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PSYC730 Consultation in Educational Settings

10 cp
Prerequisites PSYC645 Learning Processes and Problems, PSYC646 Typical and Atypical Development and PSYC647 Advanced Educational and Developmental Assessment
Teaching Organisation 2 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent.

The unit deals with the role of Educational and Developmental Psychologists as a consultant in helping to facilitate policy, prevention and intervention programs at the organisational level, Entry into organisations, the role of the consultant as a problem solver working directly and indirectly in the provision of consulting services is a focus. There is an emphasis on the skills of negotiation, consultation, data gathering, and problem-solving in educational and similar settings. Consulting with specific groups will also be considered. For example, parents, teachers, school principals, senior educational advisors. Providing mechanisms for Educational and Developmental Psychologists to increase their effectiveness in resolving the psychological and learning problems of children and adolescents by working at the organisational and systemic level as change agents is the key theme of this unit.

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