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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Clinical practice 2: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Infants, Children and Young People
Reference HSD011 Version 2
Created April 2019 SCQF Level SCQF 12
Approved September 2017 SCQF Points 30
Amended May 2019 ECTS Points 15

Aims of Module
To enable the student to apply and evaluate the knowledge and skills required to develop practice in psychotherapeutic work with children of different ages, genders, with a range of presenting problems and with their parents/carers and families.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of transference phenomena and apply and evaluate transference and counter-transference in clinical sessions.
2 Discuss and evaluate the clinical reasoning in relation to professional assessments for psychotherapy and state of mind assessments.
3 Evaluate relevant and appropriate strategies for the management of risk in a psychoanalytic session.
4 Demonstrate knowledge of, apply and critically evaluate psychotherapeutic techniques for working with children and young people with specific needs.
5 Critically analyse relevant psychoanalytic theories.

Indicative Module Content
ACP competency framework; NHS governance; relevant policy and legislation; adaptation of techniques to specific clinical populations across the lifespan and key transition periods eg perinatal, young child, latency, adolescence, parent and family work; looked after children and young people; complex trauma; comorbidity and developmental disorders.

Module Delivery
The module will primarily be undertaken in the clinical environment supported by a placement supervisor. In addition the student will undertake directed reading, seminars, lectures and practical workshops. Students undertake placement full time over the course of a calendar year working a 37.5 hour week with 28 days holiday and 8 statutory public holidays.

Indicative Student Workload Full Time Part Time
Contact Hours 81 N/A
Non-Contact Hours 58 N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours 161 N/A
TOTAL 300 N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body 2093  

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type: Coursework Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Description: Clinical report 2 - technical and theoretical issues in work with a child or adolescent (4000 words).
Component 2
Type: Practical Exam Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Description:

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
As this module is at SCQF level 12 a pass/fail is appropriate
Module Grade Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
Pass An overall pass in the module assessment
Fail An overall fail in the module assessment
NS Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module HSM201 Clinical Practice 1 HSD012 Research Methods and Systematic Review
Corequisites for module HSD013 Audit, Evaluation and Research Proposal.
Precluded Modules None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 Alvarez, A. (1992) Live Company: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with autistic, borderline, deprived and abused children. Brunner-Routledge.
2 Bion, W. (1962) Learning from experience London: Karnac
3 Britton, R. (1998) Belief and Imagination London: Routledge.
4 Kenrick, J., Lindsey, C. and Tollemache, L. (Eds) (2006) Creating new families: Therapeutic approaches to fostering, adoption, and kinship care. London: Karnac.
5 Klein, M. (1975) Love, Guilt and Reparation and other works 1921-1945. London:Hogarth.
6 Williams, G. (1997) Internal Landscapes and foreign bodies: Eating disorders and other pathologies. London: Duckworth Winnicott Playing and Reality

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