Information Of Programmes

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES / ÇGE 202 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Code: ÇGE 202

Course Title: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 2

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

VEYSEL ŞİRVAN ÇETİN (veyselcetin@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

VEYSEL ŞİRVAN ÇETİN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with information about the definition of mental health, its basic concepts, historical development, psychological development periods in children and adolescents, basic knowledge and skills about children's mental problems, behavioral disorders and their causes.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Students can explain the problems of children's mental health	PO-	Examination
LO-2	Students can explain the behavioural problems of children	PO-	Examination
LO-3	Students can apply the knowledge about the problems of children's mental health in the school	PO-	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition and importance of mental health. Historical development and theories about mental health. Stages of mental health. Children’s books. Effects of television, sinema and internet on developmental stages. Mental development: concept of intelligence, factors affecting intelligence, multiple intelligence, mental retardation.Family: family dynamics, inter-family relations, communication between siblings. Raising a child: attachment, moral education, sexual education. Travmatic experiences and child: diseases, death, emigration, marriage problems and divorcement, sibling relations, being a step mom, step father or step child, socioeconomical problems, child abuse. Issues in mental health: adaptation problems, fears, dependence, stuttering, tics, enuresis, encopresis, autism, behavioural problems. Development in adolescence: physical development, cognitive development, emotional development, psychosexual development, social development, intergenerational conflicts, psychological problems. Researches in Turkey about child mental health. Children’s rights.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Definition and importance of mental health. Historical development and theories about mental health.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
2	Stages of mental health I: - infanthood - self-rule period - first childhood	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
3	Stages of mental health II: last childhood - adolescence Children’s books. Effects of television, sinema and internet on developmental stages.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
4	Mental development: concept of intelligence, factors affecting intelligence, multiple intelligence, mental retardation.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
5	Family: family dynamics, inter-family relations, communication between siblings.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
6	Raising a child I: love and social effects	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
7	Raising a child II: attachment, moral education, sexual education	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
8	mid-term exam
9	Travmatic experiences and child I: diseases, death, emigration, marriage problems and divorcement,	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
10	Travmatic experiences and child II: sibling relations, being a step mom, step father or step child, socioeconomical problems, child abuse.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
11	Issues in mental health I: adaptation problems, fears, dependence,	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
12	Issues in mental health II: stuttering, tics, enuresis, encopresis, autism,	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
13	Issues in mental health III:behavioural problems.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
14	Development in adolescence: physical development, cognitive development, emotional development, psychosexual development	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
15	social development, intergenerational conflicts, psychological problems. Researches in Turkey about child mental health. Children’s rights.	Lecture, discussion, case studies, literature review, group work.
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	BABAROĞLU, A., Çocuk Psikolojisi ve Ruh Sağlığı, Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık; 2018.
2	AYDOĞAN, Y., Çocuk Ruh Sağlığı, Ankara: Eğiten Kitap Yayınevi; 2017.
Required Course instruments and materials
tetsbooks-projeksion

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	1	5	5
b) Search in internet/Library			0
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	1	5	5
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	1	6	6
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			60