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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Graduate Diploma in Child Psychotherapy Studies

Course code: 2281

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Psychological Medicine, is directed primarily towards health, welfare and education professionals working with children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems and who wish to upgrade and develop their skills and understanding in the area. It aims to increase the participants' knowledge of psychoanalytic and developmental theory and the application of these to the treatment of children and adolescents with psychological difficulties, and to consider how this knowledge may be applied in their own workplace. This course does not provide specialist clinical training.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a medical degree, a degree in the health sciences, a degree with a psychology major or an education degree at a pass level from an approved tertiary institution, or qualifications and/or experience which is equivalent.

Course structure

The course is offered part-time over two years by off-campus learning.

First year
Second year

Assessment

Assessment will comprise regular and final assignments and interactive assessment via a residential workshop and threaded discussion groups via the internet.

Inquiries

Mrs Jeanette Beaufoy
Postgraduate Child Psychiatry Training (Vic.)
Austin Repatriation Medical Centre
Building 36, Waterdale Road
Heidelberg, Victoria 3084
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9496 4118
Email: jeanette.beaufoy@med.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psychmed/courses/gdcps.html

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