MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING

EDU3MHW

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students develop an understanding of the complex contexts that surround mental health and wellbeing issues for children and adolescents in schools. An approach based on risk and resilience is explored. Case studies relating to mental health challenges for individuals are investigated. Focus areas include but are not limited to trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, conduct disorders and obsessive and compulsive disorders. Focus areas are used to advance understanding of students' thoughts, beliefs, feelings about complex contexts that arise in their life experiences, and their presenting behaviours. Whole school and individualised approaches to prevention and well-being are analysed.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Anne Southall

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate an understanding of the key terminology, concepts, and issues relating to mental health and well-being in schools and across the wider community, as well as the well-being implications of the school, family and wider community relationship.

02. Demonstrate an understanding of the contribution schooling can and does make towards both the status and the balance of young people's mental health and well-being needs and strategies teachers can use to help students manage challenging behaviours.

03. Demonstrate understanding of prevailing mental health and well-being promotion frameworks pertinent to schools and educators.

04. Apply professional practices and strategies that can contribute to improved mental health, well-being and learning outcomes for young people, and that are inclusive of a schools' ethos and environment, curriculum provision, teaching and learning, partnerships and services, through a problem-solving response to a case study.

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Anne Southall

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Plus one hour of online learning per week

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Report: A problem solving response to a case study.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	35	SILO2, SILO4
Report: Analysis of a school focused mental health and wellbeing program.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Workshop Journal	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	15	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4