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Areas of Professional Activity of Psychologists
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:04.04.2024 16:18:34
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_318 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jeļena Koļesņikova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General knowledge of the professional activity of a psychologist at the bachelor's level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen the master's students' understanding of the areas of professional activity of psychologists, including clinical and health psychology, consultative, organizational, military, educational and legal psychology, as well as the specifics of psychological counseling and support in various areas of professional activity of a psychologist. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture. Basic principles of psychological counseling. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Professional activities of psychologists - clinical and health psychology, consultative, organizational, military, educational and legal psychology. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Psychological counseling and assistance in various areas of the psychologist's professional activity. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Independently prepared paper (3-5 pages) and presentation of main findings (30 minutes) on a selected topic related to psychological counseling. 2. Prepare an evidence-based description of a previously drawn case in the specified field of professional activity, describing the specifics of psychological research, psychological counseling and assistance for the specific case in the specific field of the psychologist's professional activity. 3. Prepare a video clip from the psychological counseling session (25 minutes of work with the client - role play) and reflection. 4. Provide feedback at the end of the study course (fill in the questionnaire). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Test on the general questions of the professional field of psychologists, which are in line with the course topics - intermediate test (20%). 2. In the specified time, a description of a previously drawn study case in the specified field of professional activity has been submitted, in accordance with the requirements (40%). • in accordance with the client's needs, an achievable goal of psychological counseling is set and justified; • selected methods of psychological assistance are described and justified according to the client's needs; • planned process of psychological assistance. 3. A video clip from the psychological counseling session was handed over at the specified time (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students use terminology that characterizes the professional fields of clinical and health psychology, counseling psychology, work and organizational psychology, military psychology, educational and school psychology, and legal psychology in relation to psychological counseling, and the provision of psychological support. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Based on the description of the learning case and in accordance with the characteristics of the professional field of psychologists, students correctly apply knowledge to choose methods of psychological counseling or psychological support and plan the process of psychological support. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students correctly apply knowledge and skills to independently develop a work plan for psychological counseling and support according to the psychologist's professional scope, based on a case description (study case), and also choose suitable psychological assessment methods and psychological counseling strategy, evaluating the limitations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dāvidsone, G. un Koļesņikova, J. (2018). Psihologa profesionālās darbības jomas. No K. Mārtinsone un B. Girgensone (red). Psihologu profesionālā darbība Latvijā: saturs, organizācija, regulējums. Psihologu likuma komentāri (117.-130.lpp). Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra. | ||||||||
| 2 | Psihologu profesijas standarts. (2019). PINTSA. protokols Nr. 4. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brown, J. Shell, Y. & Cole, T. (2015). Forensic Psychology: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice. SAGE Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dipboye, R. L. (2018). The emerald review of industrial and organizational psychology. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| 3 | Fiscal, Z. J. M. (2019). Forensic Psychology. Society Publishing. | ||||||||
| 4 | Fuertes, J. N., Spokane, A., & Holloway, E. (2013). Specialty Competencies in Counseling Psychology. Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| 5 | Hooley, J. M., Butcher, J. N., Matthew, K., N., & Mineka, S. (2017). Abnormal psychology and modern life (17th edition). London: Pearson Education Limited. | ||||||||
| 6 | Kelly, B., Woolfson, L., & Boyle, J. (2016). Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology. 2nd edition: A Textbook for Trainees and Practitioners: Vol. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. | ||||||||
| 7 | Ļevina J., Mārtinsone K. (2016). Konsultēšana un konsultatīvā psiholoģija. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 8 | Maheshwari, N., & Kumar, V. V. (2016). Military Psychology: Concepts, Trends and Interventions. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd. | ||||||||
| 9 | Mārtinsone, K. un Sudraba, V. (red.). (2019). Veselības psiholoģija. Teorijas un prakses starpdisciplinārā perspektīva. RSU izdevniecība. | ||||||||
| 10 | Puckett, J. A. (2022). Affirmative counseling for transgender and gender diverse clients (Vol. 45). Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. | ||||||||
| 11 | Jastrzębski, A. K. (2022). Integrating spirituality into counseling: methods and practices. Taylor & Francis. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | American Psychological Association (2021). Annual guide: trends report 2021. What’s ahead for psychologists and the field. Monitor of psychology, 52(1). | ||||||||
| 2 | E-žurnālu datubāzes: Academic Search Complete, Cambridge journals, Wiley-Blackwell, ScienceDirect. | ||||||||
| 3 | Psihologu sertifikācijas padome (2019). Psihologa profesionālās darbības jomu apraksts. Izglītības kvalitātes valsts dienests, Jomu aprakstā izmantoti Psihologu likuma komentāri. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2018. | ||||||||
| 4 | Publikāciju bibliogrāfiskās un citēšanas informācijas datubāzes: Scopus, Web of Science. | ||||||||
