Spring Course: Psych 543: Advances in Child Clinical Psychology (3 cr, Thurs afternoons)

Spring 2017: Psychology 543A, Advances in Child Clinical Psychology

The course is currently set for Thursdays from 2-4:50pm (SLN 18844)

The upcoming Psych 543 course for Spring 2017 will provide students with an in-depth, hands-on introduction to evidence-based, cognitive behavioral treatments (CBT) for children and adolescents with anxiety-related disorders, with an emphasis on treating child traumatic stress.  The course will highlight specific components of treatment that are common across most cognitive-behavioral interventions, with specific training provided in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).  Students will learn the fundamentals of how to assess and treat anxiety and trauma in children.  The course will also focus on adaptations to match client presentation, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and treatment setting. This course will include an integration of theory and practice. The cognitive and behavioral techniques that compromise the majority of evidence-based treatments for children and families will be presented in assigned readings, via the web-based training program, and modeled during class meetings.  A significant proportion of the course will involve behavioral practice opportunities conducted via role-plays in the classroom in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Practicing skills as homework will also be encouraged  Students will demonstrate competency on a subset of the skills via in-class skills demonstrations, and feedback from both the instructor and students will be given.  Students will also be required to complete the TF-CBT Web online training program in TF-CBT. Please contact the current instructor, Georganna Sedlar, at grs1@uw.edu for an add code or further information.

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