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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Family Psychology

  • Unit Code

    PSY6244

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Raffaella SALVO

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, PSY5212, PSY5272

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY5183, PSY6272

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique theories and the evidence-base related to applied family psychology.
  2. Analyse and reflect on the application of family therapy concepts and theories to conceptualise family relationship issues.
  3. Integrate case conceptualisation and relevant literature to plan psychological assessment and interventions for family systems.

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 ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Case Study ^Family of Origin Case Study
Case Study ^Jones Family Case Study
Reflective Practice ^Weekly Reflective Practice Journal

^ 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

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Family Psychology

  • Unit Code

    PSY6244

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Raffaella SALVO

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, PSY5212, PSY5272

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY5183, PSY6272

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critique theories and the evidence-base related to applied family psychology.
  2. Analyse and reflect on the application of family therapy concepts and theories to conceptualise family relationship issues.
  3. Integrate case conceptualisation and relevant literature to plan psychological assessment and interventions for family systems.

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 ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Case Study ^Family of Origin Case Study
Case Study ^Jones Family Case Study
Reflective Practice ^Weekly Reflective Practice Journal

^ 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

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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