PYMIES-Interventions for Emerging Mental Health Difficulties in Education Settings

Module Provider: Psychology
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Spring / Summer term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites: Co-requisites:PYMFPC, PYMEAC, PYMLIC, PYMWES and PYMPES must be passed.
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Dr Alison Wheeler
Email: alison.wheeler@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) will develop an awareness of emerging mental health difficulties in education settings and be able to intervene with parents/carers and school staff in these settings.

Aims:

Key intervention skills will be taught in this module:

• Consultation skills: ÌýEMHPs will be expected to advise and support teachers and other school and college staff about the psychological effects of common problems in children and adolescents. Process consultation skills will provide a framework for the EMHP to offer consultation to staff in relation to specific children or young people, or in relation to vulnerable groups of children. EMHPs will need to demonstrate competency in this area.


• Intervention skills: EHMWs will be taught to deliver training and psychological support to groups (of children and young people and to parents and/or teachers).ÌýÌý Key principles of working with groups will be addressed so that the EMHP can prepare appropriate materials, manage group processes, deliver training and/or support confidently, work in partnership with other professionals, critically evaluate their own performance and assess outcomes.ÌýÌý EMHPs will need to evidence competency in one of these two intervention areas i.e. group work with children or young people OR/ group work with parents.

This module will therefore equip EMHPs with a good understanding of the process of consultation and group work in schools and colleges.Ìý They will acquire a framework of key skills and knowledge through classroom teaching, experiential learning, role play, observation and supervised practice.

Assessable learning outcomes:

Students must demonstrate

1.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Knowledge and awareness of emerging mental health difficulties in education settings.

2.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý An understanding of the role of consultation to education staff in relation to common problems that children and young people experience.

3.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Awareness of formal models of consultation.

4.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Knowledge of how to engage CYP and parents in different settings and contexts and an ability to work with social and cultural diversity and difference.

5.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Knowledge of specialist skills required for working with children and young people in groups.

6.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Knowledge of specialist skills required for delivering and facilitating parenting groups in education settings.

7.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý A focus on clear, collaborative working with good communication skills with YP, parents and families, and education staff.

8.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Use of developmentally appropriate and engaging materials and language to support client motivation, engagement understanding of assessment and intervention process.

9.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Awareness of self-help and peer support potential in education settings.

10.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý An understanding of the importance of measuring outcomes of group interventions and consultation. An ability to use PREMs and PROMs collaboratively and effectively, and as a core part of the supervision process.

11.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management delivery including working with risk and safeguarding within service based context and the local systems.

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:

The module will comprise of in-class teaching, clinical skills practice/supervised clinical practice, supervision in-service and independent study.

Clinical Supervision

• Each student will have clinical supervision weekly in a group of no more than 6.


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