.
When Taught
Fall
Min
3
Fixed/Max
4
Fixed
0
Other Prerequisites
Admission into CPSE graduate program.
Title
Preventive and early intervention services
Learning Outcome
1. Students will demonstrate competency in providing preventive and early intervention services for youth with emotional and behavioral concerns.
Title
Universal screening process
Learning Outcome
2. Students will demonstrate understanding of the importance, efficiency of implementing a universalscreening process for youth with emotional and behavioral risk factors or concerns. Students will usescreening data to develop appropriate prevention or intervention strategies. Students will monitor theeffectiveness of intervention strategies by collecting data and making modifications as needed.
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Hypotheses related to referral question
Learning Outcome
3. When presented with a referral question, students will develop hypotheses related to the referralquestion. Students will develop means of testing the hypotheses through data collection in order toanswer the referral question. Students will summarize their work through writing high quality reportsthat effectively communicate to parents, teachers, and youth.
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Integrating assessment information
Learning Outcome
4. Students will demonstrate competencies in integrating assessment information that leads to effective,evidenced based interventions. These interventions will incorporate both environmental and individual interventions. Students will develop and implement means of monitoring the progress of interventions.
Title
Diversity issues
Learning Outcome
6. Students will be able to describe how diversity issues (e.g. culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, and gender) influence social, emotional, and behavioral concerns in school-aged children and adolescents. Assessment and intervention plans will be developmentally sensitive and culturally responsive. Students will demonstrate a compassionate, non-judgmental attitude and behaviors towards persons and families with mental health disorders or social/emotional behavioral concerns.
Title
Identifying children with educational disabilities
Learning Outcome
5. Students will appropriately apply the criteria for identifying children with educational disabilities (specifically, Behavior or Emotional Disorders and Other Health Impaired) specified in IDEA.
