Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Family Psychology

• Unit Code

  PSY6244

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  10

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Janette Amelia BROOKS

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Description

The aim of this unit is for students to develop knowledge of key models of couple and family therapy and skills in couple, parent-child relationship and family assessment and intervention.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from PSY5201, PSY5272, PSY5212

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY5183, PSY6272

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of theories and the evidence-base related to applied family psychology.
2. Demonstrate competence in a range of family assessments and interventions relevant to clinical practice with families.
3. Demonstrate competence in a range of family assessments and interventions relevant to non-clinical practice with families.

Unit Content

1. Psychotherapeutic models for working with families including systems theory, the family life-cycle model, attachment theory, and developmental models.
2. Assessment and interventions in the family context including parent-infant relationships, families and couples.
3. Specific issues in family and couple therapy including family and domestic violence, cultural diversity including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and case discussion.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

• Monica McGoldrick, N. G.--P., & Carter, B. (2016). The Expanding Family Life Cycle: Individual, Family , and Social Perspectives (5th ed., pp. xxxii, 538). Pearson. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/895731917

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