PARENT TRAINING CourseCode: 1322Degree: Master's in Psychological Therapy with Children and AdolescentsFaculty of Health and Social SciencesYear: Year 1 of Master's in Psychological Therapy with Children and AdolescentsSemester: FallType: RequiredLanguage: SpanishECTS credits: 4.5Lecture: 1Laboratory: 3.5Hours: 112Directed: 45Shared: 6Autonomous: 61Subject matter: Basic Fundamentals of Psychological Therapy with Children and AdolescentsModule: Module I: Basic FundamentalsDepartment: Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.Description1. Characteristics of parent training.2. Therapeutic skills for therapy applied by parents.3. Design, development, and implementation of a training program for parents.FacultyNameCoordinatorLectureLaboratoryORGILES AMOROS, MIREIA■■■RIOS SARRIO, ANTONIO■■Professional interestMost problems of children and youth require the cooperation of parents in therapy. This course allows students to acquire knowledge and skills for intervention with children and adolescents using parents as co-therapists.Competencies and learning outcomesGeneral competenciesCritically evaluate information and apply the scientific method to improve professional practice.Formulate hypotheses, assess information, and promote viable solutions to professional cases and situations.Be able to analyze, evaluate, and assess individual and collective situations, identify problems, interpret data, and formulate solutions to individual or collective problems.Establish good interpersonal communication to address the community you work with and the individuals you relate to effectively and with empathy.Be capable of working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and leading multidisciplinary teams.Specific competenciesKnow how to apply the main techniques of effective and empirically proven interventions for children and adolescents.Know how to apply indirect intervention strategies and methods through other people (parents, teachers, etc.): counseling, training teachers, and other agents.Know how to provide feedback to children/adolescents and their families in an appropriate and accurate manner.Know how to prepare reports for different purposes (information, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, counseling, research, etc.) and directed at different audiences (patients, administrators, other psychologists, other professionals, etc.).Objectives (Learning outcomes)The student will differentiate between different types of families, their influence on the children and the functional and dysfunctional familiesThe student will be able to counsel families with disputes between members.The student will be able to apply preventive interventions with parents to promote parenting skills.The student will be able to apply therapeutic interventions with parents as co-therapists.The student will be able to provide oral and written information to parents to intervene in their children's problems.ContentsLecture topicsTeaching unitsThe family and the conflicts among its members.Preventive interventions: promotion of parenting skillsTherapeutic interventions with parents as therapistsCourse contentsBasic bibliographyEspada Sánchez, José Pedro coord / Orgilés Amorós, Mireia coord / Méndez Carrillo, F. Xavier coord. "Terapia psicológica con niños y adolescentes Estudio de casos clínicos". Madrid Pirámide D.L. 2006. Carrobles, José Antonio. Pérez-Pareja, Javier , coaut. "Escuela de padres guía práctica para evitar problemas de conducta y mejorar el desarrollo infantil". Madrid Pirámide D.L. 2001. Olivares Rodríguez, José. Olivares Rodríguez, José / Rosa Alcázar, Ana Isabel / Olivares Olivares, Pablo J. "Ser padres, actuar como padres un reto que requiere formación y tiempo". Madrid Pirámide 2006. Complementary bibliographyRomero Gallego, María Mercedes. Labrador Herraiz, Carmen, dir. "Las escuelas de madres y padres de Madrid capital [recurso electronico] : estudio comparado /". Madrid : Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2004. LinksSoftwareMethodology and gradingMethodologyCase studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.Problem-based learning: Develop active learning strategies through problem solving that promote thinking, experimentation, and decision making in the student.Grading- Design of a parent training program (50%)- Portfolio with the class activities (30%)- Online activities (20%)