3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1003528BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men zich kan inschrijven voor 'Schoolpsychologie' moet men geslaagd zijn voor 'Algemene psychologie' en 'Inleiding tot de educatiewetenschappen' en 'Sociale psychologie I' of ingeschreven zijn in: SCH of VOO of VBA PSY of MA ONKU.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie
Educational team
Willem Van Den Broeck (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
65 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course tries to frame the school guidance and counselling within the broader school support system. A brief historical survey of school guidance will be given. In this section attention will be paid to the influence of organisational, societal and scientific developments on the guidance activities. Topics: history of CLB's, diagnostic models, dyslexia, ADHD, socio-emotional problems, giftedness and social inequality.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentaties docent + teksten en artikelen
Handbook (Recommended) : Handboek Diagnostiek in de leerlingenbegeleiding, Kind en context, Verschueren, Garant, 9789044134438, 2016
Additional info

- Cours title: Guidance and counselling in schools
- Language of instruction: Dutch
Powerpoint presentations + articles

Complementary study material:
Verschueren & Koomen (2007). Handboek Diagnostiek in de leerlingenbegeleiding. Garant.

“Voor meer informatie omtrent de concrete inrichting van het studiedeel: zie Canvas.”

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

To help students to acquire knowledge on and insight in:
- the influence of historical and scientific developments on the guidance and counselling practice,
- the restrictions which the environment can impose on guidance and counselling activities.
- Diagnostic models in use in school psychology
- new developments in which diagnosis and intervention are closely related to each other, e.g. Response to Intervention Models
- The role of evidence-based practice in counseling
- Specific themes: intelligence assessment, giftedness, ADHD, dyslexia, behavior problems, possibilities and restrictions of inclusive education, educational career.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Multiple choice questions

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam with multiple choice questions.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: agogische wetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: Psychology (only offered in Dutch)