Rosemead School of Psychology
and interpretation. This course is only available with the initiative and approval of the instructor when an appropriate client is unavailable to the student for lab requirements. Credit(s): 2. RSPY 652 - Seminar in Psychodynamic Theory II Continuation of RSPY 651. This course is only available with the initiative and approval of the instructor when an appropriate client is unavailable to the student for lab requirements. Credit(s): 1. RSPY 663 - Human Sexuality An examination of the areas of human sexual functioning, behavior, relationships and feelings. Issues of sexuality are discussed within spiritual, psychological, cultural and medical / health perspectives with implications for clinical treatment of sexual issues. Note(s): Elective. Credit(s): 2. RSPY 680 - Pre-practicum A condensed version of Pre-practicum I & II for students with significant previous graduate study in psychology. This course is designed to facilitate the development of empathic listening, interpersonal skills and basic therapeutic techniques through group interaction and closely supervised on-campus practicum experiences. Required of advanced first year students to be taken concurrently with RSTP 500 Psychotherapy and Religion. When Offered: Fall. Fee: $55. Credit(s): 3. RSPY 681 - Pre-practicum I The first of a two-course sequence designed to facilitate the development of empathic listening, interpersonal skills and basic therapeutic techniques including an introduction to ethics. This first course emphasizes a small, interactive group format for the development of skills. When Offered: Interterm. Fee: $55. Credit(s): 1. RSPY 682 - Pre-practicum II The second of a two-course sequence designed to facilitate the development of empathic listening, interpersonal skills and basic therapeutic techniques. During this course, direct observation and videotaping of the student’s first clinical practicum in the University’s counseling center are utilized to provide a closely supervised introduction to the therapeutic process. Prerequisite(s): RSPY 681. Corequisite(s): RSTP 500. Note(s): This course or RSPY 680 required for Psy.D., Ph.D. Credit(s): 2. RSPY 688 - Practicum Consultation This course is designed to provide peer and faculty consultation to students in their first practicum placements -- school settings at which students provide educational/psychological assessments. Consultation groups consist of 6-8 students meeting weekly with a faculty member. Feedback is given about students’ assessments to promote knowledge and skills in ethics awareness, understanding of and synthesis of data, professional presentations in written and oral formats, awareness of cultural and diversity issues relevant to cases, adherence to evidence based assessment practices, and the students’ openness to feedback. Small group consultation coordinated by Director of Clinical Training. Corequisite(s): RSPY 689 or RSPY 691 or RSPY 692 or RSPY 693 or RSPY 694 or RSPY 695 or RSPY 696 or RSPY 697 or RSPY 698 or RSPY 699. Note(s): This course must be taken concurrently with all practica (RSPY 689, 691-699). Required of Ph.D., Psy.D. Credit(s): 0.
RSPY 643 - Measurement & Assessment III: Performance- Based Measure (Rorschach) This course is the third in a sequence of courses that are dedicated to promoting psychological-assessment competency. This third course is designed to introduce students to the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) and to diagnostic interviewing. Students will also build on their growing competencies in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R), the VIA Survey of Character Strengths (VIA SCS), the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), figure drawing methods, and sentence completion methods. The overall purpose of this course is for students to continue developing foundational competencies in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the instruments included in their two psychological assessment batteries, with a particular emphasis on the Rorschach Inkblot Method. This course is also designed to help students continue developing foundational competencies in the following key areas: describing examinee mental status and behaviors, conducting clinical interviews, understanding basic psychometric theory, selecting appropriate assessment methods, integrating assessment data, articulating case conceptualizations, developing data-driven recommendations, and writing psychological reports. Furthermore, it is designed to help students develop multicultural competencies in the area of psychological assessment, emphasizing the diversity domains of age and generational influences, gender, ethnic and racial identity, religion and spiritual orientation, sexual orientation, and developmental disabilities and disabilities acquired later in life. Prerequisite(s): RSPY 642. Note(s): Required of Psy.D. Credit(s): 3. RSPY 644 - Measurement & Assessment IV: Advanced Projectives (Special Issues) Advanced interpretation of the Rorschach and other resources including special issues as forensic evaluations, child and adolescent personality assessment, assessment of thought disorder. Prerequisite(s): RSPY 643. Note(s): Elective. Credit(s): 2. RSPY 647 - Advanced Assessment of Individuals With Disabilities An advanced diagnostic course which focuses on the assessment and diagnosis of exceptional children as well as legal and advocacy issues required by the Individuals with Disabilities Act. Specific diagnostic populations include mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed and gifted children. Attention is also given to low incidence handicaps such as vision impaired, hearing impaired, multiple handicapped, etc. Prerequisite(s): RSPY 641. Credit(s): 3. RSPY 650 - Family Psychology & Psychopathology Emphasizes the construction of a conceptual framework for system change as a foundation for clinical intervention. Surveys major approaches to systems-oriented family therapy and includes such related issues as the family life cycle, object relations integration, family pathology / dysfunction, family assessment, ethnicity and religious influences. Note(s): Elective. Credit(s): 3. RSPY 651 - Seminar in Psychodynamic Theory I An in-depth study of the process of therapy based on psychoanalytic developmental theory and giving special attention to the concepts of transference, counter-transference
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