Course - Mental Health of Children and Adolescents - HVUT8028
HVUT8028 - Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home examination | 100/100 | 5 days |
Course content
This course provides knowledge about mental health in children and adolescents, and important prerequisites for further developing and improving children's and youth's ability to master life crises and psychosocial stresses. It provides an overview of common ailments and disorders in children, adolescents and young adults. The teaching addresses different frameworks for understanding psychosocial ailments and disorders in children and young people as cognitive, trauma-proven care and social science approaches. Psychosocial problems are not just private experiences, as they are part of social and cultural contexts. The socio-cultural context will affect both what we as a society put into concepts such as psychosocial health and how society reacts to and handles these phenomena.
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
- has in-depth knowledge of social science perspectives on childhood, adolescence and their conditions of upbringing, development history and identity formation
- has advanced knowledge of children and adolescents' mental health and can analyze conditions that promote good mental health and what risk and protection factors exist for the development of psychosocial problems
- can apply knowledge about living conditions among children and young people and social marginalization processes, poverty and social inequality when it comes to health
- has in-depth knowledge of children living in families with neglect, abuse, assault and trauma
Skills:
- can analyze and apply relevant perspectives on children and adolescents' everyday life and upbringing conditions
- can analyze and apply relations- and communication skills in collaboration with children and young people about different areas of life
- can conduct conversations with children and young people that promote good psychosocial health in different areas of life
- can implement preventive measures for children living in insecure families
General competence:
- can analyze factors that affect the psychosocial health of children and families
- can contribute to the development and implementation of measures and projects of an interdisciplinary nature, in collaboration with users who can improve the psychosocial functioning of children, young people and families
Learning methods and activities
Lecture, group work and self studies.
Compulsory assignments
- Mandatory assignment
- Mandatory assignment
Further on evaluation
Work requirements must be approved to pass the exam.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Psychosocial Work with Children and Youth (HSVPABU)
Required previous knowledge
Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) within a relevant subject area. Direct work with children and young people in at least half position.
Course materials
The curriculum is published in Blackboard at the start of the course
No
Version: A
Credits:
20.0 SP
Study level: Further education, higher degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2023
Term no.: 2
Teaching semester: SPRING 2024
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
Examination
Examination arrangement: Home examination
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
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Autumn
ORD
Home examination
100/100
Release
2023-12-04Submission
2023-12-11
10:00
INSPERA
12:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates -
Spring
ORD
Home examination
100/100
Release
2024-05-06Submission
2024-05-13
10:00
INSPERA
12:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"