PSYC9006 Clinical Child Psychology

Students are required to successfully complete this topic prior to commencing a child placement that involves psychological assessments.

This topic will cover the role of the psychologist in assessing and treating children from 0-18 years, in clinical psychology settings. An understanding of normal child development is expected as a prerequisite. The focus of this topic is upon assessment of the problems of children and families and the formulation of data-driven hypotheses which lay the foundations for intervention. The main theoretical framework of relevance will be the Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of intelligence. An introduction is provided to various assessment tools (WISC, WJ, WIAT, CBCL), clinical interviewing of children and families, and evidence-based treatments for common psychological disorders.

This topic aims to:

• Increase students' knowledge of intelligence theory, and the range of psychological assessment batteries that can be used in clinical practice
• Develop students' skills in the administration, scoring, interpretation and reporting of psychological assessments

1. Administer, score, and interpret psychological assessments for children and adolescents
2. Demonstrate associated psychological report writing