Entry requirements
This course is only open to students of the Master’s programme Psychology, specialisation Child and Adolescent Psychology, who start the master’s programme per September 2024 or February 2025.
Master’s students in Psychology with specialisation Child and Adolescent Psychology who started in the master's programme before September 2024: the course 'Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology' replaces the course 'Behaviour Training with Children' as a compulsory course in the programme for new students. If you have not yet successfully completed 'Behaviour Training with Children'; this course will be offered one final time in Semester 1 of academic year 2024-2025.
Description
This course aims to train students in evidenced-based practice in clinical child & adolescent psychology, which requires the integration of the best research evidence, with clinical expertise and youngster’s unique values and circumstances. To solve social and scientific challenges related to wellbeing of children and youngsters, students will dive into the method of evidence-based practice and learn how to integrate (1) research evidence, (2) clinical expertise, and (3) individual differences in values and circumstances to make decisions how to translate research into practice.
Research in clinical child and adolescents are concerned with the etiology, prevention, and intervention of mental health problems in children and adolescents. In the course we will critically discuss the relevance of the different research designs and how various research designs can (partly) contribute to solving problems in society and clinical practice. Translating the scientific evidence to clinical practice however needs more, including clinical expertise. In the course, we will dive into the relevance of taking clinical expertise into account in decision making on how research evidence can benefit and therefore be used in diagnostic assessment, prevention, intervention, and policy making. Moreover, during the course we will focus on day-to-day ethical challenges and considerations in research and clinical practice.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student:
Can critically assess relevance and quality of recent research findings about the etiology, prevention, and intervention of mental health problems in children and young people for possible translation in clinical practice;
Can deduct the psychological and social relevance of recent findings in clinical child and adolescent psychology;
Can communicate with professionals working with children and young people about the relevance and quality of research about the etiology, prevention, and intervention of mental health problems in children and young people;
Can set up an innovative research design to answer a current societal problem related to clinical child and adolescent psychology;
Can reflect on ethical dilemmas both in research and everyday clinical and other professional setting
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
Education
Students must register themselves for all course components (lectures, tutorials and practicals) they wish to follow. You can register up to 5 days prior to the start of the course.
Exams
You must register for each exam in My Studymap at least 10 days before the exam date. You cannot take an exam without a valid registration in My Studymap. Carefully read all information about the procedures and deadlines for registering for courses and exams.
Exchange students and external guest students will be informed by the education administration about the current registration procedure.
Mode of instruction
The course will consist of 7 lectures and 7 workgroups. The lectures will be focused on a current challenge in society and/or clinical practice related to wellbeing of children and young people and will focus on how evidenced-based practice can help solving the problem. In the interactive workgroups, students will dive into different societal and clinical cases to bring evidenced-based practice in practice.
Assessment method
Active participation (10%), which includes > 85% attendance of lectures and workgroups, active participation in group assignments and peer feedback sessions
Individual research proposal on how to solve a societal or clinical challenge (45%)
Exam (45%)
The Institute of Psychology follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. All students are required to take and pass the Scientific Integrity Test with a score of 100% in order to learn about the practice of integrity in scientific writing. Students are given access to the quiz via a module on Brightspace. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of this fraud policy.
Reading list
To be announced.
Contact information
Dr. Marieke Bos m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl