| CORE AREA (CPA) |
COURSE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Neuroanatom |
PSY 6335 3.0
Required |
Clinical Neuroanatomy. This course provides students with knowledge of the structures and
pathways in the human central nervous system, and an understanding of their functions. |
| Human Neuropsycholog |
PSY 6320 3.0
Required |
Human Neuropsychology: History and Syndromes. This course provides a foundation in
the basic topics and theoretical underpinnings of human neuropsychology through a historical
overview of the clinical-pathological method. Extensive readings include classic papers
spanning the earliest descriptions of various brain disorders to current reviews of major
neuropsychology syndromes |
| Assessment related course |
PSY 6430 6.0
Required |
Assessment in Psychology. This course covers psychometric foundations and
applied aspects of psychological assessment. Tests commonly used in clinical
practice are examined at a theoretical and practical level with special emphasis
on procedures of test score interpretation, profile analysis and report writing. |
Clinical
student |
| |
PSY 6440 6.0
Required |
Psychodiagnostics. This course covers the psychometric information required
to conduct competent psychodiagnoses. Projective, neuropsychological and
other tests are examined theoretically and practically, with special emphasis on
their integration in DSM IV categorization. Report writing and verbal
presentations of results are studie |
Clinical
student |
| |
PSY 6450 3.0
Required |
Clinical Neuropsychology. This course addresses a number of topics in the
practice of clinical neuropsychology. Data derived from various sources
including clinical interviews, neurological histories, as well as data from
various neuropsychological measures, is interpreted and integrated within the
framework of individual case studies. Specific topics include evaluation of
head injury, dementia, amnesias, and approaches to rehabilitation and
intervention |
Clinical
student |
| |
PSY 6910 3.0
Required |
Psychoeducational Assessment of Children and Adolescents. This course
trains students in the administration, scoring and interpretation of some
commonly used psychological tests. Students are also introduced to basic
skills in conducting developmental interviews and disseminating assessment
information. |
Clinical Developmental
student |
| |
PSY 6920 3.0
Required |
Clinical and Diagnostic Assessment of Children and Adolescents. This
course considers the use of interviews, observations and psychological testing
in the developmental assessment of children and the assessment of their
families and larger social contexts over a wide age range and with a variety of
presenting problems. The cognitive, language and social-emotional areas of
development receive attention |
Clinical Developmental students |
| |
PSY 6915 3.0 |
Diagnostic Interviewing of Children, Adolescents and Families. This
course focuses on a crucial assessment procedure, the diagnostic interview.
Types of interviews, skills required, use of interview data for hypothesis
generation and testing, diagnosis, integration of interview data with other
clinical information, and treatment planning are reviewed |
Clinical Developmental
students |
| |
PSY 6945 3.0
Required |
Applied Pediatric Neuropsychology. This course will addresses a number of
topics in the practice of clinical pediatric neuropsychology. Data derived from
various sources including clinical interviews, neurological histories, as well as
data from various neuropsychological measures, is interpreted and integrated
within the framework of individual case studies. Specific topics include
evaluation of childhood head injury, neurological disease, and learning
disabilities |
Clinical Developmental
students |
|
CLINICAL
PRACTICA:
ASSESSMENT /
INTERVENTION |
PSY 6430P 6.0
REQ |
Clinical Practicum I. This course introduces the student to the experience of conducting
assessments and interventions. The training is mediated through a combination of
demonstration, role-playing, and supervision of a limited caseload, with each aspect
being integrated with relevant literature. |
C |
| |
PSY 6440P 6.0:
REQ |
Clinical Practicum II. In this course, students are given practical training in
psychodiagnosis and in advanced approaches to psychological intervention. The training
is mediated through demonstration, role playing, and supervised management of a small
number of clinical cases. |
C |
| |
PSY 6460P 6.0 |
Clinical Practicum III (Optional). This practicum provides extra clinical training that
the student and the Director of Clinical Training deem necessary for the student to meet
training requirements, such as assuring that the student has sufficient training in both
assessment and intervention skills. This practicum may be taken only after the PhD III
academic year and provided that the student has completed all coursework, and either the
minor area paper or an approved PhD dissertation proposal. |
C |
| |
PSY 6910P 6.0:
REQ |
Introduction to the Psychological Assessment of Children Practicum. This course provides students with 330 hours of practicum training in psychological assessment.
Placement in an applied setting is arranged. Regular class meetings with the course
instructor provide monitoring of student progress. |
CD |
| |
PSY 6930P 6.0
REQ |
Intervention Strategies with Children Practicum. This course provides students with
330 hours of practicum training in intervention strategies with children, families and
youth. Placement in an approved clinical setting is arranged. Regular class meetings
with the course instructor provide monitoring of student progress. |
CD |
|
| Basic neurosciences |
6257 3.0(F) host KINES xl with KAHS 6155/BIOL 5146 |
Fundamentals of Neuroscience I: Structures, Synapses |
6253 3.0(W) xl with KINES
6156/BIOL 514 |
Fundamentals of Neurosciences II: Circuits, Systems and Behaviour |
| Behavioural neurosciences-physiological psych and pharmacolog |
PSY 6270 6.0 |
Physiological Psychology. A seminar dealing with fundamental issues in biological bases of
behaviour. |
6278 3.0 host KAHS - xl
6153/BIOL 5141 |
Brain and Behaviours: Cognitive Systems |
| PSY 6215 3. |
Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience: Methods of NeuroImaging: PET & fMRI. This course examines the methodological details of fMRI and PET research including (i) the basic physics and biology of generating images; (ii) design of studies with participants across the lifespan; and (iii) analysis of data. |
| PSY 6216 3. |
Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience: Rational and Emotional Processing. This course
familiarizes students with the large literature being generated by Neuroimaging techniques. It
will cover the domains of rational and emotional processing in both child and adult
populations. There are no co- or prerequisites. |
| |
PSY 6770 3.0 |
Developmental Neuropsychology. The development of various processing modalities and functional systems of the brain are studied in their psychological significance. Development with age is discussed and related to cognitive-developmental states. Possible brain determinants of cognitive style, sex and skills are examined. |
