PSYC20058 - Interventions 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with the opportunity to develop the theoretical knowledge and skills necessary to practice within a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) framework. You will explore the various cognitive and experiential components of CBT, and demonstrate your ability to critically reflect upon the needs of the client and the practitioner through CBT case conceptualisation/formulation. You will use technical, cognitive, and communication skills to engage in effective CBT practice, and investigate client needs, across a variety of client presentations (e.g. cultural diversity, across the lifespan, differing diagnoses).

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in CL68 Master of Professional Psychology or CG17 Master of Clinical Psychology.

Anti-req PSYC21003

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 58.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 44.44% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
Students requested greater integration of other materials (i.e., videos) in addition to the textbook, as at times the textbook material was repetitive.
Recommendation
The teaching team will review the unit content to include other materials in addition to the textbook (i.e., videos).
Action Taken
Additional videos were provided to the students in 2024.
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
Students requested increased focus on intervention delivery for children.
Recommendation
The teaching team will review the unit content to be more inclusive of adapting interventions to childhood presentations.
Action Taken
Additional slides were added to each weekly topic to discuss considerations for adapting each intervention for children and adolescents.
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
Students requested a clearer link to the assessment task and unit content.
Recommendation
The teaching team will review the unit content and assessment tasks to make a clearer link between unit content and the assessment tasks.
Action Taken
The assessment tasks were modified to better represent the unit content.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students reported more information about the video assessment would have helped the quality of their submission.
Recommendation
The teaching team will provide specific instructions for each separate video assessment to highlight the focus and goal of the assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students wanted to view examples of intervention techniques.
Recommendation
The teaching team will develop videos of intervention techniques.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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