Master of Arts School/Applied Child Psychology (Non-Thesis)

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Master of Arts (M.A.) School/Applied Child Psychology (Non-Thesis)(60 Credits)

Offered by:Educational&Counselling Psych

Degree:Master of Arts

Program Requirement:

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Required Courses (60 credits)

EDPE 620 Developmental Psychopathology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theory, research, and practice in developmental processes in the study of psychopathology, including aberrant behaviour in childhood, at-risk and resilient children, and mental illness.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 615
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Jacob A Burack
EDPE 622 Multiculturalism & Gender 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Multicultural, multilingual and gender issues as they relate to the practising school and counselling psychologist. Implications and their impact in assessment, research, training, and intervention.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Restriction: Open to School/ Applied Child and Counselling Psychology students only
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Ada L Sinacore
EDPE 627 Ethical & Prof Pract of Psych 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Ethics and the professional and governmental structures regulating the practice of psychology in Quebec, Canada, and North America and their relation to the work of psychologists. Required for licensing as a psychologist.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 575 or equivalent
- Restriction: Open only to students in M.A. (Thesis) Educational Psychology - School/Applied Child Psychology Stream Program, M.A. (Non-Thesis) Counselling Psychology - Project Program, and M.A. (Thesis) Counselling Psychology Program.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Judith Norton
EDPE 676 Intermediate Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Kristy A Robinson
EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Anal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 676
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Chiaki Konishi, Maria Cutumisu
EDPI 654 Instruct/Curriculum Adaptation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive): Adapting instruction and curriculum for students with special needs; developing individualized programs and methods; building curriculum that addresses both academic and social needs of students.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Karen Cohen-Gazith
EDSP 600D1 School Psychology Seminar 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Current issues, developments and reviews of major areas in school psychology in the context of research in the department, university and community; and the evolution of the profession at large.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Students must register for both EDSP 600D1 and EDSP 600D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 600D1 and EDSP 600D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Eve-Marie Quintin
EDSP 600D2 School Psychology Seminar 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: See EDSP 600D1 for course description.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDSP 600D1.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 600D1 and EDSP 600D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Eve-Marie Quintin
EDSP 609 Intro to Cognitve Assessment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: History of psychological assessment, thoeretical aspects of individual and group testing, psychometric principles, (validity, reliability and test construction) and theories of learning and intelligence will be examined. Acquisition of clinical skills in adminstration and interpretation of cognitive, achievement and specialized (language, motor, etc.) tests through practise-testing of typically developing children.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $102.50
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Tasmia Hai
EDSP 610 Intro to Psycho-edu Assessment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Application of assessment knowledge and skills acquired in EDSP 609 for conducting full psychoeducational assessment of typically developing children. Instruction in case formulation (intake interview), interpretation of assessment instruments (e.g., tests of cognitive functioning, academic performance and special abilities), production of comprehensive psychological report and feedback interview.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee in Winter 2022 is $96.
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Tasmia Hai
EDSP 611 Hist,Theo&BestPrac in SchPsych 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Focus on the profession and practice of school psychology. Four major areas of information within the discipline of school psychology will be addressed: history and organizational systems, psychological service delivery in educational settings, ethical and legal issues, and new trends and future developments in school psychology and training.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Tasmia Hai
EDSP 619 Child and Adolescent Therapy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Therapeutic models for individual and group interventions for children and adolescents; case studies; gender and cultural minority issues; emphasis on classical and research-supported strategies and interventions for school psychologists.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Tina Montreuil
EDSP 650D1 Prof Pract in School Setting 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: An introduction to the profession and practice of school psychology. Students will be integrated in school-based professional activities one day per week and exposed to organizational systems, psychological service delivery models, ethical and legal issues, and new trends and developments in school psychology.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Students must register for both EDSP 650D1 and EDSP 650D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 650D1 and EDSP 650D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Jacob A Burack
EDSP 650D2 Prof Pract in School Setting 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: An introduction to the profession and practice of school psychology. Students will be integrated in school-based professional activities one day per week and exposed to organizational systems, psychological service delivery models, ethical and legal issues, and new trends and developments in school psychology.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDSP 650D1.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 650D1 and EDSP 650D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Jacob A Burack
EDSP 682D1 Psycho-Edu Ass&Interv Practic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Seminar and field practice in administration and interpretation of educational and psychological tests. Expansion of assessment knowledge and applications across domains and populations. Supervision of report writing, communication and ethical use of test information. Assessment and intervention take place within professional role of School Psychology.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Students must register for both EDSP 682D1 and EDSP 682D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 682D1 and EDSP 682D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $62.34
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 682D2 Psycho-Edu Ass&Interv Practic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Seminar and field practice in administration and interpretation of educational and psychological tests. Expansion of assessment knowledge and applications across domains and populations. Supervision of report writing, communication and ethical use of test information. Assessment and intervention take place within professional role of School Psychology.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDSP 682D1.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDSP 682D1 and EDSP 682D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Students taking courses which access the ECP Assessment Materials Resource Centre are required to pay an access fee as well as the cost of all consumables required per course. The fee is dependent on the number of consumables/protocols used in each class and is refundable during the withdrawal with full refund period. The fee is $62.34
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 691 Research Project 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: A focused survey of the research literature on a topic chosen in consultation with the research supervisor.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Corequisite(s): EDSP 691
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 692 Research Project 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Development of a rationale for a research project supported by the research literature, the articulation of a specific research question(s) related to the rationale and write up of a method to collect data that will answer the question.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 693 Research Project 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Data collection based on the method proposed in Research Project 2.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Corequisite(s): EDSP 692
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 694 Research Project 4 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Data analysis based on data collected in Research Project 3.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Corequisite(s): EDSP 693
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 695 Research Project 5 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: Interpretation of data collected in Research Project 3 including its relationship to the literature and its implications.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Corequisite(s): EDSP 694
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
EDSP 696 Research Project 6 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
School/Applied Child Psych: The production of a written report of the research project in the form of a manuscript or research report.

Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Corequisite(s): EDSP 695
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

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Master of Arts (M.A.) School/Applied Child Psychology (Non-Thesis)(60 Credits)

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