6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1023659BNW for working students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men zich kan inschrijven voor 'Psychopathologie kinderen & adolescenten' moet men geslaagd zijn voor 'Algemene psychologie' of 'Psychologie' of ingeschreven/geslaagd zijn voor het schakelprogramma criminologische wetenschappen.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Klinische- en Levenslooppsychologie
Educational team
Lisa Van Hove
Imke Baetens (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

33 contact hours Lecture
6 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
23 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In the general introduction of this course key features and topics of developmental psychopathology are introduced. Processes and mechanisms which play an important role in the development of psychological problems in childhood and adolescence are discussed.

A second part of this course focusses on epidemiology and etiology of common psychological disorders in children and adolescents, such as anxiety, depression, behavioral problems, ADHD, autism. This course takes into account a transdiagnostic framework and studies multifactorial pathways to the development of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentation and extra course materials via Canvas
Handbook (Required) : Leerboek kinder en jeugdpsychiatrie, F. Verhulst, 4e druk, Van Gorcum, 9789023256908, 2020
Additional info

- HOC: 11x3h

-WPO: 2x3h

-SELF 23h

! For students Criminology this course requires extra self-study.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can describe children's and adolescents behaviour from a developmental psychopological perspective.
The student has an insight into symptoms, etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of different psychopathologies in children and adolescents

The students can apply the theory into a practice via casematerial

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: Written exam

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam in Dutch

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:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: psychologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)