EDEM663-09W (C) Whole Year 2009

Introduction to Interventions

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 September 2009

Description

An overview of the effectiveness of the interventions and therapies commonly used in the treatment of various childhood disorders.

This is an open entry course. The course is about working with children with anxiety disorders, motivational problems, behaviour problems, and learning difficulties of various types. Equal weight is given to (a) the results of scientific research into the origins of these kinds of difficulties, their diagnosis, and the relative effectiveness of different kinds of interventions and (b) the development of your diagnostic skills and intervention skills with respect to each of these kinds of childhood difficulties. The emphasis is on what works and how we come to know what works.

Learning Outcomes

  • The aims of the course are:
  • To provide an overview of the kinds of interventions and treatments which are being used to facilitate the learning and development of children with commonly occurring types of childhood behaviour ‘disorders’ and learning difficulties.
  • To provide the opportunity for you to develop a set of criteria for distinguishing between effective and ineffective interventions.
  • To help you evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in the light of (a) our current understanding of the causes of each of the different kinds of behaviour ‘disorders’ and learning difficulties and (b) the evaluation research which has been undertaken to date.
  • To provide experience both in locating information about empirically supported interventions and in interpreting and evaluating the quality of the information obtained.
  • To introduce some of the skills which are involved in assessing and planning interventions for children with common kinds of behaviour ‘disorders’ and learning difficulties.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

EDUC421, EDUC621

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

John Church

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Exam 25% Mid Year Exam
Assignment 1: Completing 10 weekly exercises. 20 Aug 2009 10% Completing 10 weekly exercises. Introduction to Interventions.
Case Study 10 Sep 2009 30% Case Study Report or Literature Review. Introduction to Interventions.
I.E.P. Exercise (Take Home Test) 28 Sep 2009 10% I.E.P. Exercise (Take Home Test). Introduction to Interventions.
Exam 25% End of Year Exam


The assessment tasks for this course are described in the Course Outline available from the lecturer. Your knowledge of what works will be assessed using two tests. Skills development will be assessed using a series of small exercises and a larger case report.

Textbooks / Resources

EDEM663 Introduction to Interventions Course Reader

EDEM663 Introduction to Interventions Practical Work Manual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,234.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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