CPS5008 Principles of working with parents
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
CPS5008 Principles of working with parents is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It needs CPS5002, CPS5003, CPS5001, CPS5004 and (CPS5006 or CPS5005).
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before CPS5008
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After CPS5008
No unit lists CPS5008 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit will examine an understanding of the role of parents in their child's development and different ways of working with parents from a psychodynamic and developmental perspective. Consideration will be made of the following ways of working with parents and the similarities and difference in the models: parent therapy; parent and child work combined; short-term and crisis work with parents; parent counselling; parent education; marital therapy/counselling; individual therapy/counselling.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Block off |
Assessment
- Written assignment 115%
- Written assignment 2Threshold hurdle25%
- EssayThreshold hurdle40%
- On-campus workshop / Alternative assessmentThreshold hurdle20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically analyse theoretical and clinical concepts of working with parents;
- 2
Evaluate the importance of parents' own development as it may affect their role as parents;
- 3
Explore possible ways of working with parents as relevant to their particular needs and those of their child/children; and
- 4
Evaluate the difficulties that may be experienced by the therapist when working with parents.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Jennifer Re
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Nada Lane