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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of Studymulation, development of a treatment program and evaluationof the intervention. Offered as a 4 day workshop.PSYS813 Child Abuse and Neglect4 pg cpThe aim of this unit is to cover social, economic and psychologicalfactors associated with the physical, sexualand emotional abuse of children; methods of public educationprevention, intervention and treatment; and legaland criminological issues.PSYS821 Working with Youth4 pg cpThis unit explores the major factors in the morbidity andmortality in young people. Topics may include: suicide,violence, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, mentalhealth, criminal activity, marginalisation, resilience,and the interface between youth and health and other services.It includes skills training in various interventionsapproaches.PSYS822 Lifespan Development4 pg cpThis unit provides theoretical models of lifespan developmentwith particular emphasis on those that adopt aninteractive approach featuring both the person and the situation.Relationships with parents, peers and childrenacross the lifespan in relation to social health issues willbe examined, as will approaches to healthy aging andprovision of appropriate supports and care.PSYS823 Working with Children4 pg cpThis unit focuses on the acquisition of skills in interviewing,engaging, assessing and counselling childrenand their families. Students will gain an understanding ofsome of the major familial influences upon the emotional,cognitive and behavioural development of children.PSYS824 Drugs and Social Health I(Context and Effects)4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with the social, political, economicand historical contexts of drug use, including the constructionof deviancy, processes of social control andsocial policy, fundamentals of the pharmacology, therapeuticsand pharmacokinetics of drug use with focus oncommonly used substances, issues of drug use andeffects, and the implications for special needs of nondominantgroups.PSYS825 Drugs and Social Health II(Interventions)4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with issues of detoxification,maintenance, rehabilitation and safer using practicesskills training in a variety of intervention strategiesappropriate to clients with drug related problems. Itaddresses issues such as abstinence vs controlled drinking,drugs in sport, methadone programs and drop outreduction and motivational interviewing.PSYS826 Evidential Interviewing4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with theoretical and skills trainingin interviewing individuals, especially children, regardingalleged traumatic experiences. Expert testimony.PSYS827 Criminal Justice and SocialHealth I4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with theoretical perspectives andpractical training in responding to criminal behaviourincluding clinical victimology, dual diagnoses, communityrestitution, crime prevention and early intervention,diversionary programs, probation and parole.PSYS828 Criminal Justice and SocialHealth II4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with assessment and managementof violent offenders, sex offenders, drug and alcoholabusers, risk of self-harm and people with personalitydisorders.PSYS829 Narrative and CommunityInterventions4 pg cpThe unit further develops narrative theory and skills,especially reflecting teams and written narratives. Itexplores theory and practice of narrative approaches incommunity settings. This is a new field and students willcontribute to identifying potential practices.PSYS830 Trauma: Legacies andInterventions4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with theoretical and empirical evidenceon the legacies of childhood trauma (physical, sexualand emotional abuse and neglect) and adult trauma(dispossession, disaster, violence, torture, refugees), lossand grief, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, complexPTSD and common behavioural concomitants (such asdissociation, self-mutilation, violence and drug abuse).Skills training in various approaches to intervention.Offered as a 4 day workshop.PSYS831 Advanced Counselling4 pg cpThis unit offers rurther development of counselling skillsrelevant to social health issues. Theoretical and skillstraining in further counselling approaches such as SelfPsychology.PSYS832 Invitations to Responsibility4 pg cpThe unit reviews attribution of responsibility commonlymade by offenders (eg violence in the home, crime, drug309