2346 - Graduate Certificate in Mental Health for Teaching Professions
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | GradCertMentHthTeach |
|---|---|
| Managing faculty | Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Intake restrictions | This course is not available to international students. |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus (Clayton) |
| Total credit points required | 24 |
| Duration (years) | 1 year PT
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| Contact details | Postgraduate course administrator: telephone +61 3 9594 1478; email gcmhtp@med.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/spppm/pgrad |
| Course coordinator | Dr Pamela Snow |
Description
This course, offered jointly by the School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine and the Faculty of Education, is geared to providing teaching and allied staff both theoretical and practical information on mental health and emotional development together with practical information on the use of such understanding in the classroom and school settings.
The course underlines and supports the central role of the teacher in the development of optimal mental health in the school population.
Assessment
Assessment includes a combination of written essays, coursework participation and occasional special projects.
Objectives
On completion of this course students will:
- have an appreciation of psychological development from infancy to adolescence
- have acquired an understanding of specific psychiatric and psychological syndromes of childhood and adolescence
- place the child within his/her family, culture, school and the community in relationship to development and symptomatology
- have a working knowledge and understanding of the possibilities of interventions that may be possible within the school, individual, counselling and group in relationship to the detection and understanding of + psychological difficulty in their student population
- understand the principles of communication, intervention and referral to appropriate outside agencies and community groups
- participate in group case presentations of classroom difficulties and be able to involve themselves in shared solutions and strategies.
Structure
Requirements
Students complete:
Progression to further studies
Award(s) received on completion