University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

92604 Mental Health Assessment

6cp; on campus, intensive
Postgraduate

This subject enables students to gain competence and confidence with appropriate assessment, monitoring, intervention and referral processes. The teaching and learning activities focus on the day-to-day realities of working with children, adolescents, adults and their families and assists students to integrate appropriate, age-specific interventions. It also provides students with the opportunity to explore and utilise specific activities and techniques in order to critically evaluate their practice, including structured methods to examine interpersonal communication and the opportunity to further enhance their ability to therapeutically engage with individuals and their families. A variety of consumer perspectives is reviewed in order to inform and assist students to examine their practice, and to implement any necessary modifications to the ways in which they relate to consumers, their families and the community in which they live. Contemporary models of professional development, such as mentorship and clinical supervision is also explored, and in conjunction with the above reflective practices, provides students with a set of strategies to critically examine their practice.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $499.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,100.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.