PSY622 DEVELOPMENTAL INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND PARENTS
| Course Code: | 2330622 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will acquire up to date knowledge about how infant and children’s development can be supported either through direct work with children, or through environmental enrichment, parent education and caregiver trainings.
Students will learn various intervention projects to support language development, cognitive development, reading acquisition, joint attention, development of low birth weight infants, attachment formation and social competence; as well as intervention projects to prevent bullying, and adolescent problems.
Students will have opportunity to design an intervention project of their own.
Students will also gain insight about the importance of effective evaluation of intervention projects.
Course Content
This course will cover interventions to enhance the language, cognitive and social development of infants, children and adolescents. Following intervention topics are the focus of this course:
language development, reading acquisition, joint attention, low birth weight infants, infant sign interventions, maternal sensitivity, adolescent problems, bullying, orphanage care quality and parenting.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will have necessary skills to design an intervention project of their own.
Students will also gain necessary skills to evaluate intervention projects of their own or others
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Skills to understand and successfully employ the latest and most advanced research and data analysis methods and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Knowledge of the latest theoretical and empirical literature in psychology. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Skills to conduct research and critically evaluate the important literature on any topic of interest related to psychology or other relevant disciplines. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Awareness about the novel information in light of the theoretical knowledge gained and knowledge to develop advanced research topics and questions. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Skills to develop and carry out a research project from beginning to end in light of the formulated research questions using the accumulated knowledge from relevant literature and methods. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Awareness of conducting research, publishing, and application activities in light of ethical principles and values. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Skills to work independently as an individual and as part of a team. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Skills to communicate effectively, both in written and oral forms of English and Turkish, during scientific activities. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution