PSY76053Y - Clinical Elective: Family Violence: Intersectional Outcomes & Inequalities

(3 units)

Course Description: The course will focus on exploring the psychological impact of all forms of family and intimate partner aggression, including parent-child relationships, sibling relationships as well as maltreatment in elderly and LGBTQI relationships, and relationships with persons with disabilities. This course will explore recent research as it relates to treatment interventions, and is designed to help students explore their sensitivities as they relate to working with “victims” and perpetrators. Students will learn about intimate family violence and its psycho/social impact. Students will be able to assess for IVP, describe various forms of family and relationship child, teen and elder abuse, and have an understanding of issues IVP and family abuse in under-represented and under-served communities. Students will be able to articulate treatment interventions from various theoretical approaches.