Entry requirements
Master’s students Psychology with specialisation Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Completion of the course is necessary to start with the internship.
Description
This course provides education and training in the psycho diagnostic assessment of children with cognitive and social-emotional problems. It builds upon the courses Psycho-diagnostics and Psychometrics. This course focuses on the integration of information from the child’s different contexts (at least home and school contexts) during the diagnostic assessment, by emphasizing the different stages in the psychodiagnostic process:
Intake/ interview
Developing hypotheses
Selecting criteria and materials (tests, questionnaires, observations etc.) for hypothesis testing
Testing the child
Integrating the data
Integrated diagnostic skills will be developed through:
Training practical skills
Practise of hypothesis development by means of discussion of cases and writing reports
Scoring and interpretation of test data
Demonstration and use of the various diagnostic tools
Practise of information collection through observation of the child in one of the contexts
Practical training in anamnesis and social-interactive skills (with parents, children)
Report writing
Students will be given the opportunity to experience the diagnostic process through participation in and observation of various diagnostic activities.
Course objectives
Students will acquire advanced knowledge of the psycho diagnostic process.
Students will acquire skills necessary for various stages in the diagnostic process (from intake to integration of findings).
Students will learn to write a hypothesis driven psycho diagnostic report.
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, work groups and exams, please select your study programme in:
Psychology timetables
Registration
Course
Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions.
Master’s course registration
Examination
Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date. Students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Registering for exams
Mode of instruction
9 Plenary lectures
8 (Smaller) work group sessions
Assessment method
Verbal examinations, integration of theory and practice.
Written case reports
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.
Reading list
For Dutch speaking students:
Tak, J.A., Bosch, J.D., Begeer, S., & Albrecht, G. (2014, 8e druk) (Eds.). Handboek psychodiagnostiek voor de hulpverlening aan kinderen. Utrecht: de Tijdstroom.
Pameijer, N.K., Beukering, J.T.E. van (2015). Handelingsgerichte diagnostiek in het onderwijs. Een praktijkmodel voor diagnostiek en advisering. Leuven: Acco.
For English speaking students:
Carr, A,. (2006). The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology. A contextual Approach. (2nd revised edition) London/ New York: Routledge
Various articles will be announced on Blackboard.
Contact information
Drs. Erica Bohnen
bohnen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl