3561 - Graduate Diploma 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 | GradDipMentHlthTeach |
|---|---|
| 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 | 48 |
| Duration (years) | 2 years 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, focuses on the central role of the teacher in the development of optimal mental health in the school population. The course aims to provide teaching and allied staff with both theoretical and practical information on mental health and emotional development together with practical instruction on the use of such understanding in the classroom and in school settings. The two-year structure provides a basic understanding of mental health issues on which specialised counselling and group dynamic skills can be based.
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
Students complete four compulsory units.
Requirements
Year one
- MHT0001 Understanding mental development - child to adolescent
- MHT0002 Mental health - practical considerations
Year two
Alternative exit(s)
Students can be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health for Teaching Professions after successful completion of the first year of this course.
Award(s) received on completion
Graduate Diploma in Mental Health for Teaching Professions
13 October 2017 19 December 2024