Psychosocial Intervention with Children and Youth at risk

Presentation

This master´s course in Psychosocial Intervention with Children and Youth at Risk offers a specialized technical training in the design, development and evaluation of projects and specific intervention methodologies implemented through measures intended to prevent and protect children and youth at risk. The course presupposes the development of a learning culture oriented towards the promotion of children and youth’s health, well-being and quality of life, at personal, social, family and institutional levels, having as a reference the network and multidisciplinary teams that help to intervene, in a reasonable way, in socially vulnerable populations.

Coordinator: Professor Susana Fonseca

Career opportunities

Social charities and humanitarian institutions, public or private, supporting children and youth;
Multidisciplinary teams supporting children and youth at risk (abandonment, social exclusion, child abuse, etc.).

Study Plan

*1º year* *1º Semester*
*Code*	*Curricular Unit*	*Plano*	*Work Hours*	*Contact Hours*	*ECTS*	*ECTS File*
3181300602	Law Social Inclusion	3	162	30	6	EN
3181300604	Technical Assessment and Diagnosis Psychosocial	3	324	60	12	EN
3181300611	Problematics and Risk Environments in Childhood and Adolescence	3	162	45	6	EN
3181300612	Relationships, Conflicts and Mediation	3	162	45	6	EN

*1º year* *2º Semester*
*Code*	*Curricular Unit*	*Plano*	*Work Hours*	*Contact Hours*	*ECTS*	*ECTS File*
3181300607	Intervention in Situations of Risk, Family and Social Support	3	162	45	6	EN
3181300613	Social Support and Responses for Children and Youth	3	162	45	6	EN
3181300614	Social Policy and Issues of Children and Youth	3	162	30	6	EN
3181300615	Research on Psychosocial Intervention	3	324	60	12	EN

*2º year* *1º Semester*
*Code*	*Curricular Unit*	*Plano*	*Work Hours*	*Contact Hours*	*ECTS*	*ECTS File*

*2º year* *2º Semester*
*Code*	*Curricular Unit*	*Plano*	*Work Hours*	*Contact Hours*	*ECTS*	*ECTS File*

Applications

Soon indications will be given concerning a new period of applications.

Accreditation

Course:
Psychosocial Intervention with Children and Youth at risk

Degree or Diploma:
Master's Degree

Duration:
2 curricular years / 4 semesters

Coordinator:
Professor Susana Fonseca