Enhanced Practice in Early Intervention
| Module title | Enhanced Practice in Early Intervention |
|---|---|
| Module code | PYCM124 |
| Academic year | 2023/4 |
| Credits | 30 |
| Module staff | Dr Catherine Gallop (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 25 |
|---|
Module description
This module will enable you to build on your training and qualification as a low-intensity practitioner for children, young people, and families (EMHP or CWP) and develop the knowledge and skills in effective, evidenced-based low-intensity interventions for Children, Young People and Families experiencing advanced anxiety presentations. This module will provide you with a comprehensive overview and understanding of a range of advanced anxiety presentations and the scope and practice of recommended low-intensity resources, interventions and materials. This module will also enable you to enhance your knowledge and practice when working with emerging self-harm and difficulties associated with school anxiety. On completion of this module, and building on your prior low-intensity practice, you will have developed competency and confidence in your knowledge, understanding and clinical skills in enhanced low-intensity practice.
Module aims - intentions of the module
This module will enhance your capability across a range of enhanced low-intensity interventions and consequently expand the breadth of support you are able to deliver for children, young people and families experiencing the impact of common mental health difficulties. Specifically, you will develop an understanding of, and interventions for, advanced anxiety presentations, early intervention for self-harm, as well as practice principles and approaches and difficulties relating to school refusal. You will develop the knowledge and understanding of the key characteristics of these presentations before establishing and demonstrating clinical competency in delivering the appropriate, evidenced based early intervention support. You will be able to maintain a clinical focus on the fidelity to mild/moderate conditions aimed at the Thrive stages of ‘getting advice’ and ‘getting help’ whilst effectively managing small variations to meet to idiosyncratic needs of local service pathways that may be needed.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Synthesise theory and competencies in planning, delivering, and reflecting on enhanced low-intensity psychological interventions in community/education settings
- 2. Demonstrate specific competencies in enhanced low-intensity psychological interventions and psychoeducation in community/education settings as related to advanced anxiety presentations, school refusal, emerging self-harm,and approaches to trauma informed practice
- 3. Identify how you meet the required competency standards for enhanced low-intensity psychological interventions in community/education settings
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 4. Address the complexities of enhanced early intervention practice whilst supporting (under supervision) the implementation and delivery of enhanced low-intensity interventions in community/educational settings
- 5. Maintain and effectively manage high caseloads through effective engagements in structured case management and clinical skills supervision
- 6. To maintain fidelity to the low intensity model, whilst being able to adapt materials to suit a wide range of developmental ages and abilities
- 7. Describe the wider ethical and professional issues encountered within enhanced clinical practice
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 8. Appraise your personal strengths and weaknesses in training and experience, and reflect upon the implications for your further training needs
- 9. Give accurate and constructive feedback
Syllabus plan
The module’s precise content may vary from year to year and will be dependent on the pathway undertaken. An example of the overall structure is as follows;
The taught content of this module will be delivered over 24 days, including a minimum of 4 days of university-based group supervision of enhanced clinical practice (clinical skills). The module will be run across 2 terms, to enrich personal reflection, ongoing embedding of learning and supporting the effective translation of theory into practice. Time in teaching will be a combination of theoretical teaching, case discussion, working with case studies, clinical simulation, peer discussion /review and reflective practice.
Combined, these approaches will enhance your clinical skills, aptitude for reflection as well as ongoing professional action planning. The development of your clinical understanding of the application of enhanced low-intensity competences will be enhanced through group supervision sessions and you will be able to demonstrate your competencies through the assessment methods outlined below. You will have opportunities to deliver and reflect on your clinical skills though your practice placement supervision.
Specific module teaching sessions will cover the following:
- Background and context drawn from psychological / relevant literature regarding an understanding and working knowledge of the range of specified presentations and difficulties
- Development and enhancement of clinical knowledge and competency for the different specified presentations and associated evidenced based interventions e.g., establishing goals, problem solving, utilising assessment and ROM to inform treatment planning, accessing evidence-based information and appropriate developmental adaption of practice
- A focus on key components of enhanced low-intensity practice, including conducting enhanced assessments, delivering, and appropriately adapting low-intensity interventions and facilitating group workshops
- Effectively utilising a range of tools, materials and self-help resources as required for effective intervention and support for the range of specified mental health difficulties
University-based teaching incorporating declarative course content will be supplemented by a computer-mediated learning approach that includes required reading guidance, interactive learning and collaborative activities to support directed independent learning to supplement the University based teaching days.
As a trainee, you will be required to clinically apply and demonstrate at least two of the interventions covered in this module. This will therefore need to be evidenced through a minimum of two completed cases. Completed cases are defined as: clients seen from assessment to achieving goals set in as few sessions as needed or termination of treatment (according to agreed ending or withdrawal) seen for a minimum of 5 sessions
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 170 | 50 | 80 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 142 | Lectures (20x7 hours) Tutorial (2x1 hours) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 28 | Clinical Supervision groups (4x7 hours) |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | Further reading, assignments, reading and preparation for learning groups / classes |
| Placement | 80 | Work-based learning |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formative intervention session (Recording) | 45 minutes | 1-9 | Written |
| Formative reflective commentary (As related to the formative intervention session) | 1000 words | 1-9 | Written |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summative Clinical Report This assessment must be passed; failure in this assessment will lead to failure in the module and the programme | 40 | 2000 words | 1-9 | Written |
| Summative intervention Session (Recording) This assessment must be passed; failure in this assessment will lead to failure in the module and the programme | 40 | 45 minutes | 1-9 | Written |
| Reflective commentary (As related to the summative intervention session) This assessment must be passed; failure in this assessment will lead to failure in the module and the programme | 20 | 1000 words | 1-9 | Written |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summative Clinical Report (40%) | Summative Clinical Report | 1-9 | Four weeks from the date that the feedback was provided. |
| Summative intervention Session (40%) | Summative intervention Session | 1-2, 4-5, 7-9 | 8 weeks for the date that feedback was provided |
| Reflective commentary (20%) | Reflective commentary | 1-9 | Four weeks from the date that feedback was provided |
Re-assessment notes
Three assessment components are required for this module. In all cases re-assessment will be the same as the original assessment. Where you have been referred/deferred for any form of practice skills assessment detailed above you will have the opportunity to retake within 8 weeks from the date that feedback was provided, following additional supervision sessions as necessary with the agreement of the Module Convenor.
All assessment components must be passed. Failure in any of the components will lead to failure in the module. If you pass re-assessments taken following initial failure in the assessment, the overall module mark will be capped at 50%. If you fail re-assessments, you will be failed in the module and as a consequence you will be failed in the programme and your registration as a student at the University will be terminated.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- Reading Specific to this module will be updated and provided closer to module delivery and be available within programme handbook and on ELE
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
- ELE page - TBC (All resources will be made available on ELE. This includes additional material covered in the tutorials, the required readings, information about assessment and additional material (e.g., videos).)
Indicative learning resources - Other resources
- video/audio competency clips from University of Exeter teaching team.
| Credit value | 30 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 10 |
| Module pre-requisites | N/A |
| Module co-requisites | N/A |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 22/10/2022 |
| Last revision date | 08/12/2023 |
